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{{SHORTDESC:Nova Scotia-born American immigrant}}
{{Infobox Ross ancestor
| given_name = Albert
| middle_name = John
| surname = Ross
| date_format = mdy
| birth_date = August 12, 1880
| birth_place = Urbania, East Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia
| death_date = May 14, 1950
| death_place = Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
| burial_place = Woodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington
| residence = Snohomish County, Washington; Whatcom County, Washington
| immigration_date = April 1896
| immigration_place = Vanceboro, Washington County, Maine
| spouses = {{partner|Angela Marie O'Neill (1887-1954)}}
| father = Thomas Stewart Rose (1841-1911)
| mother = Matilda I. Barbrick (1853-1925)
| family = Roses of Hants, Nova Scotia
| y_matched_group = R Haplogroup - Family 01
| familysearch = GSVB-B15
| rin = 2265
}}

'''Albert John Ross''' (b. 1877 or 1880 – d. 1950) was a Nova Scotia-born emigrant to Washington State. A documented male-line descendant of Albert has taken a Y-DNA test, the results of which are a key representative sample for the documented descent of Hugh Rose, 9th of Kilravock, within the Ross Surname Project. Albert's own marriage record and death certificate name his parents incorrectly; a full account of how his documented parentage was established is given under [[#Research notes|Research notes]] below.

== DNA evidence ==
=== Y-DNA ===
A male-line descendant of Albert has taken a Y-DNA test, using the most thorough test currently available (Big Y). This is the only Big Y-tested descendant of {{Hugh 9th Kilravock}} currently in the {{Ross Surname Project}}, and this descendant's pedigree was published in Charles Brashear's ''[[Descendants of Francis Ross]]'' (2011) as an example of a documented Rose-to-Ross line descending from the Kilravock family in Scotland.{{sfn|Brashear|2011|pp=[26–31]}}

This result is a genetic match to several other tested descendants of a documented line from Hugh, 9th of Kilravock's, brother, [[John Rose, 1st of Ballivat]], down through the American immigrant [[Robert Rose, minister of Colonial Virginia (1704-1751)|Rev. Robert Rose (d. 1751)]]. This kind of match is exactly how Y-DNA testing confirms a documented pedigree: two lines, each independently traced on paper down to a shared ancestor ({{Hugh 8th Kilravock}}), converge genetically right where the paper trail says they should. Beyond Hugh 8th, it is assumed – based on the published, though not primary-source-verified, Kilravock pedigree – that he inherited this same Y-chromosome from his own ancestor, {{Hugh 1st Kilravock}} (d. c. 1306), but this remains an assumption rather than something Y-DNA testing has independently confirmed, since no other documented Kilravock branch old enough to test against Hugh 1st himself has yet been identified.

This test is also a close match to descendants of [[James Ross of Frederick County (1698-1751)|James Ross of Frederick County, Virginia]] (an Ulster immigrant, d. 1751) and his great-grandson [[Arthur B. Ross of Claiborne Parish (1789-bef1850)|Arthur B. Ross of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana]] (b. 1789). Both men are now confirmed, through this match, to descend from {{Hugh 9th Kilravock}} as well – though exactly where their line branches off from Albert's own remains unknown, and further testing would be needed to narrow it down. Nothing in either family's paper records previously connected them to Albert's Nova Scotia Roses or to Kilravock at all.

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== Biography ==

=== Early life ===
Albert (John) Ross was born in the Maitland district of East Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia, the son of [[Thomas Stewart Rose (1841-1911)]] and [[Matilda I. Barbrick (1853-1925)]].<ref>"Canada, Census, 1891," entry for Albert Rose in the household of Steward Rose and Mitilda Rose, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW29-5T4).</ref> Three separate documents give three different years for his birth: the 1891 Canada Census list his age as 8, putting his birth circa 1883; his 1922 naturalization declaration states 27 August 1878, Maitland, N.S.;<ref name="Naturalization 1922">Washington, U.S., County Naturalizations, 1878-1974 (Ancestry.com), Whatcom County Naturalization Declaration No. 1482, 26 July 1922.</ref> his World War I draft card gives 27 August 1877 (no place stated);<ref>U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com), Snohomish County, Draft Board 2.</ref> and his death certificate gives 12 August 1880.<ref name="Albert Death 1950" /> This spread of dates, all in the same general range, is treated here as an unresolved minor discrepancy rather than evidence against his identity or parentage, which are separately well supported (see [[#Research notes|Research notes]]).

=== Emigration ===
Albert emigrated from Nova Scotia to the United States in April 1896, arriving via the Canadian Pacific Railway at Vanceboro, Maine, and settling in Washington State.<ref name="Naturalization 1922" /> He formally declared his intention to naturalize on 26 July 1922 in Whatcom County, Washington.<ref name="Naturalization 1922" />

=== Marriage and children ===
Albert married '''Angela Marie O'Neill''' (1887–1954), daughter of Michael James O'Neill and Anna Rodgers, on 26 February 1908 in Whatcom County, Washington.<ref name="Albert & Angela marriage">"Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," entry for Albert Ross and Angela Marie O'Neill, 26 February 1908, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMK-TN9P).</ref> Their children were:

