Two months after Grandpa Hatch's 10th birthday his father passed away. When Grandpa was 17 years old his mother, Henrietta, married a man named James B. Ross. I have the simple gold band he gave her, inscribed "J to E"; James to Etta. The 1916 Canadian Census shows that James and Etta Ross lived next door to Tom and Grace Hatch.
In this picture we have James and Etta with Grace, Tom, and I assume, Tom's sister, Lucy.
Here are Mary and Henrietta with their grandma, Etta Ross.
Etta, James, and Dog.
Here are Grandpa, Grandma (behind James Ross) and their children with James B. Ross in the middle. Doesn't Henrietta (on the right) remind you of Emily in this one?We have had very little information on James B. Ross, and what we had was inconclusive. I think we knew that at some point he lived in Colorado. With the help of a dedicated ward member we found a census record with James living with his grandfather, Alexander Oliver, in Pennsylvania. It indicated Alexander was from Scotland. One thing led to another, and now we have some temple work that needs to be done. We have three men needing baptisms, confirmation, initiatory and endowments, and 6 men who need to be sealed to their parents. We also have 10 women who need baptism, confirmation, initiatory and endowments, with nine needing to be sealed to parents. We have one one marriage sealing to perform. I think it would be ideal if we could do the endowments and sealings together, which would require 3 men and 10 women. If anyone would like to do the baptisms and confirmations, or initiatory please let me know.
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