The June and Richard Ross Collection

COLLECTION # MS - 008

Papers, 1860-1964
.25 Cubic Feet

Accession Number(s) : 141 (8-6-91, 2-14-94, 8-31-95, 9-15-95)

Scope and Content Note:
The June and Richard Ross Collection contains a variety of records donated by the Rosses between 1991 and 1995. Many of the records provide genealogical information concerning individuals of Cornish descent residing in Michigan?s Copper Country, such as an index to Cornish persons in the 1860 census for Ontonagon County and declaration of intention records for Keweenaw County, 1904-1914. Other items, such as a 1915 diary excerpt and cemetery listings for Cliff and the St. Joseph?s Hospital graveyard, are of more general historical value.

RELATED MATERIAL:
Collection MS-006, the June Ross Cornish American Collection, contains indexes and copies of records concerning the Cornish throughout North America. Collection MS-007, the June Ross Marriage Indexes of Cornwall contains indexes to marriage records in Cornwall, England.

CONTENTS: 1 Box

RECORD SERIES 1 -- Miscellaneous Records

Box Fldr Description
001 001 Cornish Declaration of Intention Records for Keweenaw County, 1904-1919, A-M
001 002 Cornish Declaration of Intention Records for Keweenaw County, 1904-1919, N-Z
001 003 Excerpts from W. Hockings Diary, 1915
001 004 Cornish persons listed in 1860 census of Ontonagon County
001 005 Cliff Mine Cemetery Inscriptions (unknown date)
001 006 Graves of St. Joseph Hospital Graveyard (Fall 1964?)

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