*[[Helen Ross (1909-2000)]], m. Virgil Smith Walston, 25 Aug 1928, Vancouver, British Columbia<ref>"Canada, British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," entry for Virgil Smythe Walston and Silas Walston, 25 Aug 1928, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8J-3RS).</ref>
*Dr. [[James Alan Ross Sr. (1911-2001)]], m. Dorothy Cecilia Cleary, 10 Feb 1934, Whatcom County, Washington<ref>"Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," entry for Alan Ross and Dorothy Cleary, 10 February 1934, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMV-H88F).</ref>
*[[Donald Joseph Ross (1913-1970)]], m. Margaret Elizabeth Vail, 16 Jun 1939, Whatcom County, Washington<ref>"Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," entry for Donald Joseph Ross and Margaret Elizabeth Vail, 16 June 1939, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMV-HNW6).</ref>
*[[Edmund Michael Ross (1914-1915)]], died in infancy<ref>"Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," entry for Edmund Michael Ross, 3 January 1915, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3LK-JQR).</ref>
*[[Robert Francis Ross (1918-1944)]], m. Marjorie L. Knox, 18 Sep 1943, Seattle, King County, Washington; killed in action, Loire, France, 8 Feb 1944<ref>"United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015," entry for Robert Ross, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4W-6QVL).</ref>
*[[Mary Jeanne Ross (1921-2006)]], m. James Richard Chevalier Jr., 3 Jan 1942, Whatcom County, Washington<ref>"Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008," entry for James R Chevalier and Mary Jeanne Ross, 3 January 1942, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMD-Z3ZD).</ref>

=== Death & burial ===
Albert died 14 May 1950 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, and was buried 16 May 1950 at Ferndale, Whatcom County.<ref name="Albert Death 1950">"Washington, Death Certificates, 1907-1960," entry for Alber John Ross and John Stewart Ross, 14 May 1950, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3YT-BJ3).</ref> His obituary, published in the ''Bellingham Herald'' on 16 May 1950, lists his surviving siblings as Walter and Wilbert Rose, and Mrs. George O'Neil and Mrs. Robert Barr — the basis for his documented connection to Thomas Stewart Rose and Matilda Barbrick, discussed fully below.<ref name="Albert obituary">"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2013," entry for Mr Albert J Ross and Angela Marie, 16 May 1950, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57Z-25RH).</ref>

== Research notes ==

=== Disputed origins ===
Albert's own 1908 marriage record and 1950 death certificate both name his parents as '''John (Stewart) Ross''' and '''Martha Kearn'''.<ref name="Albert & Angela marriage" /><ref name="Albert Death 1950" /> No independent record of this couple has been found in any Nova Scotia or Washington source consulted to date.

Documentary evidence instead identifies Albert's parents as '''Thomas Stewart Rose''' (1841–1911) and '''Matilda I. Barbrick''' (1853–1925) of Urbania, East Hants, Nova Scotia:

*The only census-age Albert recorded in Nova Scotia in 1891 is in Thomas Stewart Rose and Matilda Barbrick's household, Maitland, East Hants.<ref>"Canada, Census, 1891," entry for Albert Rose, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW29-5T4).</ref>
*Albert's 1922 naturalization declaration gives his birthplace as Maitland, N.S., matching this family's location.<ref name="Naturalization 1922" />
*Albert's 1950 obituary names his surviving siblings as Walter, Wilbert, Mrs. George O'Neil, and Mrs. Robert Barr — matching four documented children of Thomas Stewart Rose and Matilda Barbrick: [[Walter Rose (1891-1962)]], [[Wilbert Rose (1889-1954)]], [[Annie Rose (1897-1970)]] (m. George O'Neil, 1926, Halifax), and [[Bessie Rose (1894-1968)]] (m. Robert Garnet Barr, 1913, Bible Hill).<ref name="Albert obituary" />

The identifications of Annie and Bessie are independently confirmed by their own marriage records, not merely by census household placement:

*Annie's 1897 delayed birth registration names her father as Stewart Rose;<ref>"Canada, Nova Scotia, Delayed Births, 1837-1907," entry for Annie Rose and Stewart Rose, 16 Mar 1897, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRF-GPRL).</ref> her 1926 marriage record (indexed "Annie Rall") names her parents as Stewart Rall and Matilda Barbreek — an evident phonetic rendering of "Barbrick."<ref>"Canada, Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1907-1932," entry for George O'Neil and Patrick O'Neil [Annie Rall], 15 Feb 1926, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBK-SFY2).</ref>
*Bessie's 1913 marriage record names her parents as Stewart and Matilda.<ref>"Canada, Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1864-1918," entry for Robert Garnet Barr and Robert [Bessie Rose], 17 Dec 1913, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WH4Z-KCW2).</ref>

This closes the evidentiary chain: obituary → named sisters → sisters' own marriage records → Thomas Stewart Rose and Matilda Barbrick. The John (Stewart) Ross/Martha Kearn parentage on Albert's own records remains unexplained — no corroborating record of that couple has been found — but is outweighed by the convergent census, naturalization, and obituary evidence above. FamilySearch previously carried two separate, unlinked person entries for this man (GSVB-B15, with the fuller U.S. record set, and PXJY-PZB, sourced only to the 1891 census); these have since been merged, with an alert note left on the profile explaining the reasoning above.

== Sources ==
<references />

* {{Francis Ross full}}

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Albert John Ross (cir1877-1950) - Revision history

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