He was the son and heir of George Ross, 11th Lord Ross, who died in 1682, by Grizel, daughter of William Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald.
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secondly to Margaret, daughter of Lord Wharton (and widow of Major Dunch and Sir Thomas Sulyarde)
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Lieutenant William Ross chose to transfer to the Nova Scotia Fencible Infantry while in Quebec.
William Ross Knudsen was born on September 30, 1892 in Petaluma, California born to ethnic German immigrant parents: his father was a chicken rancher.