John Ross Somers McLERNON [Ross]

1881 - 1962  (80 years)

• Name	John Ross Somers McLERNON
  Known As	Ross
  Birth	17 Aug 1881	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1905  [4]
  	Jeweller, Napier
  Residence	From 1906 to 1940	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [3, 5]
  Occupation	1911  [6]
  	Silversmith, Montreal
  Occupation	From 1917 to 1933  [7]
  	Pulp and Paper Merchant, Montreal
  Occupation	1940  [5]
  	Company President, Montreal
  Death	19 Mar 1962	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [8, 9, 10]
  Burial	21 Mar 1962	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [11]
  Person ID	I14822	NZ Genealogy Project | McLERNON Descendant
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Samuel McLERNON,   b. 26 Aug 1854, Carmavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 07 Aug 1926, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane SOMERS,   b. 17 Aug 1860, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland d. 07 May 1937, Gisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	28 Aug 1876	Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand   [12, 13, 14]
  Family ID	F1072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edith Jane ACER,   b. 28 Jul 1881, Colborne, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Oct 1958, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1908	Montreal, Quebec, Canada   [6, 15, 16]
  Children	1. Mary McLERNON,   b. Jan 1910, Montreal, Quebec, Canada d. 28 Apr 1981, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 71 years) + 2. Martha Hamilton McLERNON,   b. 05 Oct 1912, Montreal, Quebec, Canada d. 12 Sep 1983, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 70 years) + 3. Robert Ross McLERNON,   b. 1914, Montreal, Quebec, Canada d. 31 Jul 1975, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 61 years)
  Documents		1911 Canada Census
  Family ID	F4891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Aug 1881 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Residence - From 1906 to 1940 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Marriage - 1908 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Death - 19 Mar 1962 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Burial - 21 Mar 1962 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  John Ross Somers McLERNON 1903

  
  

  Documents		1940 USA Census
  		Death notice 1962

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY John Ross Somers McLernon A longer biography for John Ross Somers McLERNON (1881-1962) is available on my blog site, prepared in 2013. Early life in New Zealand John Ross Somers McLernon, known as Ross, was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, on 17 August 1881. He was the son and fourth child of Samuel McLernon and Mary Jane Somers. Samuel was a watchmaker and jeweller from Antrim in Northern Ireland who had a business in Hamilton from 1876 to 1888. Samuel purchased and opened a watch and jewelery business in Gisborne the family moved to Gisborne in November 1888. Ross McLernon attended school in Gisborne. He was amongst the top four students in the October 1895 scholarship examinations at Gisborne High School and was awarded a scholarship. The McLernon family moved to Napier about 1897 after Samuel McLernon purchased a Napier jewellery and watch business in August 1896. Ross McLernon worked for his father and gave his occupation as jeweller in the 1905 Napier Electoral Roll. Canada Ross McLernon moved to Toronto, Canada in 1903 to attend the Canadian Horological Institute, a school that would gain worldwide attention as one of the finest institutions of its kind. The Institute trained students of all ages and with varying levels of experience in the theory and practice of watch making and repair. Ross McLernon married Edith Jane ACER, a Canadian, about 1908. The couple had two daughters and a son. From 1908 to 1920 Ross worked as a silversmith in Montreal. In 1912 Ross was booked as a passenger, on the ill-fated Titanic from England to America, but fortunately he missed the boat. In 1921 Ross changed his career, obtaining work in with his brother-in-law's Montreal pulp and paper company, J. H. A. Acer and Co Ltd. In 1929 Ross formed Acer McLernon Paper Company Ltd with his brother-in-law John Hamilton Adams Acer, a Montreal based company that became world agents for many of the major Canadian pulp and paper companies. Ross travelled extensively for the company and was company President from 1948. Both Edith and Ross died in Montreal, Edith in 1958 and Ross in 1962 aged 80. The company Ross established still trades today, since 1978 as Acer, Mclernon Canada Inc. (Acer, Mclernon). David McLernon was the company President in 2020.

  
  

• Sources

  [S503] NZ BDM - Historical Records, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S642] NZ BDM - Historical Records - DATES, (Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand). [S757] Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S614] NZ Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S759] 1940 United States Federal Census [database online]., (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S758] 1911 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S750] UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (Ancestry.com). [S11] email. From Liisa Macnaughton [email removed for privacy] on 3 Jan 2013 [S768] Brandon Sun (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada), (Ancestry.com). [S9] Death Notice. McLERNON, J. Ross S. At the Ross Memorial Pavilion, on March 19th 1962, John Ross Somers McLernon, beloved husband of the late Edith Jane Acer. In his 81st year. Resting at the chapel of Jos C Wray & Bro, 1234 Mountain St. Funeral from the Church of St James the Apostle, 2 pm Wednesday, to Mount Royal Cemetery. Please omit flowers. [S9] Death Notice. [S17] David Bryant, NZSG Index, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc., 2005). NZ Brides & Grooms Index [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006). [S719] Papers Past - New Zealand Herald, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none. [S760] 1901 Census of Canada, (Ancestry.co.uk.), none. [S779] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com).