Peter Duross (abt. 1833 - 1876)

Born about 1833 in Cork, Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1876 at about age 43 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Peter Duross was born in Ireland; family information says he was born about 1833, that he came from County Cork, and eventually left because of the potato famine. He married Elizabeth Cleary in Ireland in 1855, where their first child, John, was born in 1857. Their year of immigration to Detroit may have been 1860, per records from the Detroit Recorder's Court. It appears their six other children were all born in Michigan, presumably Detroit, where the 1860 and 1870 Federal censuses list their household. Peter appears in the Civil War Union draft in June 1863. Peter died in a presumed accidental drowning with another man in late July 1876, per a Detroit Free Press article on the search for the two men. Peter was there identified as a carpenter, age 41, residing at 18 McDougall Avenue. He was buried in Mt. Elliott Cemetery in Detroit.

Note

• Fact: Burial Mount Elliott Cemetery , Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Sources

• IBBOTSON, PATRICIA. Declarations of Intent, Recorder's Court, Detroit, Michigan, 1860-1868. In The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine (Detroit), vol. 65:1 (Fall 2001), pp. 16-19; vol. 65:2 (Winter 2002), pp. 58-61; vol. 65:3 (Spring 2002). Annotation: Date and place of declaration of intent. Extracted from volume A, M/S 4M, of a six-volume set which is among the holdings of the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library. Place of origin also provided. Found at Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
• "US Census, 1860", database online. Detroit Ward 7, Wayne Cty, Michigan, USA; entry for Peter and Elizabeth Duross household, pg. 566, family 1287, dwelling 1169, lines 19-22; 8 August 1860; National Archives Microfilm M653_566, Family History Library Film 803566.
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 5.
• "US Census, 1870", database online. Detroit Ward 10, Wayne Cty, Michigan, USA; entry for Peter and Elizabeth Duross household, pg. 376B, family 292, dwelling 236, lines 18-24; 11 Jun 1870; National Archives Microfilm M593_715, Family History Library Film 552214.
• “DROWNED. Tragic Death of Bernard McEnally and Peter Duross.” Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, Tuesday, July 25, 1876, pg. 1
• Peter Duross (Unknown-1876) on Find A Grave: Memorial #148004418 retrieved 18 May 2019.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Nancy Vintilla for creating WikiTree profile Duross-31 through the import of JPG_AncesTree_2013-09-09.ged on Sep 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Nancy and others.