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db ue ue ol c ob c oke ue c oge ul se c ie ob c ofe ue ob oi ce obe c obe c oge ol se ob e ob ob ut ol se oob o w ce ol o e o uk o k : % : Pioneers usually chose land where water was available. A creek : : ran all the way through David Ross‘s farm, and livestock could drink there : : from any field on the farm. There was also abundant fish in the spring of : : the year, when they came out of Gibson‘s Lake to spawn. : : David and Jane Evans Ross were blessed with a family of four sons : 0 : and two daughters: : : Thomas married Lydia Jardine and was a farmer. : : James married Isabella Stewart and was a blacksmith in Cobden, and later in : : Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Their wedding certificate has come into the : I possession of a nephew, James Ross of Cobden, in 1977, having been on sale : : in an antique shop in Saskatchewan. : : JIohn was a storekeeper in Cobden and later worked for Customs in Winnipeg. : : Elizabeth married Laughlin Curry who owned a sawmill in Foresters Falls. : : Mary married William Mason who farmed at Snake River and later on the edge : : of Renfrew. : : Davia Jr. met and married Janet Cook in 1894 while employed by a C. N. R. : : building crew at Goshen near Renfrew. He brought his bride by horse and : : buggy to the homestead of this history. : : In 1872 Jaene Evans Ross died in childbirth and was buried in Zion : : Line cemetery. The two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, kept house for their : : father and helped to raise the younger children. David Sr, did not remarry. I : When the oldest son Thomas wanted to take up farming, the farm : : located on the northeast side of the homestead was purchased. It was called : : "the Ritchie" lot, and was a long hundred acre farm, as was the homestead. : : A line was run sceross the centre and Thomas Ross was deeded a square hundred : : on the northeast. The remaining square hundred, Lot 5, Gon. 4, was deeded : ‘:) : to the youngest son David Jr. in 189%2, with the understanding that he would : : care for his father until his death. The older children of David Jr. recall : : sitting on their grandfather‘s knee and braiding his long beard. In 1901 * : David Sr. Passed away and was buried in CGobden cemetery. The remains of his : : wife were moved at this time from Zion Line to lie beside her husband. E * * * * ooo o o o o o é;