John Ross (abt. 1820 - 1889)

Born about 1820 in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Robson) Ross — married 13 Sep 1855 in Stanley, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

Died 19 Sep 1889 at about age 69 in Stanley township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

John was born about 1820. He was the son of Alexander Ross and Mary Mustard. He passed away in 1889.^[1]

His name can be found as a land holder of Con.1, Lot 8 in the 1842 assessment list of Stanley Township, Huron County, Canada West (Ontario).^[2] He married Jane Robson^[3] and had eleven children with her. The family can be found in the 1861Census of Canada West, Huron County, Stanley township^[4]and 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Huron County, Stanley township.^[5]

John was a teenager when he arrived in Stanley township with his family and probably had to wait to be of age to enter into a contract for his land. He obtained title to his property in 1843^[6] He farmed the property for 49 years until his death. According to a Huron County Atlas published in 1879, John's farm included 97 Acres on Con.1, Lot 8 and 97 acres on Con. 1, Lot 9 in Stanley.^[7]His family maintained a financial interest in some of this property until the death of his wife, over 30 years after her husband. However, none of his children took up farming the land their father had pioneered. The brick house he built some time in the 1870s is still standing on Con.1, Lot 18 (2017).

Sources

1. ↑ Death in Stanley on September 19th 1889 of John Ross aged 69 years and five months. He was an intimate friend of the late William Macmillian and one of the pallbearers at that funeral (William Macmillian died September 2nd) he was a native of Rosshire and one of the first settlers on London Road. He leaves a wife, four sons and five daughters. Few had heard of his illness and it is only a few days since his genial face and familiar form were seen on our streets. It seems on Tuesday last, Mr. Ross had prepared to go to the Seaforth Show and had gone to hitch the horses when he became ill. While so engaged he became suddenly ill and decided not to go. He went to bed and from this he never rose, sinking rapidly until Thursday morning when he passed peacefully away. Previous to this he had been enjoying his usual good health. The cause of death is supposed to be some affection of the kidneys which resulted in blood poisoning. - Huron Expositor - September 20, 1889, transcribed by Jan Howe (Ross family researcher)
2. ↑ Online at Huron county Library [1]
3. ↑ Marriage Registers of Upper Canada/Canada West Huron District 1841-1870, p. 55 John Ross, 30, of Stanley Township to Jane Robinson, 24, of Tuckersmith township 13 Sep. 1855, Egmondville. By License. Rev. Graham. Witnesses John Garbraith and William Robson
4. ↑ Original image at Library and Archives Canada[2]
5. ↑ Original image at Library and Archives Canada [3] and Original image of 1881 Census of Canada, Stanley, Huron South, Ontario[4]and[5]
6. ↑ According to Canada Company Papers Series B-3, Vol. 19, p. 205 Register of Contracts-Sales at Archives of Ontario on microfilm MS-729, Reel 1, John Ross entered his contract in April of 1840 and had paid for his 100 acres of land by 1843. Jan Howe has a copy of a Canada Company Conveyance Deed dated August 21, 1843 for a "John Ross of the Township of Stanley County of Huron District, and Province aforesaid, Yeoman: All that certain Parcel or Tract of Land situated as follows: composing Lot number eight in the first concession of the said Township of Stanley containing by measurement one hundred acres of Land" for which he paid Seventy five pounds.
7. ↑ McGill University Canadian County Digital Atlas project website transcription online at [6]