WILLIAM HENRY ROSS (Chart R-22)

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ROSS INDEX

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Family Chart No. R-22                                   Parents - Chart No. R-12

     5th Generation                                                  Ross Family

WILLIAM HENRY ROSS
youngest son of  EDWARD ERNEST and FLORENCE LAVINIA (YOUNG) ROSS
was born 22 October 1896 at Quebec City
died 10 October 1948 at Quebec City
buried at Quebec City in Mount Hermon Cemetery
Occupation: with the family business - Parisian Corset Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

He was held in high esteem as one of the most accomplished amateur pianists of Canada.

He married HARRIET ELIZABETH MITCHELL
on 10 September 1924 at Quebec City
she was daughter of WILLIAM PATRICK of Meriganish, Nova Scotia,
and EMILY LOUISE (PACKARD) MITCHELL of Lee, Massachusetts
she was born 20 August 1903 at Everett, Massachusetts
she died 18 January 1983 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada
buried at Mount Royal Cemetery

She was a direct descendant of William Bradford, Pilgrim Governor, who arrived aboard the Mayflower at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620, and of Nicholas Olding, famed notary and founder of the Bar in Nova Scotia.  She was keenly interested in I.O.D.E., Y.W.C.A., Home and School, and churchwomen's associations during her 31 years in Quebec City.  Presently (1971) is active in church work and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Toronto, Ontario.

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Children of WILLIAM and HARRIET (MITCHELL) ROSS

FLORENCE LOUISE
     born 27 June 1927 at Quebec City
     married LOUIS CHAUSSEGROS DE LERY
          born 17 July 1926
          son of RENE CHAUSSEGROS DE LERY and SUZANNE GOURDEAU of Quebec
     have one daughter

ELIZABETH JOAN
     born 21 September 1928 at Quebec City
     married ROBERT CAMPBELL SHROPSHIRE, JR.
          born 31 December 1917
          son of ROBERT CAMPBELL SHROPSHIRE and AGNES MACNEIL BROWN

WILLIAM MITCHELL
     born 19 May 1932 at Quebec City
     married GWENDA DOROTHY IVY YOUNG
          born 3 November 1935
          daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GORDON F. YOUNG of Fort William, Ontario.

This record was compiled by Henry Ross Wiggs, Westmount, Quebec
15 July 1971  Sources of data:  Harriet M. Ross and family.
Details in Italic added by Cousin Sam.