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The Sydney Morning Herald - Sat 13 Nov 1875 p.1
MARRIAGES
ROSS - PARKYNS.-November 5, at the residence of Mr. Richard Lloyd, Peat's Ferry, Hawkesbury River, by the Rev. H. H. Britten, James, eldest son of the late Mr. John Ross, Wiseman's Ferry, to Alice Emily, eldest daughter of Mr. E. T. Parkyns, Patonga Creek, Broken Bay, late of Wollongong.
NSW Death 20640/1939 ROSS JAMES - JOHN - MARY ANN - GOSFORD * 16 Aug 1939