Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Fanny Turner Ross

1855 –21/02/1929

A draper's assistant and wife of James Ross

Relatives

James Gordon Ross — son

• Melanie Hilton

Unmarked grave Fanny Turner Ross (née Nokes) (1855-1929)

Fanny was born in 1855 in Nottingham, the third child of William and Isabella (née Turner) Nokes.

In 1861 the family lived in Carlton, Notts and her father was a “traveller [in] outfitting”.

By the age of 16 Fanny was an assistant draper, one of five in the household of master draper James Sayer who lived with his family in High Street, Barnet.

Fanny married accountant and estate agent James Ross (born 1849 Liverpool) by licence in 1876 in Whitwick, Leicestershire, which was where she was living at the time. He was of Mount Pleasant, Liverpool.

The couple were to have 13 children (of whom 6 had died by 1911). James Gordon Ross (1878) and William C (1881) were both born in Liverpool and in 1881 the family lived at 47, Edge Lane, West Derby, Liverpool with two live-in domestic servants

Fanny T was born in 1882, Colin Howard (1885) and Dorothy Mary (1886), all in Liverpool. However, Margery Clare was born in 1888 in Garston, Lancs.

By 1891 they had moved to 20, Charlton Road, Harlesden, Middlesex and James was described in the census as an “Author”.

 Edward Robert (1893) and Charles Percy (1894) were born in Harlesden, and Reginald (1898) in Lee Common, Bucks.

By 1901 they were living at 198, Berkhamsted Road, Chesham. James was a builder’s clerk, so it would appear that he had been unable to make a living as an author.

In 1911 they were at 7, Boxwell Road. James was clerk to a timber merchant, Charles and Reginald were living at home and they also had a boarder.

In 1921 they were still living in Boxwell Road. James was secretary to East & Co., timber merchants and they had the Horn family as lodgers.

James died April 1925 at 7, Boxwell Road. He may lie in the unmarked grave in this cemetery belonging to a “Mr Ross”.

His son James Gordon Ross died 30 January 1929 and Fanny passed away just weeks later on 21 February 1929 aged 76 at 11, Montague Road. They are buried side by side.