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Where did the Ross coat of arms come from?
When did the Ross family first arrive in the United States?
 Text  Coat of Arms > Ross Coat of Arms
Origin Displayed: Borderlands
Origins Available: Borderlands, Scottish
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Suggested Readings for the name RossThe Baron, The Logger, the Miner, and Me by John H. Toole, Crossroads in Kansas: A Stearns-Ross Genealogy by Phyllis Ross Kostner, History of the Clan Ross by Alexander M. Ross. Some noteworthy people of the name Ross- Harold Wallace Ross (1892-1951), American editor
- Sir Katherine Juliet Ross (b. 1940), American film and stage actress
- Diana Ross (b. 1944), American singer, songwriter, and actress
- Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977), Governor of Wyoming
- Captain (USN) Donald Kirby Ross (1910-1992), American Navy officer who received the first Medal of Honor of World War II
- Master Sergeant Wilburn Kirby Ross (b. 1922), American Army soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1944
- Charles Griffith Ross (1885-1950), White House Press Secretary between 1945 and 1950 for Harry S. Truman and won a 1932 Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence
- Colonel, USAF, RET. Jerry L. Ross (b. 1948), NASA Astronaut with over 1,393 hours in space
- Sir Ian Clunies Ross (1899-1959), Australian veterinary scientist
- Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), British naval officer and explorer, who explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry
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Another 7 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products. DISSOLUTION OF THE BORDER CLANSThe Border Families of England and Scotland led a difficult life that began in the 13th century. Their allegiance was difficult to determine and often led to conflicts between themselves, the Highlanders and the English. Border raids were common in the fight to hold land and power so much so that they were often called Border Reivers, a term derived from the word reive, an early English word to rob or plunder, and/or from the Northumbrian and Scots Inglis verb reifen from the Old English reafian.[1] MoreTHE JACOBITESThe Jacobites were the supporters of the Catholic James II, whose brief reign as king of Britain was marred by religious conflict between the monarch and his largely Protestant subjects. In 1669, James converted to Catholicism while serving as Lord High Admiral. News of his conversion leaked out to the general public in 1673, and he was forced to resign from his post due to the ensuing controversy. Although the outraged aristocracy attempted to exclude him from the succession, they failed to do so and upon the death of James' elder brother Charles II in 1685, their fears of having a Catholic king became a reality.
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