June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Russell This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit October 23, 2013 Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections 10/12/2010 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, Michigan, 49931 906-487-2505 [email protected] June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Biography.......................................................................................................................................................5 Collection Scope and Content Summary...................................................................................................... 5 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8 Data abstracted from primary sources.................................................................................................... 8 Unindexed abstracts to the Houghton "Daily Mining Gazette"............................................................42 - Page 2 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Summary Information Repository Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections Creator Ross, June, (June Jennings) Title June and Richard Ross Collection Date [inclusive] 1860-1964 Extent 6.35 cubic feet ; 6 paige boxes, 1 manuscript box (letter size) General Physical 6.35 cubic feet6 paige boxes, 1 manuscript box (letter size) Description note Language English Mixed materials [Box] 1-7 Abstract Collection, 1860-1964, compiled by June and Richard Ross of Redlands, California. Many of the records provide genealogical information concerning individuals of Cornish descent residing in Michigan's Copper Country while other items are of more historical value. Includes an index to Cornish persons in 1860 in Ontonagon County and declaration of intention records for Keweenaw County from 1904-1914 as well as a 1915 diary excerpt, cemetery listings for the Cliff Mine Cemetery and the St. Joseph's Hospital graveyard, abstracts from The Daily Mining Gazette and an index to the Keweenaw Historical Society obituaries. Preferred Citation - Page 3 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 MS-008, June and Richard Ross Collection, Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Houghton, Michigan. - Page 4 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Biography Richard Albert Ross was born on August 30, 1920, in Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from Hyde Park High School in Chicago, Illinois, in 1938. Richard, who was known as "Dick" to his friends, served as a Warrant Officer in the US Army during World War II. June Jennings Ross grew up in Houghton, Michigan, and graduated from Houghton High School in 1938. Richard and June met in California, where Richard started working for the California State Department of Employment in 1941. They were married in 1947. Richard retired in 1975. In 1977, Richard and June began the genealogical research that became their life's work and their lasting legacy. Richard died on February 16, 2005, at the age of 84. (excerpted from "Richard and June Ross Genealogical Collection," http://www.nps.gov/kewe/historyculture/upload/ Richard%20and%20June%20Ross%20genealogical%20collection.pdf, accessed October 2010). Collection Scope and Content Summary Collection, 1860-1964, compiled by June and Richard Ross of Redlands, California. Many of the records provide genealogical information concerning individuals of Cornish descent residing in Michigan's Copper Country while other items are of more historical value. Includes an index to Cornish persons in 1860 in Ontonagon County and declaration of intention records for Keweenaw County from 1904-1914 as well as a 1915 diary excerpt, cemetery listings for the Cliff Mine Cemetery and the St. Joseph's Hospital graveyard, abstracts from The Daily Mining Gazette and an index to the Keweenaw Historical Society obituaries. Administrative Information Publication Information Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections 10/12/2010 Access Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections. - Page 5 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Processing History Elizabeth Russell,10/12/2010 Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) • Cliff Catholic Cemetery (Keweenaw County, Mich.). • Daily Mining Gazette. • Keweenaw Historical Society. • St. Joseph Cemetery (Hancock, Mich.). Genre(s) • Abstracts (Summaries) • Diaries • Indexes (Reference sources) • Photocopies Geographic Name(s) • Copper Country (Mich.) • Houghton County (Mich.) • Keweenaw County (Mich.) • Ontonagon County (Mich.) Personal Name(s) • Hocking, W. J., (William John) Subject(s) - Page 6 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 • Cornish Americans • Cornish Americans--Genealogy • Cornish Americans--Michigan--Ontonagon County--Census, 1860 • Cornish Americans--Obituaries • Declaration of intention--Michigan--Keweenaw County - Page 7 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Data abstracted from primary sources Collection Inventory MS-008.001 Data abstracted from primary sources MS-008.001.001 General Box Folder 1 1 Mining and Migration MS-008.001.002 Australia Box Folder 1 2 Various Cemeteries and Contributors 1 3 New South Wales#Birth, Death, Marriage Index 1836 1 4 New South Wales#Byng Chapel Cemetery 1 5 New South Wales, Tweed Shire#Tumbulgum Cemetery 1 6 Queensland, Belyando Shire#Copperfield Cemetery c.1 1 7 Queensland, Belyando Shire#Copperfield Cemetery c.2 1 8 Queensland, Warwick Shire#Warwick General Cemetery - Page 8 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Canada-British Columbia 1 9 South Australia#South Australian Lonely Graves 1 10 South Australia, Adelaide#Cheltenham Cemetery MS-008.001.003 Canada-British Columbia Box Folder 1 11 Various Cemeteries 1 12 Bakerville#Bakerville Cemetery 1 13 Central Kootenay#Forest Lawn Cemetery 1 14 Fraser Valley#Maple Ridge Cemetery 1 15 Kootenay Boundary#Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery 1 16 Kootenay Boundary#Kinnard Park Memorial Cemetery 1 17 Vancouver#Mountain View Cemetery A-CO 1 18 Vancouver#Mountain View Cemetery CR-G 1 19 Vancouver#Mountain View Cemetery H-K 1 20 Vancouver#Mountain View Cemetery L-O - Page 9 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 England-Cornwall 1 21 Vancouver#Mountain View Cemetery P-R 1 22 Vancouver#Mountain View Cemetery S-Z 1 23 North Warwick Pioneer Cemetery 1 24 Sunset Memorial Gardens 1 25 Oliver Township#Old Baptist Cemetery 1 26 Thunder Bay#Mountain View Cemetery 1 27 Thunder Bay#Riverside Cemetery 1 28 Township of Gillies, Hymers#Hymers Riverside Cemetery 1 29 Township of Gillies, Hymers#Pinegrove Cemetery 1 30 Obituaries MS-008.001.004 England-Cornwall Box Folder 6 52 List of Parishes MS-008.001.005 Mexico Box Folder - Page 10 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 New Zealand 1 31 The Mexican-Cornish Pilgrimage 1994 MS-008.001.006 New Zealand Box Folder 1 32 Various Cemeteries and Contributors MS-008.001.007 South Africa Box Folder 1 33 South African Genealogy 1 34 Researching in South Africa c.1 1 35 Researching in South Africa c.2 1 36 The British Tar#London to Durban 1850 1 37 National Archives A-CA 1 38 National Archives CU-F 1 39 National Archives G-J 1 40 National Archives K-O 1 41 National Archives P-R - Page 11 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 U.S. and Canada # General 1 42 National Archives S-TO 1 43 National Archives TR-TY 1 44 National Archives U 2 1 National Archives V-W 2 2 National Archives Y 2 3 Various Cemeteries and Contributors c.1 2 4 Various Cemeteries and Contributors c.2 2 5 British in South Africa A-J 2 6 British in South Africa K-S 2 7 British in South Africa T-Z MS-008.001.008 U.S. and Canada # General Box Folder 2 8 Various Cemeteries and Contributors MS-008.001.009 Arizona-Cochise County Box Folder - Page 12 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 Arizona-Gila County 2 9 Declaration of Intent 1881-1897 2 10 Marriages 1880-1901 2 11 The Territorial Great Register 1890 2 12 Pomerene Cemetery 2 13 Apache#Apache Cemetery 2 14 Bisbee#Bisbee Cemetery A-G 2 15 Bisbee#Bisbee Cemetery H-R 2 16 Bisbee#Bisbee Cemetery S-Z 2 17 Bisbee#Evergreen Cemetery 2 18 Bisbee#The Bisbee Deportation of 1917 1917 2 19 Bisbee#Biography#George Mieyr 2 20 Tombstone#Boothill Cemetery 2 21 Tombstone#Tombstone Cemetery MS-008.001.010 Arizona-Gila County - Page 13 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 California-Amador County Box Folder 2 22 Census 1910 2 23 Globe#Census 1920 2 24 Globe#Globe Cemetery 2 25 Miami City#Census 1920 MS-008.001.011 California-Amador County Box Folder 2 26 Census 1900 MS-008.001.012 California--El Dorado County Box Folder 2 27 Census 1880 2 28 Cemeteries 2 29 Biographies#James Richards 2 30 Placerville#Obituaries#Stephen Richards MS-008.001.013 California--Mariposa County - Page 14 - June and Richard Ross Collection MS-008 California--Nevada County Box Folder 2 31 Histories#John Collins 2 32 Histories#John Phillips 2 33 Histories#William Bowdon Phillips