He left Scotland and sailed to South Africa with his wife and children.
They settled in Mossel Bay, where more children were born.
Martha died young in 1882 leaving him with 9 children. She is buried in the Mossel Bay cemetery.
He then married Johanna Louisa Susanna Holtzhausen and they had another 5 children with her
Note from previous contributor ........ He was the father of Jess Ross, my husband's grandmother.
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