Ross Creek – Formerly the creek that ran from Lake Union to Salmon Bay, now the site of Lake Washington Ship Canal – John and Mary Jane Ross homesteaded the area in the late 1850s. He was a millwright and farmer. Eventually at least eleven families settled near by and the area became known as Ross. ( Historic Resources Survey Report: Fremont Neighborhood Residential Buildings)
Ross in Seattle in the 1880s (wedgwoodinseattlehistory.com) “Ross” was a place name in the present-day north Queen Anne/Seattle Pacific University area south of the ship canal, and in western Fremont north of the ship canal.