The thistle is the national flower of Scotland; seen here engraved
on the headstone of Catharine MacNeill and Andrew Ross
at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit.
The inscription reads "Not my will but thine be done".
Catherine MacNeill was born in Scotland on August 15th, 1836.
She emigrated from Scotland at the age of 16.
She married Andrew Ross at the age of 18.
They had 9 children in Ontario, Canada.
They resided in Middlesex Co. in 1861
and in Oxford Co. in 1871.
They immigrated to the USA by 1880,
living in Saginaw, Michigan.
By 1900, they had located in Detroit.
Catherine MacNeill Ross died in 1901, aged 64.
Her descendants:
Catherine MacNeil
Margret Ross
Francis Earl Wall
Carol M. Wall
Click here for more on Margret Ross.
Click here for more about Catherine MacNeill.
