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M Alexander Ross

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Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, pg. 49-51:
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In November, 1882, Mr. Burdett married Mrs. Emily McTavish, the estimable daughter of Joseph and Bethany Cornwall, both natives of Canada. Mrs. McTavish was born at Clearville, County of Kent, in 1851 and in 1869 married Daniel McTavish, who was born Nov. 15, 1841, at Duart, Ont., of Scottish parentage. When a young man he learned the trade of carpenter and pursued it successfully during his active life. In 1869 he located near Hamilton, Missouri, where he carried on an extensive building and contracting business. While residing near that town he died, Oct. 30, 1873, leaving a wife and two children. The daughter, Rosa, received an excellent high school education in the County of Kent, Ont., and was given a first-class certificate from the Ridgetown Collegiate Institute; for six years she was a teacher in Alma Ladies' College of St. Thomas, for two years taught in the Ridgetown public school, and was subsequently a teacher in the school at Indian Head, in the N. W. T., being an accomplished young lady; on April 12, 1904, at Indian Head, she became the wife of Alexander Ross, barrister, of Regina, N. W. T...