There are 6 Ketchapaws in the Hastings County are. Hastings is on the north
side of Lake Ontario. Ketchapaw is an Indian name and there is the 1st
6NAtions reserve in that are of Ont. There are 133 Ross' listed in the same
area. All per the cemetery index for the province.
Robert Vanidour
London Ont.,
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From: "Charles Geo.Ross UE" <cgross_ue(a)cogeco.ca
To:
<MIGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:51
PM
Subject: [MIGEN] RE: ROSS CLAN
Greetings;
I am attempting to obtain information on my ROSS relatives
who
migrated from Ontario, Canada
to areas in Owosso, Michigan in the late 1800's, then on to other
locations in the same state. It started
with:
1) - William B. Ross b-1830, d- _?_, married to Ellen Ketchapaw
b- _?_,
d-1914 unknown cemetery.
2) - Absalom N. Ross b-1832, d-1906, married to Catherine
Lawrence b-1838, d-1919 both buried at
Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso.
1)- Emma Roy Ross b-1860, d- _?_ married to
Merritt
Ralstead b- _?_, d- _?_ unknown
2)- Mable B. Ross b- 1886, d-1916 married to
Lester
Williams b- _?_, d- 1912 both buried
at Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso.
1)- Zayda Bell Williams b- 1915,
d-
_?_ married __?__
3) Ross E. Ross b-1900, d- _?_ married 1915 to
Ivy
Orris b- _?_, d- _?_
4) Sarah M. Ross b-1862, d- _?_ married in 1881
to
James Allan Katchapaw b- _?_, d- _?_
buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso.
5) William H. Ross b-1873, d- 1953 married in
1899 to
Grace Leadbetter b- _?_, d- _?_ both
(was on the Owosso Fire Dept. with his
brother
#6) - buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso.
1) George N. Ross b- 1900, d- _?_
married in 1929 to Doris Smith b- _?_, d- _?_
2) Walter H. Ross b- 1905, d- 1965
buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Owosso.
6) James Frederick Ross b- 1876, d- April 1,
1900 (
first Fireman to be killed on duty fighting
the Central School fire) Buried at Oak
Hill
Cemetery, Owosso, married to Katherine
Haupt b- _?_, d- _?_.
7) Zenas Ross III b- 1871, d- _?_ married in
1893 to
Margaret Halsey b- _?_, d- _?_
(war reported as being the Town Marshal
during
the Central School fire and hunted in Alpin)
8) Ira Franklin Ross b-1868, d- 1898 buried at
Oak
Hill Cemetery, Owosso.
> The above are all descendants of Zenas Ross &
Rachel Wright-Ross who
fought in the American Revolution
> and were loyalists who migrated to Canada at the end of the war.
> Please advise me off list of any information at:
> cgross_ue(a)cogeco.ca
> Thanking you in advance for any info that may help.
> Charles (Chuck) G.J.Ross UE