Genealogical Interests
Communication Preferences: I am interested in communicating with anyone who shares the same genealogical or historical interests.
Here is my family tree.
Notes
- My y-DNA kit [@Big-Y 700], my father's y-DNA kit [@Big-Y 700], and my 5th cousin's y-DNA kit [@67] are loaded into the Ross project at FamilyTreeDNA. Our 3 kits each list Hugh Ross, 1731 - 1799, Durness, Sutherland as our most recent common ancestor. Our cluster is clearly visible.
- I participate on the Sutherland County team in the Scotland Project. My focus is Durness Parish.
- My maternal line descends from 10 Mayflower passengers.
- My paternal line descends from 4 Hector passengers who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1773. My father was Canadian.
- My most recent immigrant ancestor (i.e., not counting Canadians) was a maternal GGM who arrived in Seattle from Sweden in 1889.
Family Tree of William Ross III
William D. Ross III
Ancestors
Son of William Ross II and [private mother (1930s - 2020s)]
Brother of [private sister (unknown - unknown)], [private brother (1950s - unknown)] and [private brother (1950s - unknown)]
Husband of [private wife (1950s - unknown)]
Father of [private son (1980s - unknown)], [private daughter (1980s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
Family Tree of William Ross III
William
William D. Ross III
Ancestors
Son of William Ross II and [private mother (1930s - 2020s)]
Brother of [private sister (unknown - unknown)], [private brother (1950s - unknown)] and [private brother (1950s - unknown)]
Husband of [private wife (1950s - unknown)]
Father of [private son (1980s - unknown)], [private daughter (1980s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
Grandparents
03 Aug 1902 - 27 Feb 1981
Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada
25 Aug 1905 - 16 Apr 1975
Columbus, Ohio, United States
01 Mar 1891 - 10 Mar 1934
Santa Barbara, California, United States
08 Dec 1895 - 27 Aug 1976
Hemet, Riverside County, California
Great-Grandparents
20 Jun 1869 - 25 Jun 1947
Little Bras d'Or, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
06 Jan 1871 - 06 Mar 1909
New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
08 Feb 1879 - 17 Sep 1970
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
12 May 1882 - 04 May 1942
Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
20 Apr 1849 - 03 Oct 1926
Sutton, Caledonia, Vermont, United States
17 Aug 1868 - 13 Feb 1929
West Almond, Allegany, New York, United States
abt 13 Apr 1853 - 22 Dec 1934
Butler, Pennsylvania, United States
04 Jun 1871 - 23 Nov 1946
Grevie, Kristianstad, Sweden
2nd-Great-Grandparents
27 Dec 1820 - 08 Dec 1892
08 Aug 1831 - 16 Dec 1906
01 Sep 1838 - 04 Mar 1918
23 Sep 1835 - 02 Apr 1891
[Carpenter g-g-grandfather?]
abt Apr 1852 - aft 1920
abt 1844 - abt 1896
12 Apr 1855 - 10 Jun 1936
06 Mar 1815 - 02 Aug 1902
03 Sep 1821 - 13 May 1901
abt 1834 - 31 Dec 1914
abt 1840 - 05 Aug 1914
03 Mar 1814 - abt 07 Sep 1865
05 Apr 1821 - 18 May 1881
02 Feb 1828 - 14 Feb 1894
23 Feb 1838 -
Descendants of William Ross III
Loading...Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- William's formal name
- full middle name (D.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- biography
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
For access to William Ross's full information you must be on William's Trusted List. Please login.
DNA Connections for William: 2
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:- William Ross: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #912321
- 100.00% 100.00% William Ross: 23andMe
G2G Forum
- William Ross is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 9, 2020
- View all G2G Forum posts
Comments on William Ross III: 21
Login to post a comment.
I wanted to say thank you for your outstanding work and contributions. I really enjoyed reading several of the profiles you created, such as William Morison (bef.1797-).
Thank you and keep up the good work!! :D
Jenn H., Scotland Project
Thanks for your kind words, they are much appreciated. Thanks also for putting time into the Scotland Project. William Morison married Merran MacCulloch, who was a first cousin of my 3x GGF John Ross. Specifically, Merran's mother was a Ross, an older sister of my 3x GGF. I confess that I have collected about 5x as many explicit digital source citations than the number of citations that I have actually found the time to load into my family's WT profiles. Its a big backlog that I tackle slowly. Also, I'm a slow and cautious writer. And now that I have 7 grandchildren, with #8 due in a couple of weeks, it is sometimes hard to squeeze in extra time curating WT profiles. I'll post this grateful reply to you here and now, and then send you a PM. With best regards, William Ross III
It is once again time for our annual Scotland Project check-in. Please respond within the next three weeks to let us know:
•If you would like to continue as a project member •If you are happy with your current teams or would you like to join a different team •How much time per month (on average) you spend working on Scottish profiles •Anything you’d like the Scotland Project to do more of in the future
You can respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message on WikiTree. If we don’t hear from you within the next three weeks we’ll assume your interests have changed or you are no longer able to participate in the Scotland Project at this time, and your badge will be removed. If your circumstances change later you will be welcome to reapply for membership.
