Ross New Hampshire

[nic42]

I am trying to trace a cousin (or his family) of my great great grandfather. The cousin was WG Ross and lived at 197 Walnut Street, Manchester, New Hampshire in the early 1930s. My gt gt grandfather was Kenneth Ross and lived in Pugwash Nova Scotia.
Regards Nic

[*Sandra*]

Any birth years for either Kenneth or W G ?  Any idea what W G stands for ?

Sandra

[nic42]

Hi Sandra,
I know little of WG Ross other than his address, as he wrote to the UK War Office for information on Kenneth's son Alexander McKenzie Ross. I would assume he would have been born around 1880 in Nova Scotia, but I am not sure. Kenneth Ross was born in about 1825 probably Nova Scotia and was a blacksmith. Alexander was my great grandfather and left Canada under a cloud and is well documented, but his father Kenneth died young and left little trace. I am hoping the cousin may provide a track back to Kenneth.
Regards Nic

[Christine53]

Do you have this marriage ?

Kenneth Ross , blacksmith , 38 , residence Gairloch NS, parents Alexander & Elizabeth
Catherine Mackenzie , 35,                  "           "          , parents Hector & Nancy

married 17 May 1873 at Gairloch.

This makes Kenneth Ross born about 1835.

This record can be viewed here :https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/

[nic42]

Thanks CB
I am sure that this is a different Kenneth Ross as mine married Jane McKenzie who then remarried as a widow. In the 1861 Canadian census she is recorded as living with Kenneth in Hillsborough New Brunswick, and in 1871 she had remarried. Mind it's quite a coincidence that you find a Kenneth with the same job and married to a McKenzie, I wonder if it's the same family or that there are a lot of Rosses in this part of Canada
Regards Nic

[Christine53]

My apologies. I was a little confused by your reference to 1880. I see from the 1861 census that Alexander was born in 1854 so this marriage is obviously wrong.

Christine

[Christine53]

From the Manchester Directory 1934 :

William G Ross 197 Walnut Street, electrician , spouse Rose E Ross

1930 US census ( transcribed William T Ross ) :
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7N6-4QX
Looking at the image on A*y William on the census is an electrician at the right address.

[Christine53]

I think this is their marriage :

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBK-CB8P

There is a border crossing from US to Canada 11 Sep 1935 , arriving St Stephen , New Brunswick

Rose E Ross mother
Ian Maclaughlan Ross 10
Phyllis Joan Ross 7
David Alexander Ross 5
Richard Ross

Ithink it says accompanying husband , but I can't spot him on the list.

By the way , I read the letter in the Service Record - how interesting !

[Christine53]

Cemetery record for William George's parents , Duncan Maclander Ross and Joanna MacKay ( as given in his marriage ) :
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/458195?PHPSESSID=bac1700d22af0cb20bc5411c22827d90

I think this is the family in 1901 , after the death of Duncan :

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHK2-GCJ