Seeking information on Jennie ROSS b. 166642 Amherst Co. Va. Married Charles Loveing 1673 b. 1640 Jamestown James City Va. Any information will help. Holly __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
I am new to this list and was wondering if anyone has any information on the following family: Benjamin Allen b: 1776 Beaver Co., PN d: aft 1850 Edgar Co., IL Married: Mary Ross b: abt 1780 Chesterfield Co., IL Hope to hear from someone concerning this line. Lettie
Does anyone have info to share on a William Ross, born 1879 in Cavendish, Windsor County, Vermont. His parents are Charles Henry Ross and Abigail (Abbie) Emory. Charles and Abbie married Aug 21, 1878 in Cavendish, Vermont. Charles is my great great grandfather. He married again in 1891 (? after Abbie died) to Ruby Olive Fisk. I am interested in finding out information on William Ross, his son from his first marriage. Charles Henry Ross died January 14, 1924 and the estate probate records of March 17, 1924 note William Ross' signature and listed as "son" living in Ludlow, VT. Can anyone help? Cathy Nasatka
Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/Ross/602 Surname: ross, michel ------------------------- i am looking for my grandmother, Valeria Ross. i don't know very much about her. I know that she was from Seaboard Alabama and later met my grandfather, Larry Michel in Orange, Texas. My father was born in Francis Anne Lutcher Hospital in Orange, Texas on June 4, 1947. If anybody has any information to help me find her, I would really appreciate it if you could e-mail me. Thank you
Rosalene, Thanks for the information. I will try to find out if there is a connection. There are two living children of Isaac Edward Ross, but they don't remember anything. One is my grandfather and my aunt just turned 90. I do know that Isaac Edward Ross ended up in Oklahoma. I will ask them if they recognize any of the names and I will get back to you. Thanks again for the help. Stacie
I am looking for any information on my great-grandparents and on. I don't know much. This is what I know: Isaac Edward Ross b. 31 March 1882 d. 1952 in Cleveland, OK m. Bessie Jane Morris b. 1 July 1885 d. 2 July 1933 in Cleveland, OK They were married on 3 October 1907 in Missouri Ed's mothers first name was Emily. I don't know how many brothers and sisters he had. The siblings I do know were Rube, Dave, and Heidi Palmer (1/2 sister in Chickasaw, OK) Bessie and Isaac had 2 girls (Maggie and Christabell) and 5 sons (Troy E., Walter H., Denzil E., William H., Joseph M.) I don't know anything else. I would appreciate any information. Thanks, Stacie
Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/Ross/601 Surname: Ross ------------------------- Looking for any info on Joseph Martin Ross, married to Ida Haire, lived in Savannah GA in 1916, moved to around Kannapolis North Carolina shortly thereafter. Any help appreciated. Thanks,
I speak German and the double "S" appearing like double "P" was quite common 100 years ago and longer in that language. With the Hanoverian Kings of England the double "S"/"P" for Ross would have been common usage. George the 1st spoke no English at all, only German. This spelling variant is also quite common in old New England documents and wills. Frank Soule - Ross from my maternal grandfather, Edward Jackson Ross, Jr. (1883-1972) born PA died CT and my Mother, Mary Ross Soule (1920-1989) born CT died SC. My $0.02 worth! On Fri, 8 Dec 2000 20:16:05 -0600 "Gary and Martha" <[email protected]> writes: > > The following is from Handwriting & Script (Cyndi's List); > "Deciphering > Old > Handwriting": > > The Leading "s" > > One of the most dramatic changes in letters has been the letter > "s." > > Over 100 years ago the "s" was often written like a backward "f." > This > strange symbol for "s" was used very commonly in instances where > there was a > "double s." The unusual s first, called the "leading s." Then the > regular s. > > Go to > http://www.firstct.com/fv/x-name.html for examples. The first > name is > "Ross". ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
The following is from Handwriting & Script (Cyndi's List); "Deciphering Old Handwriting": The Leading "s" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- One of the most dramatic changes in letters has been the letter "s." Over 100 years ago the "s" was often written like a backward "f." This strange symbol for "s" was used very commonly in instances where there was a "double s." The unusual s first, called the "leading s." Then the regular s. Go to http://www.firstct.com/fv/x-name.html for examples. The first name is "Ross".
