I asked if my mum or dad had heard of Ross's Land and they think it was down towards the harbour in Cockenzie. Have you managed to find this out yet? You wouldn't recognise Port Seton now. Speak to you soon, Hannah
Hi all,
Pruned your previous post, however, I think I have found out how it was named "Ross's Land", it will clear up one problem, but lead to many more.
On the 1895 Valuation Records on
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk , I find that the proprietor of some houses in South Doors and Ross's Land is a widow, called Helen Ross, a grocer in Cockenzie. Could this be Helen Greig??? My Great Grandfather, Andrew Buchanan is shown at one of the houses in Ross's Land, which I think could be the house on the junction of High Street and South Doors, immediately next to Cockenzie House. My grandfather Thomas Buchanan, was born in August 1895 and his birth certificate, quotes Ross's Land as his birthplace.
The Helen Greig who married William Ross died in 1903, but the 1905 Valuation Records still have her as a widow. In 1915 VR, it is shown as Jane C Ross as proprietor Could this be her daughter?
One question answered , but poses more.
Tom Buchanan
PS Just found that Jane Cleugh Ross is the daughter of David Ross and Helen Steedman not Greig, so these ones are not related, but they are responsible for "Ross's Land"