John Ross

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John Ross was born in 1823 at Duntulm, Kilmuir, Inverness-shire, Scotland.¹ He was an agricultural labourer in 1853.²

John Ross married Flora Jane Nicholson, daughter of James Nicholson and Margaret McDonald, on Thursday, 14 July 1853 at Kilmuir, Inverness-shire, Scotland.¹

John and his wife Flora emigrated from Liverpool on 23 August 1853 on the 'New Zealander'. This was little more than 5 weeks after their marriage.³ John and his wife Flora arrived at Portland, Victoria, on 30 November 1853. Along the way, their son Hugh was born. The 'New Zealander' was destroyed by fire less than a month later in Portland, where it was suspected that the crew scuttled the ship to join the gold rush..^3,4


John died on 24 April 1902 at St. Arnaud, Victoria.¹ His body was interred at Watchem Cemetery at Watchem, Victoria. He is buried in the same plot as his wife and his son Samuel..¹