This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ross Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TeC.2ACE/1399.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Marion, I really do doubt any mis-representation, just the results of verbal communication, and memory mix over time. Also why would he have had to lie to emigrate at that time? I doubt this too. I will note that you are correct in your original post - there was no such person documented born in that year, of that name, in that place. Hence - my response as few eluded registration at that time. I did look a few places here and there and with such a widespread name combination, nothing stood out. I would offer this though - did he serve in WWI - there are more than a few signed up in Canada, of that name, and from Scotland born in the years surrounding your targeted date. A question - where did he live and die in Canada, and what was his occupation, and who was his wife - on that I may perhaps take a quick browse over the next while and see if I might see anything else worthwhile. Regards, Larry