no image
Privacy Level: Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (Yellow)

Greg Ross

Honor Code Signatory
Signed 2 Nov 2020 | 216 contributions | 24 thank-yous | 2,047 connections
Communication Preferences: I am interested in communicating private message with cousins and anyone else with an interest in genealogy. My family tree is private but I want to collaborate on deep ancestors or historical figures.
My first known Ross ancestor was John Ross, who arrived in Hants county, Nova Scotia about 1770 and was granted 600 acres on the Windsor - Halifax road as a discharged British soldier. My mother's Bishop ancestors arrived in Kings county, Nova Scotia from Connecticut in 1760, as New England Planters, to settle on lands formerly occupied by Acadians.
DNA DNA icon tested at 23andMe AncestryDNA Family Tree DNA Family Finder FTDNA Y-Chromosome MyHeritage DNA
Following BISHOP CHING NOVA_SCOTIA NOVA_SCOTIA_CANADA ROSS
Most active in ROSS SUDSBURY MACDONALD BENJAMIN COLDWELL in 2024.  [more]
Wiki Genealogist 2,000 Connections 1,000 Connections Pre-1700 Honor Code Signatory DNA Tested
[view badges]
Greg G. Ross
Born 1940s.
Ancestors ancestors
Son of DNA confirmed and DNA confirmed
Brother of and
Descendants descendants
Father of [private daughter (1960s - unknown)] and
Problems/Questions Profile manager: Greg Ross private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 29 Oct 2020
This page has been accessed 928 times.

Biography

I was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. My father was a steelworker and our family lived in a working and middle class section of the city, at the top of the Terrace Street hill. My elementary school years were at Ashby School, with grade 9 at Woodill Junior High, my grade 10 and 11 years were at the "old" Academy, and I was in the graduating class of the "new" Sydney Academy in 1960.

I attended Acadia University in Wolfville, NS for my undergraduate years, graduating in 1963 with a BA in history. I was accepted into the Law School at Dalhousie University, but delayed attendance while I taught grade 10 English for the 1963/64 year at Sydney Academy. The following year, I had a very successful first year at Dal Law but realized I preferred a career in teaching. I graduated with my BEd degree from Acadia in 1966, and completed my MEd from Acadia in 1974. Between 1976 - 1978, I completed all course work for a DEd at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Univ. of Toronto), but I never completed my dissertation.

I met my wife, Sandra Lee Ripley, during my first year of teaching at Sydney Academy. She also was born in Sydney, and we grew up living five blocks from each other. She was a graduating student, but I never taught her. We began dating while I was a law student at Dal and she was an undergrad at University of Kings College, adjacent to the Dal campus. She switched to Acadia when I did, and completed her BA in English while I earned my BEd and then taught grade six at Port Williams Elementary, in Kings County.

We returned to Sydney in 1967, where I again taught at Sydney Academy. We returned to Wolfville in 1968, when I was offered a fellowship in the new MEd program at Acadia. Sandra completed her BEd the same year.

In 1969, following my year at Acadia, I became principal of New Minas Elementary School, in Kings County. In 1972, I transferred to become principal of Central Kings Rural High School. After my doctoral study in Toronto, I spent 18 months of temporary supervisory roles in the Kings County central office, followed by the 1979/80 school year as principal of Horton District High School.

In 1980, I moved permanently into the Kings system central office, serving first as Central sub-system supervisor, then as Eastern sub-system supervisor, and I retired in 1995 as assistant superintendent of the Kings school system.

After retirement, I started my own small business doing contract work for the Annapolis Valley Regional school system, local small businesses, and Acadia University's School of Education.

Over the years, Sandra and I raised five wonderful children - Lysia, Ian, Karen, David, and John.



DNA CONFIRMATION

  • Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Greg Ross, FTDNA kit # B726713, and his 5th cousin 1x removed, Mark Ross, FTDNA kit # 956400, match at a Genetic Distance of 3 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is John Ross, the 4x great grandfather of Greg Ross and 5x great grandfather of Mark Ross.
  • Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal Family Tree DNA test match between Greg Ross and GM, his 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Ernest Bishop and Lola Coldwell, the grandparents of both Greg Ross and GM. Predicted relationship from Family Tree DNA: first cousin, based on sharing 822 cM across 19 segments.



Sources

  • First-hand information. Entered by Greg Ross at registration.

