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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
The Rev. John Ross
The Rev. John Ross is the Presbyterian Minister in charge of Turakina and district. Mr. Ross was born at Caithness, Scotland, where he received his preliminary education. His subsequent education was received at the University and New College, Edinburgh, studying four years at each. He was ordained in 1866 by the Presbytery of Tain, Rossshire, and came to New Zealand in the same year per ship “Resolute,” captain Wallace, from Glasgow. Mr. Ross was first appointed to Masterton, in the Wairarapa, where he was the first resident minister of the Presbyterian Church, his district extending over a wide range of country sixty miles by forty miles wide. Mr. Ross resided in the Wairarapa for five years, when he was transferred by the Presbytery of Wellington to Turakina district, where he has resided ever since. The reverend gentleman is a member of the Wanganui Education Board.
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