Here's some interesting information about my gggf, Charles Ross, and his siblings: Charles Ross was a native of Kingscraig, Inverness, Scotland, date of birth unknown. He joined the Hudson Bay Trading Company in 1818 and sailed across the Atlantic to Canada. In 1818-19 he served as a clerk at Norway House, and in 1822-23 was clerk at Lac la Pluie. In 1824 he was transferred to New Caledonia, where he served as a clerk at various remote posts for the next eight years, including being in charge of Babine Post from 1825-27. In 1838 he was sent to the Northwest Coast and stationed at Fort McLoughlin. In 1843 he received his commission as Chief Trader and was placed in charge of Fort Victoria, which was under construction at the time. He arrived at Victoria (which was then just a fort under construction) on June 3, 1843 and died just a year later on June 27, 1844, apparently of appendicitus. Charles married Isabella Merilia, a Canadian Indian with the possibility of a bit of Spanish ancestry and had 9 children. Isabella became the first woman to own property in Victoria, Canada and it is after her that Ross Bay (in Victoria) is named. She died in 1885. Charles had a brother, Walter, a physician who settled in British Guiana and there amassed a considerable fortune. Walter died in 1832. Another brother was John, a clergyman, in all probability a Presbyterian, who lived and whose family survived him in Edinburgh. He became a chaplain on a 60 ton sailing frigate, the Planet, bound for Caracas on some adventurous scheme, which proved to be a disasterous one financially. On this voyage John visited his brother, Dr. Walter, in British Honduras. John was lost at sea... A sister was married to a Mr. Young, who from 1820 - 1862 was editor and proprietor of The London Sun. (This info comes from the Victoria Daily Times, April 29, 1922) He also had a sister Elizabeth (Mrs. Joseph Macdonald) and another sister named Kate. Please let me know if your Rosses link up to any of these! Thanks, Mike Murray