Robert William ROSS

Robert William ROSS

Male 1864 - 1941  (76 years)

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  • Name Robert William ROSS 
    Birth 15 May 1864  Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Birth 1866  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1911  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Origin 1911 
    Irish 
    photo* Stained Glass inscription from Free Methodist Church, Cobden 
    Occupation 1911 
    Farmer 
    Religion 1911 
    Methodist 
    Death 26 Mar 1941  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23948  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2021 

    Father Edmund ROSS,   b. 3 Feb 1832, Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1897, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane CASWELL,   b. 28 Nov 1836, Drummond Twp., Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1910, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Alt. Marriage 13 Dec 1862  [4
    Marriage 19 Dec 1862  Carleton Place, Lanark, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella COLLINS,   b. 21 Mar 1867, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1953, Montreal, , Quebec, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1891  Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Children 
     1. Jessie Halliday ROSS,   b. 23 Mar 1892, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1975, Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. Stella Margaret ROSS,   b. 8 Oct 1895, Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1958, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     3. Edmund William ROSS,   b. 1896, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1899, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     4. William Leslie ROSS,   b. 13 May 1899, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1953, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    +5. John Duncan 'Jack' ROSS,   b. 13 Nov 1901, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1986 (Age 84 years)
     6. Mary Gertrude ROSS,   b. 9 Jul 1903, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1998, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     7. Robert Carman ROSS,   b. 13 Apr 1906, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1982, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     8. Frances Isabel ROSS,   b. 30 Jan 1909, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1909, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     9. Ruth Elizabeth ROSS,   b. 30 Jul 1910, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1997 (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F10795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2008 

  • Photos
    Ross, Robert Wm & Isabella nee Collins memorial window from the former Free Methodist Church in Cobden.
    Ross, Robert Wm & Isabella nee Collins memorial window from the former Free Methodist Church in Cobden.
    Cobden Free Methodist Church provided by owner/occupant of former church

    Documents
    Shantyman\'s experience with round log bridge
    Shantyman\'s experience with round log bridge
    The Ottawa Citizen, Mar 25, 1933
    Ross, Robert William buildings burn
    Ross, Robert William buildings burn
    The Cobden Sun Sep 5, 1919
    Ross, Robert Wm & Isabella nee Collins celebrate 50th Anniversary
    Ross, Robert Wm & Isabella nee Collins celebrate 50th Anniversary
    The Cobden Sun, Mar 13, 1941
    Ross, Robert W. death
    Ross, Robert W. death
    The Cobden Sun, Mar 27, 1941
    Ross, Robert William obituary
    Ross, Robert William obituary
    The Cobden Sun, April 3, 1941 p. 1

    Headstones
    Gravestone-Ross, Robert W. & Isabella nee Collins;
children-Edmund, Isabel, Infant, Ruth
    Gravestone-Ross, Robert W. & Isabella nee Collins; children-Edmund, Isabel, Infant, Ruth
    Beachburg Union Cemetery, Beachburg, Ontario
    photographed by Fay Bennett, June 2016

  • Sources 
    1. [S576] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html).

    2. [S219] Church Record - Burial - Grace United Church Cobden, Renfrew Co., Ontario.

    3. [S668] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html).

    4. [S662] Zion Line WI, Tweedsmuir History - Zion Line Women's Institute Farm Histories.

    5. [S522] R. Sergeant and J.R. E. Miller, Church Record - Book - Some Early Lanark County Marriages 1830-1869, (Kingston Branch, OGS).

    6. [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca) (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Mary J. Caswell Age: 24 Birth Place: Drummond Township Spouse Name: Ross, Edward Spouse Age: 28 Spouse Birth Place: Drummond Township Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1862 Spouse Father Name: William Ross Spouse Mother Name: Theresa Martin Microfilm Roll: 1030059 Father Name: Andrew Caswell Mother Name: Martha Burrows Spouse residence: Westmeath Township Residence: Drummond Township County: Lanark Marriage Place: Carleton Place

    7. [S257] OGS Sault Ste Marie Branch, Newspaper - Index to Births, Marriages, & Deaths in the Pembroke Observer and Upper Ottawa Advertiser 1867-1898, (July 1991).

    8. [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), # 010651 Westmeath Twp.,  Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Robert W Ross Birth Place: Ross Age: 27  bachelor, farmer Father Name: Emund Ross Mother Name: Mary Jane Caswell Ross Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Spouse Name: Isabella Collins Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Birth Place: Westmeath Spouse Father Name: William Collins Spouse Mother Name : Margaret Humphrey