Dr. William Henry Ross

Marriage : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWC-LTL?cc=1468076&wc... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town, Claremont, St Saviour > Marriages 1853-1925 > image 8 of 291; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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• Dutch map of Robben Island, 1731

http://www.robbenisland.org/memories.htm===

• Hello, I stumbled upon your site when searching for information regarding my great grandfather Dr William Henry Ross - and I found a relative I didn't know about!
• "I am coming to visit Cape Town soon from Australia, specifically to trace my mother's family ancestry (Ross), which has close links to Robben island.
• My great grandfather, Dr William Henry Ross was the medical superintendent on the island when it was a leper colony in the late 19th century and he lived there with his family for many years.
• My grandfather, Wiiliam John Ross WJR, was the postmaster and for a while the editor of the Robben Island newspaper.
• I believe that my great grandmother, Louisa Grace Ross died on the island and is buried there."
• Berenice Norris Australia [Jan 2017]"

"The recrudescence of leprosy and its causation: a popular treatise"

• 68 REPORT OF THE LEPROSY COMMITTEE.
• Dr. W. H. Ross, Police Surgeon in Cape Town, was asked : —
• Q. 230. "During the time you were Police Surgeon in Cape Town, did you meet with many cases of leprosy ?
• Yes ; in going about, I used to see about a dozen a day among the poorer classes.'*

From 1847 St George's Cathedral (Anglican), Cape Town, Baptism register

• William Henry
• Baptised: 28 Jun 1835
• Born: 19 Jan 1835
• Parents: John and Maria Johanna ROSS

South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths

• Name: William Henry Ross
• Event Type: Death
• Event Date: 29 Apr 1912
• Event Place: Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
• Residence Place: 49 Hope Street Cape Town
• Age: 77
• Birth Year (Estimated): 1835