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| Donald Ross and Mary McLeod |
Donald Ross died in Wellington on 17 February 1874 and
was buried the next day in the Bolton Street Cemetery.
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| Ross grave at original site |
After Donald’s death Mary went to stay with her brother
James McLeod at Pahaua before moving to Weld Street, Martinborough.
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| Mary's house in Weld Street, Martinborough |
There were a lot of McLeod and Sutherland family in the
Martinborough area and Mary had good family support for her widowed years. The Presbyterian
church was close enough for Mary to have regular contact with many friends and
family there.
Mary died on 18 December 1906 of Rheumatic Fever and
heart failure and was buried in the Stanley Street section of the Bolton Street
Cemetery.
The grave of Mary, Donald and daughter Elizabeth was
moved when a motorway was put through the cemetery. They are now buried in a
common Settler’s Grave at Bolton Street Cemetery Wellington. The plinth is
still visible.
What of the family?
Helen Ross (aka
Ellen) married her second cousin David Sutherland (the youngest member of the
family of Alexander and Elizabeth Sutherland). They lived
for a while at Lyall’s Bay with Grandfather Sutherland. They moved to Pahaua in
1879. They
had seven children.The story of
their life is told in Sutherlands of Ngaipu.
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| Helen Ross and David Sutherland |
Christina Ross stayed
in UK.
Jessie Ross married
William Boyd a well known Martinborough builder. They had nine children.
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| Jessie Ross and William Boyd and family |
Alex Ross, on arrival in New Zealand went to Pahaua where
he worked as a shepherd.
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| William Ross, Alexander Ross and Helen Sutherland |
John McLeod Ross married Elizabeth Harris. John was an
expert deer stalker, hunting guide and taxidermist. They had four children.
Elizabeth Ross died tragically on 12 Dec 1874. When she was filling a lamp her
clothes caught fire, burning her
fatally. She was 16 years old. Elizabeth was buried in the Bolton Street
Settlers Cemetery.
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| Elizabeth Ross |
Esther Ross married John McLeay
Donald Ross married
Alice Hall. He became a blacksmith first and then went farming. They had nine
children.
William Ross married
Alice Letitia Munn. William was a farmer/drover. They had eight children.
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| William Ross & Alice Letitia Munn |
