Janie Lee Ross

Press enter after choosing selection

Jane and Thomas L. Ross Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage, March 1990 Photographer: Colleen Fitzgerald

Jane and Thomas L. Ross Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage, March 1990 image

Year:
1990

Read more about Jane and Thomas L. Ross Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage, March 1990
Log in or register to post comments

Jane and Thomas L. Ross Celebrate Their 50th Wedding Anniversary, March 1990 Photographer: Colleen Fitzgerald

Jane and Thomas L. Ross Celebrate Their 50th Wedding Anniversary, March 1990 image

Year:
1990

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 24, 1990

Read more about Jane and Thomas L. Ross Celebrate Their 50th Wedding Anniversary, March 1990
Log in or register to post comments

Year:
c.2015

Read more about Janie Lee Ross
Log in or register to post comments

Janie Ross and Her Son Bobby Ross Hold Great Granddaughter Asha Jordan, 1991

Year:
1991

Read more about Janie Ross and Her Son Bobby Ross Hold Great Granddaughter Asha Jordan, 1991
Log in or register to post comments

Janie Ross Stands in Front of the Elks Lodge with Her Cousins Duane Greer, Roy Campbell, James Campbell, and Greg Campbell

Janie Ross and Daughter Carol Allen

Read more about Janie Ross and Daughter Carol Allen
Log in or register to post comments

Janie Ross as a Young Woman, 1942

Year:
1942

Read more about Janie Ross as a Young Woman, 1942
Log in or register to post comments

Media

AACHM Oral History: Carol Allen

Mon, 07/31/2023 - 11:07am

Carol Allen was born in Alton, Illinois in 1945. Her parents Janie and Thomas Ross moved to Ann Arbor in 1951 and purchased a home on Fifth Avenue. Her father was a cook and her mother was a nurse’s aid and custodian. Carol recalls raising her son Carl Jr. with her husband while living on the second floor of her family’s home. She got her associate’s degree in practical nursing and worked in that field for most of her career. In January 2023 she and her husband Carl celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They have two sons and several grandchildren.

View historical materials.

Media

AACHM Oral History: Janie Lee Ross

Thu, 07/20/2023 - 3:59pm

Janie Lee Ross was born in 1921 in Jackson, Tennessee. Her father was a church deacon, and she remembers attending choir rehearsals. In the 1940s she and her husband Thomas moved to Chicago, and she went to practical nursing school. They moved to Ann Arbor in 1951 and purchased a home on Fifth Avenue. They opened their home to many friends and relatives who needed a place to stay. Ross was a nurse’s aid at St. Joe’s Hospital and a custodian in Ann Arbor Public Schools. She has four children–Charlotte, Thomas, Carol, and Eugene (Bobby)–and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.