On behalf of the Scotland Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve Scottish profiles!
Sheena - Scotland Project Membership Coordinator
Yes, I plan to continue as a Scotland Project member.
Yes I am happy to be working primarily on profiles in the Durness region. This is where my 4x great grandfather Hugh Ross and his wife Jean Manson suddenly become visible in the 1760s in the earliest written records that survive to the modern era. The monuments of these 4x great grandparents and some of their children and grandchildren (who did not emigrate to North America) are in good shape in the old section of Balnakeil Churchyard.
My time per month working on Scottish records varies. I think the more important metric is that I have a substantial backlog of solid digital evidence for my ancestors and cousins in Durness and other highland parishes already downloaded, mostly from ScotlandsPeople, but have not yet woven all of these details into WikiTree profiles. Pausing briefly to explain, myself and a fifth cousin are descended separately from two Ross brothers who emigrated from Eddrachillis, Sutherland to Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1815. As genealogists we are in communication almost daily discussing evidence strands that we have accumulated.
Regarding what the Scotland Project could do more of, I have no specific request; but I am grateful for all the volunteer time that is contributed by project members.
If I could have one wish it is that the eight octavo volumes of the diaries Rev. Murdo MacDonald (1696-1763), minister of Durness, that were used by archivist and scholar Hew Morrison in his research into Rob Donn in the late 1800s, and that Mr.Morrison returned to its owner when he was done with his research, could be found and digitized. That would really be something!
Thank you for the time and attention you donate to the Scotland Project.
[wr]
btw, I ran the connection finder and see that our lines connect via my 3x great grand uncle Roderick Ross who emigrated from Nova Scotia to New Zealand in the 1840s.
posted
by William Ross III
edited
by William Ross III
Thank you for replying and thank you for all the research you put in to improving our ancestors' profiles. I don't know if you already know, but the National Library of Scotland appears to have transcripts of part of Rev MacDonald's diaries - the accession details are at https://digital.nls.uk/catalogues/guide-to-manuscript-collections/inventories/acc11529.pdf
You're actually one of my closer connections on WikiTree - most of my family seem to have stayed firmly in Scotland!
Sheena
It's time for our annual Scotland Project check-in!
This year we are hoping to learn what our membership would like to accomplish over the next 12 months. In case you aren't aware, this year is WikiTree's ""Year of Connections"" and the Project's leadership would like to contribute to this in as many ways as possible.
We would appreciate it if you would share your thoughts and ideas with us on how we can accomplish this goal. We would also appreciate it if you would provide some feedback on our existing goals, including:
- If you have not yet signed up to help on one of the project's teams, which team(s) would you be interested in joining?
- How often should we provide a Project Newsletter?
- Have you participated in the Tartan Trail? If not, is this something you'd be interested in doing?
- Do you have a question(s) that we could add to a Frequently Asked Questions page?
- Any suggestions or ideas you have on ways to improve the Scotland Project in general
We continue to communicate with our Project members via Google Group (official) and Discord (unofficial), as well as G2G. You may also reach out to any of the Project leaders via WikiTree's internal messaging system at any time.
Thank you for all you do to help the Scotland Project become a knowledge hub for Scottish genealogical research! We wish you all the best in 2022!
Sincerely, Amy Gilpin on behalf of the Scotland Project Leaders
Thanks for the check-in about the Scotland Project.
For me last year was great. In January 2021 I enrolled in the FutureLearn free online genealogy course:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/genealogy
The course is hosted by University of Strathclyde. It provides a deep dive into how to research genealogy in Scotland, with an astonishing level of detail. The Strathclyde course is presented as 6 one week modules. The hosted online teaching environment works very well.
I highly recommend it for anyone in the Scotland Project.
I'll answer your other questions by email.
Keep up the great work and stay safe.
With best regards,
[wr]
you may say i'm a dreamer but i'm not the only one
- Clean-a-Thon|team=Team Twisted Thistles|year=2021|suggestions=11
If you enjoyed working to make repairs like these, please consider joining the Data Doctors Project, a group of members who work on these improvements on an ongoing basis.
