Person    | Male  Born 1817  Died 1891

Henry Ross

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Henry Ross

Sculptor. All we could find is at RootsChat: "Ann Dent Winbolt b. 1770, Surrey. She married Wm Ross 1796. He was a White smith /iron monger  accurate. (Had son Henry Ross b 1817 sculptor, m. Jane Crichton, 1836 Middlesex)" Seems likely that would be our Henry Ross.

Based on this limited information our colleague, Andrew Behan, states that Henry Ross is shown as marrying Jane Crichton on 8 February 1840 at St James's Church, Clerkenwell Close, Clerkenwell, Middlesex (now Greater London). The marriage register describes him as of full age, a bachelor, a sculptor and modeller, living at 30 Middleton Street, the son of William Ross, an iron monger, whilst his wife is shown as full age, a spinster, also residing at 30 Middleton Street, the daughter of John Crichton, a dyer.

In the 1841 census he is shown as aged 24 years, a sculptor, living at Coleshill Street in the parish of St George Hanover Square, Middlesex (now renamed as Eaton Terrace, London, SW1), together with his wife, aged 22 years and their son Henry Ross, aged 6 months.

When the 1851 census was undertaken he was shown as aged 34 years, a jeweller, who had been born in the registration district of St. George the Martyr, Surrey (now referred to as the London Borough of Southwark) and was living at 15 Douro Place, Kensington, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife Jane Ross, aged 32 years, who had been born in the registration district of St James, Westminster, Middlesex (now Greater London) and their four children: Henry William Ross, aged 10 years, a day scholar who had been born the St James, Clerkenwell Registration District, Middlesex (now Greater London); Emily Jane Ross, aged 7 years; Alfred Ross, aged 6 years and Mary Annie Ross, aged 4 years, together with a female domestic servant. His three younger children were all shown a being educated at home and had all been born in the Kensington Registration District.  

He was still living at 15 Douro Place, Kensington, when the 1861 census was compiled. He was described as aged 44 years and a sculptor. Also shown on the census was his wife, Jane, aged 42 years, their seven children: Henry Ross, aged 20 years; Albert Ross, aged 16 years; Mary Annie Ross, aged 14 years; Malcolm Ross, aged 7 years; Louisa Ross, aged 5 years; Herbert W. Ross, aged 2 years and Jessie Ross, aged 11 months, together with a female domestic servant.

He was shown as aged 55 years and a sculptor in the 1871 census, living at 119 Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife and three of children: Malcolm Ross - an accountant; Herbert W. Ross - a scholar and Jessie Ross, also a scholar.

The 1881 census shows him as aged 64 years, a widower and unemployed sculptor, living at 6 Foster Place, Bedford Road, Stockwell, Surrey (now Greater London), with three of his children who were listed as: Malcolm Ross, aged 27 year, a clerk; Isabel Ross, aged 23 years, an unemployed governess; Herbert W. Ross, aged 22 years, a warehouseman and Jessie Ross, aged 20 years.

In the 1891 census he is shown as residing at 45 Bedford Road, Stockwell, London aged 74 years, a widower living on his own means and suffering from the fading of the brain. Also living at the address were three of his children: Malcolm Ross, aged 37 years, a mercantile clerk; Isabel Ross, aged 33 years, a teacher of music and Jessie Ross, aged 30 years, a housekeeper.

His death, aged 74 years, was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1891 in the Lambeth Registration District, London, and he was buried on 15 June 1891 in Plot R, Grave 251 in the West of London and Westminster Cemetery (now called Brompton Cemetery), Fulham Road, London, SW10, where the burial register confirms his address had been 45 Bedford Road, Lambeth..

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