William Ross and Barbara Watson Pictures

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Help us make a connection. Here are pictures of the William Ross and Barbara Watson family in Philadelphia. They later moved to Iowa. If you have any genealogical information about this family, PLEASE email me. drdan71@aol.com

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	Family Bible Showing birth of Barbara Watson in 1859. Our Barbara Watson was born in 1859 in Irelandzzxauto004.jpg *************
	Left: Mabel Clark "Bernie" Barbara Watson - Ross and Maggie. Our Barbara Watson had a daughter name Margaret. (Maggie in the 1900 census.) zzxauto005.jpg **************
	Left: James Ross Right: Barbara Watson - Rosszzxauto008.jpg ****************
	Left: Willie Ross, Jr. Barbara Watson - Ross Willie Ross Right: Barbara Watson Ross Our database does not have a "Willie, Jr." Our database has a "Robert W. Ross" child of Barbara and William Ross Correction: Census records show that Barbara Watson Ross had 8 children. 3 died before the family move to Iowa from Philadelphia. We don't know their names. Robert Ross died between 1900 and 1910, 11 -21 years old. The first son could have been Willie, Jr. and could have died in Phiadelphia. These photos were taken in Philadelphis according to theprinting on the bottom right of the larger photo. zzxauto009.jpg *********************

Timeline for William Ross and Barbara Watson
Date	Event	Place
18 Dec 1846	William Ross Birth (source, Louisa (Ross) Peake)	Donegal, Ireland
Mar 1871	William arrives in USA (source, LRP)	Philadelphia, PA
1877	Marriage to Barbara Watson (source, LRP)	Philadelphia, PA
1880	Census	Probably Philadelphia, PA
1889	Moved to Iowa	Near Lohrville, Iowa
1890	Census - Census records lost in fire in federal archive bldg Wm. Ross listed in list of farmers near Lohrville, Iowa	Near Lohrville, Iowa
1900	William and Barbara had had 8 children. 3 died before 1900 Census - 1900 Census on June 7, 1900 William and Barbara had been married for 22 years as of 1900 Ross, William head Dec 1846 age 53 Ross, Barbara (Watson) Oct 1859 age 40 Ross, Thomas son Sept 1884 age 15 Ross, Robert son Aug 1888 age 11 Ross, Maggie daughter 1890 age 9 Ross, Benjamin son Aug 1893 age 7 Ross, Dora daughter Mar 1896 age 4	Near Lohrville, Iowa
1910	Ross, Robert died between 1900 and 1910, 11 -21 years old Census - William Ross and Barbara Watson in the 1910 census 1910 census Iowa, Calhoun, Union image 15 of 33 Ross, William Head age 63 Ross, Barbara (Watson) wife age 50 8children 4living Ross, Thomas W. son age 25 born Pennsylvania Ross, Margaret A daughter 19 born Iowa Ross, Benjamin L? son age 16 born Iowa Ross, Dora daughter age 14 born Iowa	Near Lohrville, Iowa
1920	Census - At the 1920 census, the members of the household were : Ross, William head age 73 born in Ireland Ross, Barbara (Watson) wife age 60 born in Ireland Bateman, Harry C. son-in-law age 30 born in Kansas Bateman, Margaret A. (Ross) daughter age 29 born in Iowa Slagle, Sidney L. son-in-law age 23 born in Iowa Slagle, Dora May (Ross) daughter age 23 born in Iowa	Near Lohrville, Iowa
1924	Death of William Ross	Near Lohrville, Iowa

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