William Thomas Ross

photographer: W T Ross
827 College, Appleton, WI
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William Thomas Ross
(1859 – 193)

1859 Jan 25
London, England, city records, William Thomas Ross is born to Isaac Hetherington Munro Ross and Mary Ann Goodwin
1879-1881
US census, arrival in US (accounts vary)
1880 Jun 22
Norwich, NY, US census Wm Ross (age 22) as photographer, working with William McLeish, b Ohio; This actually could be another Wm Ross. There was a photographer by that name who worked in New Jersey in 1868 and 1869. The age and origin, however, is correct for William T Ross who had just arrived in the US between 1879 and 1881 and eventually worked in Appleton, WI.
1882
Chicago, IL, city directory; there are four listings for William Ross, none of them as photographer
1884 Oct 14
Chicago, IL, state records, W T Ross and Ella A Dwyer are married
1884
Appleton, WI, city directory, William T Ross NOT listed

1885
Chicago, IL, city directory, There is a William T Ross listed as a “driver”; res 52 Artesian av
1887
Appleton, WI, city directory William T Ross as photographer at 307 College Av; res same
1889
Appleton, WI, city directory William T Ross as photographer at 827 College av; res same
1891, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1899
Appleton, WI, city directory William T Ross as photographer at 827 College; res 670 Drew
1900 Jun 09
Appleton, WI, US census, W T Ross as photographer
1901, 1904
Appleton, WI, city directory William T Ross as photographer at 582 Appleton; res: 670
1905 Jun 01
Appleton, WI, State census, W T Ross as photographer
1906
Appleton, WI, city directory, W T Ross as photographer at 840 College av; res 670 Drew
1908
Appleton, WI, city directory William T Ross as photographer; res at 670 Drew

1910
Appleton, WI, city directory William T Ross as proprietor of Ross Studio at 840 College Av; res: 670 Drew st
1910 Apr 16
Appleton, WI, US census, William T Ross as photographer; res 670 Drew St
1915
Appleton, WI, city directory William T Ross as photographer at 840 College Av; res 670 Drew
1920 Jan 14
Appleton, WI, US census, William T Ross as photographer, res 670 Drew St
1925
Appleton, WI, city directory, William T Ross as proprietor of Ross Studio, 206 (formerly 840) w college; res 224 (formerly 670) n Drew; (apparently street addresses were renumbered this year as both numbers (old and new) are listed for all listings)
1928, 1932, 1934
Appleton, WI, city directory, Wm T Ross as photographer at Ross Studio, 206 w College; res 224 Drew
1930 Apr 19
Appleton, WI, US census, William T Ross as photographer, res 224 n Drew st

1935 Feb 27
Appleton (WI) Post Crescent news obituary dated Thursday 29 Feb says William T Ross, photographer died on Wednesday.
1936
Appleton, WI, city directory, The Ross Studio at 206 w College is now operated by W O Gruett

It looks like the Ross Studio was located at 827 College from about 1889 to 1900.

The (Appleton, WI) Post Crescent - 27 Apr 1935



Portrait from Ancestry.com said to be of
William T Ross, photographer

The (Appleton, WI) Post Crescent -
Thursday, 28 Feb 1935

photographer: W T Ross
827 College, Appleton, WI
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Photographer: W T Ross
Appleton, WI
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Photographer: W T Ross
Appleton, WI
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photographer: W T Ross
Appleton, WI
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