Only the Trusted List can access the following:
  • Greg's formal name
  • full middle name (G.)
  • e-mail address
  • exact birthdate
  • birth location
  • private siblings' names
  • private children's names (2)
  • spouse's name and marriage information
For access to Greg Ross's full information you must be on Greg's Trusted List. Please login.


DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers: It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Greg: Have you taken a test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments: 5

Leave a message for others who see this profile. If you prefer to keep it private, send a private message to the profile manager. private message
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
[Living Moore]
Hi, Greg

Congratulations on certifying to work on pre-1700 profiles! It’s very important to read and understand the Pre-1700 Profiles page. These profiles for deep ancestors are shared by many, and collaborating on them works best if we all follow the guidelines in the certification quiz.

Primary sources should always be added to pre-1700 profiles at the time they are created. If you don't have a source for a pre-1700 profile, it would be best to ask for help in the G2G forum before creating the profile.

Sheryl ~ WikiTree Pre-1700 Greeter

posted by [Living Moore]
Langridge-71 Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN
Hi Greg,

Thank you for signing the Honor Code, it is appreciated.  I am checking in with you to see how things going. I hope you found the   https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:New_Member_How-To   and links useful. We want to help you learn about the site and the community, so if or when you have questions, ask in our G2G forum https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/  or click REPLY below this message, to ask me 

If you click your green tags it will show you member's who are also following that tag, if you tag shows only you on the list then the tag needs to be revised or split into two tags, you can have 20. Add green tags for family and other surnames, only use surnames as the system is based on surnames. You can also add tags for locations or interests - explore the project link for these.  Tags link you to the community sourcing & research options, to add more tags (you can have 20) go to  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Special:Following  You can find more information about tags here: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tags 

Please avoid the use of abbreviations as they can mean different things in different countries, always use the full words, Also please ensure you create profiles that are sourced see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources too learn more about sourcing

Have a look and explore https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Projects  to see which project might be helpful for your research

Janet ~ Wikitree Greeter 

posted by Janet (Langridge) Wild MSc RN
DeSpain-617 Laura DeSpain
Hi Greg!

Thank you for adding your DNA to WikiTree. Getting the Best from DNA will tell you more about how DNA kits are used on WikiTree.

I hope this helps! If you have any questions or problems, let me know.

Take care

Laura ~ WikiTree Greeter

posted by Laura DeSpain
Greta Moody
Welcome Greg! :)

We are so glad to have you here! I want to thank you for becoming a Family Member of WikiTree, and welcome you to the WikiTree family! Your contributions will go a long way to joining the world together. I wish you luck in discovering your ancestors. I hope that you will find many cousins here like I have!

I would suggest starting with the Member How-to pages, they will save you a lot of time and frustration. Check out the tabs at the very top right hand side of your profile, there is lots to discover!

Be sure to ask questions in our very active G2G forum. You can get involved as much or as little as works for you. Feel free to introduce yourself in the forum.

I am here to answer any question you have, no matter how trivial you may think it is. There is no such thing as a silly question. Please add as much information as you can, it all helps to turn a “name” back into a person. I hope you enjoy the site as much as I do!

To contact me, log in to WikiTree and go to your profile. Use the ‘Reply’ link below my comment to be sure that I will be notified. You can also click my name to send a private message, or post a comment, on my profile page.

Happy tree climbing and have fun!

Greta ~ WikiTree Greeter

posted by Greta Moody
Greta Moody
Welcome!

This is just a note to say hi and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about WikiTree.

To contact me, log in to WikiTree and go to your profile. Use the ‘Reply’ link below my comment to be sure that I will be notified. You can also click my name to send a private message, or post a comment, on my profile page.

Greta ~ WikiTree Greeter

(AF | CS | DE | ES | FI | FR | IT | NL | PT | RU | SV | UK | ZH)

posted by Greta Moody

Rejected matches › Greg Ross

Featured Asian and Pacific Islander connections: Greg is 25 degrees from 今上 天皇, 20 degrees from Adrienne Clarkson, 22 degrees from Dwight Heine, 21 degrees from Dwayne Johnson, 21 degrees from Tupua Tamasese Lealofioaana, 21 degrees from Stacey Milbern, 16 degrees from Sono Osato, 31 degrees from 乾隆 愛新覺羅, 25 degrees from Ravi Shankar, 25 degrees from Taika Waititi, 23 degrees from Penny Wong and 19 degrees from Chang Bunker on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.

R  >  Ross  >  Greg Ross