Do you mean like this : "Ros" ? Back when schools actually taught worthwhile stuff like penmanship, as opposed to all this computer junk which NOBODY will ever use, (LOL), that's how they taught our grandparents to make the leading "s" in a "double-s" situation. Just sort of a flourish, to give the writing a "cultured" look. One of my teachers back in Tennessee, Miss Ursula Lee Smith (6th & 8th grades, & high-school freshman English) used to write like that, (in the 1940's and '50's) and it was very impressive ! That lady had CLASS ! God bless , Ray Herrington [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:18 PM Subject: [ROSS-L] Re: ROFS >Are you sure it was Rofs? The style of their script was different- in words >ending with a double "s" , one "s" was large and one small. > >______________________________
For an interesting twist on researching the Ross name with European roots try this --- (Mine are from Prussia/Pommern) On a multiple search site as "Dogpile" or "Google" ~~ While holding down the "Alt" key On the numeric keypad hit the numbers 2-2-5 This will give you the "ß" for the double ss's ... You will surprised at the European hits .... Nancy Ross Winslow Michigan Researching for the following Ross's: Ludwig m. Augusta Nicholas (sp) Emil Albert Otto Margurite Carl Erna Wilhelm
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Crabtree" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 4:57 PM Subject: Re: [ROSS-L] Re: ROFS > There is a web site that shows the difference of these letters but I can't > pull it out right now. > If one looks closely at the leading "s" which people mistake for "f" you > will see that it is almost a small letter j but without the dot and with a > loop at the top that comes back down on the left side and then down to a > back loop as in a lower part of an f. It is not an f. To the best of my > knowledge this was used only in words with the double ss. This crops up > about every three or four months on the Ross list and I suppose also on the > Bass list. > > Cheers, > Bill >
Hi, Listers I am a research volunteer for the California Genealogical Society, doing some work for a member whose Ross line goes back through Harvey Lee, Ossian M, and Joseph, to Capt Zebulon (1725?-1802)of Dutchess County, NY. I am trying to work back from there, following the theory that Capt. Zebulon was that man whose birth in Windham township, CT in 1725 is listed in the Barbour Collection for that town. That gives him parents Joseph Ross and Sarah Utley, whose marriage in 1716 is recorded along with those births. I have received information to the effect that Joseph was a twin son of John Ross of Ipswich, MA, born in 1682, but I question it, because the Ipswich VRs show that the twin sons of John were Joshua and Benjamin, not Joseph and Jonathan, as I had been told. The first Ross to have been named in the History of Windham County, CT, was a Daniel Ross, who got land in Scotland Parish in 1703. John of Ipswich had a son Daniel, born in 1678. He would have been about the right age to be settin g up on his own somewhere in 1703, but he would seem to be a bit too young to have been the father of Joseph (who married Sarah Utley.) Can you help me to straighten this out? Does anyone know what happened to Joseph and Sarah? Did Joseph leave a will? Any help will be greatly appreciated by Rick Sherman, Kensington, CA
Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/600 Surname: ROSS, ANDERSON ------------------------- MY GGGRANDFATHER HIRAM HARVEY ROSS MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH ANDERSON ON 9-23-1866..THAT"S THE ONLY ROSS-ANDERSON CONNECTION i HAVE FOUND IN MY LINE SO FAR.....
Are you sure it was Rofs? The style of their script was different- in words ending with a double "s" , one "s" was large and one small.
Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/599 Surname: ross, owens, anderson ------------------------- My husbands Mother was Georgia ANN Ross, Mother Lillian Anderson, married to Donald Cameron Ross. They were married in COlorado. Donald was a diamond cutter, do you think there is any connection to your family line?
Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/598 Surname: Ross, Cameron, King, Sinclair ------------------------- Donald Ross (my great great grandfather) was born 1803 in Tain,Rosshire, Scotland. He immigrated to Wellington, New Zealand in 1840 via the Cape Colony. In 1846 he was a member of the survey team for the location and establishment of Dunedin in 1848 by the New Zealand Company. Family folk law has it that when my grandmother was engaged to be married in 1923 that the diamonds in her engagement ring had been sent by Ross family with connections to the Kimberley Diamond mines. My father remembers his mother having contact with cousins in South Africa as he was growing up. But who are they? It is not known for how long Donald Ross lived in South Africa or when he arrived there. It is possible that he married there as he was aged 45 years when he married Mary Cameron in Wellington, New Zealand in 1845. There is an IGI Record of a marriage of a Donald Ross to Christina Carolina Josina LANDWERTH on 10 Sep 1827 in Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Was this him? The names of his children could provide some clues to any family in Tain, Rosshire, Scotland or South Africa: Robert, Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary,Isabella, Angus, Sarah, Janet Dunn known as Jessie, John, William, and Barbara Allen. Dunn and Allen could be associated family names. Unfortunately the names of Donald's parents are not listed on his New Zealand death certificate. Any help would be appreciated.
Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/597 Surname: ROSS ------------------------- Rofs is the old european way of spelling ROSS. In all my pre-1800 documents my ancestors names were spelled as ROFS.
Posted on: Ross Family Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Ross/596 Surname: ROSS ------------------------- Does anyone have a ROSS family ancestor who lived in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, late 1700's through mid 1800's? I'd like to talk with you.
Does anyone have a ROSS family member who lived in Guysborough, Nova Scotia, late 1700's through mid 1800's? I'd like to talk with you. -- Peace and Gentle Sunsets, Pam