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Descendants of John "Merchant" Ross

Generation No. 2

2. DONALD² ROSS (JOHN "MERCHANT"¹) was born Bet. 1770 - 1780 in Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and died Bef. 1871 in St. Anns, Cape Breton. He married JESSIE MACKENZIE, daughter of ALLAN MACKENZIE and ? MACIVER. She was born Abt. 1786 in Crossbost, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and died Bet. 1871 - 1881 in St. Anns, Cape Breton.

Children of DONALD ROSS and JESSIE MACKENZIE are:

5.	i.	DONALD³ ROSS, b. 1802, Parrish of Uig, Lewis, Scotland; d. 1877, Port Morien, Cape Breton.
6.	ii.	WILLIAM ROSS, b. Abt. 1808, Stornaway , Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. 17 Mar 1874, Peters Brook, Cape Breton.
7.	iii.	ALLAN ROSS, b. Abt. 1809, Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. 03 Jun 1890, Paisley, Ontario.
	iv.	ANN ROSS, b. Abt. 1811, Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. Unknown.
8.	v.	JOHN ROSS, b. 1816, Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. Abt. 1856, St. Anns, Cape Breton.
9.	vi.	RODERICK ROSS, b. 1820, Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. Unknown.
10.	vii.	ALEXANDER ROSS, b. 1824, Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. Jan 1893.
11.	viii.	KENNETH ROSS, b. 1827, Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. Bet. 1891 - 1901.
	ix.	MARY ROSS, b. 1828, Isle of Lewis, Scotland; d. Unknown.

3. RODERICK² ROSS (JOHN "MERCHANT"¹) died Unknown. He married JANE MACKENZIE, daughter of ALLAN MACKENZIE and ? MACIVER. She was born in Crossbost, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and died Unknown.

Children of RODERICK ROSS and JANE MACKENZIE are:

	i.		DONALD³ ROSS, d. Unknown.
	ii.		DAVID ROSS, d. Unknown.

4. ALEXANDER² ROSS (JOHN "MERCHANT"¹) was born Abt. 1789 in Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and died Bet. 1871 - 1881 in Little Narrows, Cape Breton. He married MARY MACKAY. She was born Abt. 1790 in Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, and died Abt. 1864 in Little Narrows, Cape Breton.

Notes for ALEXANDER ROSS:
Alexander Ross was born in 1789 in Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, he married Mary MacKay also born in Stornaway. In 1820 they emigrated from Scotland and landed at St. Anns, Cape Breton. They initially settled near Baddeck but moved to a land grant at Little Narrows sometime after 1827.Alexander and Mary had nine children.
Alexander started operating a ferry service at Little Narrows, first towing a raft across with a row boat, then using a cable system. The Ross family operated the ferry there until it was taken over by the Nova Scotia government. John Ross died at age 67 from streptococcal infection caused by a splinter in his hand.

Children of ALEXANDER ROSS and MARY MACKAY are:

12.	i.	DONALD³ ROSS, b. 10 May 1813, Stornoway, Scotland; d. Aft. 1901, Little Narrows, Cape Breton.
13.	ii.	ALEXANDER ROSS, b. Abt. 1815, Scotland; d. Abt. 1871.
14.	iii.	MURDOCH ROSS, b. 15 Apr 1816, Scotland; d. Unknown.
	iv.	JAMES ROSS, b. Abt. 1818, Scotland; d. Unknown; m. (1) ?; d. Unknown; m. (2) CATHERINE MACDONALD, 16 Sep 1869, Baddeck, Cape Breton; b. Abt. 1831, Baddeck, Cape Breton; d. Unknown.

More About JAMES ROSS:
Occupation: Merchant

Marriage Notes for JAMES ROSS and CATHERINE MACDONALD:
By Rev Kenneth MacKenzie, Wit: James Ross & Catherine.

More About JAMES ROSS and CATHERINE MACDONALD:
Marriage: 16 Sep 1869, Baddeck, Cape Breton

15.	v.	JOHN ROSS, b. Abt. 1827, St. Anns, Cape Breton; d. 03 Nov 1895, Little Narrows, Cape Breton.
	vi.	MARY ROSS, b. Abt. 1828, Little Narrows, Cape Breton; d. Bet. 1891 - 1901, Little Narrows, Cape Breton.
	vii.	MARGARET ROSS, b. Abt. 1830, Little Narrows, Cape Breton; d. Bet. 1891 - 1901, Little Narrows, Cape Breton.
	viii.	WILLIAM ROSS, b. Abt. 1830, Little Narrows, Cape Breton; d. Unknown.

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