- Regards,
- Bobbie & Sarah
- Twisted Thistles Team Captains
It’s time for a Project check-in!
Scotland Project Leaders check in with you at least once a year to see how you are doing. With the changes happening around the world, we understand that life is hectic right now.
What are you planning to work on for the Scotland Project this year? Are you happy with the team(s) you part of, or would you like to make some changes?
This time round, we’re also looking for feedback on the use of Google Group and Discord. Do you use one or both of these? If you don’t use either of them, what is the best way to ensure you receive Project communications? If you would like to join us on Google Group or Discord, let us know in your response.
Thanks for the ping. Life is good. I'm a slow writer, averaging about a hundred WikiTree edits per month, mostly creating or expanding biographies of residents of Durness Parish, Sutherland from 1700-1900. I'm also going back over my earlier work to simplify the narrative style. In 2020 I was #1 WT editor for editing Mackay profiles, almost entirely in Durness Parish, and #9 for Ross, although most of my Ross edits are in Nova Scotia and not Scotland. For 2021 I expect to maintain the same pace, and to stay focused on the 1700s to 1800s, and to continue adding biographies to Durness Parish. But my contributions will remain at a low pace because I still have a full time job doing remote IT work, which has been unaffected by the global employment downturn due to the Covid pandemic.
Keep up the great work on the Scotland Project!
I'll send you more details by email.
Stay safe,
[wr]
Thanks for the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree over the weekend. I hope you’ll join us for the Source-a-thon this fall.
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Thank you so much for participating with the Twisted Thistles during the 2020 Connect-a-Thon! Here is a sticker code you can put on your profile, just add the double curly brackets {{ }} at both ends.
Connect-a-Thon|team=Team Twisted Thistles|year=2020|profiles=20
Cheers,
Sarah and Bobbie
As a member of the Scotland Project, we'd love to have you join the Twisted Thistles in the upcoming Connect-a-thon the weekend of July 17 - July 20. If you'd like to join us and help to develop our ever-expanding Scottish tree, please register on the G2G post here and be sure to mention you'd like to be on the Twisted Thistles team for Scotland.
We also have our team Chat page posted here.
- Hope to see you there!
- Bobbie & Sarah
- Twisted Thistles Co-captains
The Scotland Project seems to fit your ancestors, such as George Manson. Click the link to read how to join.
Recommended sources for Pre-1700s are:Cite Reliable sources
Or use the Pre-1700 Projects list to find a project..
For questions, just ask!
Mary ~ Pre-1700 Greeter
PS If links do not work in a WikiTree email, check on your profile page for this message.
I've orphaned your great-grandfather so that you can adopt him. Cheers, Laurie
Please consider joining. The more people that do, the more we can learn about the name Ross :)
How is it going so far, were the How-Tos pages helpful or did they leave you with questions?
Clicking your green tags will show other members who follow that tag. Add tags for locations, Country, County or topic of interest. The more tags you add the more links to community & research options Information on tags is on page one of the How To pages.
We want to help you learn about the site and the community, hopefully you found the pages and links useful. I have page one bookmarked for reference page
Questions click my name and ask in the comment box on my page
Janet~WikiGreeter
P.S. If links do not work in an email from WikiTree try from the comment section of your profile page
Thank you for volunteering, we are glad that you joined us. You are now a full member of the WikiTree community, and can now start adding your family.
For helpful tips to get you on your way, please start with our New Member How-To pages .
I first started out as a rookie, just working on my immediate family members. But as I found more connections I got better at working on my tree. I think you will enjoy the experience once you get comfortable being here. I know I have! Note: If the link doesn't work in your email, you can find them in the public comments on your profile page. Feel free to work through the How-Tos at your own pace.
Dorothy, WikiTree Greeter
This is just a note to say hi and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about joining WikiTree.
To contact me, click the link to my name above, then send a private message or post a comment on my profile page.
Dorothy ~ WikiTree Greeter.
P.S. If links do not work in an email from WikiTree, try them from the comment section on your profile page.
Featured connections to Gene Hackman and his co-stars: William is 21 degrees from Gene Hackman, 19 degrees from Wes Anderson, 22 degrees from Ernest Borgnine, 21 degrees from Tom Cruise, 19 degrees from Clint Eastwood, 24 degrees from Morgan Freeman, 19 degrees from Laurence Olivier, 21 degrees from Keanu Reeves, 19 degrees from Barbra Streisand, 23 degrees from Max von Sydow, 23 degrees from Denzel Washington and 19 degrees from Robin Williams
Login to find your connection.