Nancy Ann Ross

Brief Life History of Nancy Ann

When Nancy Ann Ross was born on 9 March 1776, in Mohawk Valley, Montgomery, New York, United States, her father, Donald Ross, was 27 and her mother, Christian Munro, was 25. She married John Munro on 5 July 1796, in Williamstown, Charlottenburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Glengarry, Upper Canada, British North America in 1788 and Lancaster Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada in 1796. She died in 1856, in Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

John Munro
1773–1852
Nancy Ann Ross
1776–1856
Marriage: 5 July 1796
Catherine Munro
1797–1798
Alexander Sandy Munro
1821–
Isabelle Munro
1800–1830
Thomas Munro
1802–1872
Donald Munroe
1804–1895
Finlay Munro
1808–1808
Nellie Munro
1808–1808
Annie Munro
1812–1813
Murdoch Munro
1814–1904
William Munro
1817–1875
Elizabeth Munro
1820–1821
Hugh Munro
1824–1825

Sources (15)

  • 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
  • Ann Ross, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Anne Ross, "Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910"

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1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1791

Upper Canada 1792 divides Ontario into 19 counties. On September 17 the first Parliament of Upper Canada assembled.

1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York

Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from one or other of a number of Scottish and English places called Ross or Roos(e), especially Roose (Lancashire) and Roos (East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from a British ancestor of Welsh rhos ‘moor, heath, plain’, which is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. The Scottish surname has at least three origins. First, the Anglo-Norman family from Roos (East Yorkshire) was introduced to Scotland when Robert of Roos, lord of Wark Castle (Northumberland), married Isabella, an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion. Second, various families took the name from the province of Ross in northern Scotland and other places of that name. Third, there were Norman families in Scotland by the 13th century who probably derived their name from Rots in Normandy (see 2 below). The descendants of Godfrey de Ros, tenant of the de Morville lords of Cunninghame, were major landholders in Ayrshire, and almost certainly took their name from Rots. The Rose family of Kilravock (Nairnshire) may take their name from either of these three (see Rose ). The lairds of Balnagown adopted the surname Ross after the earldom of Ross (to which they considered themselves rightful heirs) had passed into other hands through the female line.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Rots in Calvados (France), probably named with the ancient Germanic element rod ‘clearing’ (compare Rhodes ). This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130 and had major estates in Kent until well into the 13th century.

English: habitational name from Wrose, in Shipley, near Bradford (Yorkshire), with re-spelling of Wr- as R- due to the loss of /w/ before /r/ in early modern English pronunciation. The spelling Wrose is no longer current. The placename derives from Old English wrāse ‘knot, something twisted’, referring to the steep-sided hill on which the settlement stands, with the sense ‘broken or twisting hill’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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