• The Ross family arrived in New York on 14 July 1868 via the ship John Bright. First documentation to place them in the valley is the parents' rebaptism performed in the Sugarhouse Ward on 23 November 1868.  Further research is needed to identify the name of the overland company the family traveled with.

Company Unknown (1868)

• Age at Departure: 6

Sources

• 1880 Illinois Census.
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger D, p. 144.
• Sugarhouse Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.