Wellington ROSS & Sarah EISTER

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Wellington ROSS
Sarah EISTER

Husband: Wellington ROSS
Birth: 1854
Death: 1936
Father: James ROSS, b. 1817/8, PA, s/o William
Mother: Harriet COLDERN, b. 1827/8, PA, d/o Solomon COLDERN

Marriage:

Wife: Sarah EISTER
Birth: 26 Nov 1858, Northumberland Co., PA
Death: 30 Nov 1939
Father: Isaiah EISTER
Mother: Lavina REITZ

Children:

1. Flora ROSS, b. 1878/9, Lower Augusta Twp., Northumberland Co., PA

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Harriet ROSS (æ 22, b. PA) is living in Lower Augusta Twp., Northumberland Co., PA (p. 122A/261), with her husband, James ROSS (æ 32, b. PA), and three children, including son Marrian (æ 1m, b. PA).

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Wellington ROSS (æ 6, b. PA) is living in Lower Augusta Twp., Northumberland Co., PA (p. 53), with his remarried mother, Harriet (æ 32, b. PA) and her second husband, William SHIPMAN (æ 38, b. PA), plus three siblings surnamed ROSS, including brother Marion ROSS (æ 10, b. PA).

4. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 16): East Lower Augusta Twp., Northumberland Twp., PA, Roll T9_1164, p. 258C, PN 15, SD 3, ED 154, enumerated 17-21 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

132 144 Ross Wellington W M 25 / Farmer PA PA PA

____ Sarah W F 21 Wife / Keeping house PA PA PA

____ Flora W F 1 Dau / PA PA PA

132 144 Witmer John M W M 40 / Cabinet Maker PA PA PA

______ Mary A W F 35 Wife / Keeping house PA PA PA

______ Amelia A/O W F 8 Dau / / PA PA PA

______ Alvareda W F 8 Dau / / PA PA PA

______ Harrison W M 6 Son / PA PA PA

______ John R W M 4 Son / PA PA PA

______ Katie E W F 2 Dau / PA PA PA

Wellington ROSS is almost certainly related somehow to the Amos ROSS who married Sarah's sister, Mary Ann EISTER. Likewise, Mary A. (STRAUB) WITMER, is almost certainly related somehow to brothers Oliver STRAUB and Joseph STRAUB, who were Mary Ann (EISTER) ROSS's second and third husbands, respectivly.

5. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. Messages posted to the Ross Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

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