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S o o e c i e i * * * * o THE DAVID ROSS FARM HISTORY * * * * : David Ross emigrated to Canada, from Scotland, with his parents 3 : James Ross and Elizabeth Galla, early in the nineteenth century. They I <. : settled on the eastern shore of Muskrat Lake. Because James quickly paid : : off his land, he asked the Township Council for a reduction in the price of :: : the land, but the Council named the Township "Ross" in lieu of granting this : * es e o e l es en * * request. * * * * P S * * * * I * * | * * | * * | j *.9fi _ * * | j * * | P * * 3 * * x | * £ * | f;:':; j * * | unsm * w4 . m * * | m Nh stt * * | it s 3 s * * | Aris »\i * * | fl::r: -::::A, 0 R \-,,x * * e 92 5 * * c e s | * £r" e l | * * â€" i * . * ~J8 | * x | e e ks wl P ai | * * 5 ’.j‘_ a ‘,_.',;v”" % e w,;f’} * * ons e ~ l * | es J l f * | e 2 .. 5 3 f * â€" B * C «* * * | & & t ~ dik * * | y O " _ â€" ki t § 4 * | .'_.“7‘ ‘, i“?" 367 , + 3 . ue CC “1‘,;,‘, T3 $s * ‘ s 5? r ; ; Â¥ -‘:?f" ® f"v ‘ * [ 148 â€"KR 00 uy lt . &7 * | esall ; _ . * * c B S MA . t * w \"‘ Lo . &o "ing eA â€"~ > k * P Nug: i "] M d / * s in G ’}‘ ; h * * | t e s C @ ; | o cpmmmmmmmmeteciens f * DAVID ROSS _ Sr. * : David was the oldest son in a family of eleven children. In 1851 : : he bought Crown Land W$ Lot 5, Con. 4, Ross Township for £25 of "English : : money". This hundred acres stretched from Neil‘s Lane east along County * * : Road 21 to the corner where the road turns toward Beachburg. The first land : * % a â€"*3z,"35,45â€"90, gs,.cqupared $o,$860â€"96,i% 19852 4 x x x x x xoz + * k kok k k ik