James Ruthven Jr. (1871)

Born 19 Jun 1871 in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

James Ruthven was born in 1871 in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, probably in the village of Cambusnethan, though he sometimes says Wishaw.

Schoolboy 1881 Cottingham

James Ruthven 43 was born, married and had at least three children in Scotland, then about 1870 he moved to Sunderland but soon came further south to Cottingham and Hull. He is a Cord Merchant, not a corn merchant, as is made clear by the expansion " Rope & Sail dxxx ". His son James age 9 was born in Scotland but is a schoolboy in Cottingham where he has spent most of the childhood, ^[1]

Marriage 1896 Hull

James Ruthven married Florence Olga Tulley in Hull (Sculcoates) in 1896, ^{[2] [3]}

Ropery 1911 Hull

Oddly James Ruthven 13 is the son of James Ruthven junr. age 40. England has never followed the American pattern and in this case the father has been competing with his own father in the Hull area as a Rope Merchant.

By 1911 James Ruthven 40 has turned a small cord twining works into a Rope and Ship-Rigging Business capable of rigging a sailing vessel with appropriate ropes throughout..

The younger James is certainly still at school at Hymers College under half a mile from home. He will have joined the cadet force but nobody foresees a Great War in Europe in 1914. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑

   1881 Census @ Montague House, South Street, Cottingham, Yorkshire

   GRO RG11 /4748 page 138

   Head James Ruthven 43 Cord Merchant b Scotland

   Wife Agnes Ruthven 37 b Scotland

   Daughter Amelia C G Ruthven 14 scholar b Scotland

   Daughter Cathrine M Ruthven 13 scholar b Scotland

   Son James Ruthven 9 scholar b Scotland

   Daughter Agnas L Ruthven 7 scholar b Sunderland

   Daughter Edith Ruthven 4 b Cottingham

   Son William L Ruthven 2 b Cottingham

   Daughter Violet J Ruthven 2 b Cottingham

   Servant Martha Felpts 21 Domestic b Harrold, Beds

   Servant Elizth? Williamson 14 Nursemaid b Leven

2. ↑

   freebmd Marriages Sep 1896

   RUTHVEN. James @@ Sculcoates 9d 258

   Tulley, Florence Olga @@ Sculcoates 9d 258

3. ↑

   Yorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1896

   RUTHVEN, James

   TULLEY Florence O

   St John (Newington) Hull HR/4/56

4. ↑

   1911 Census @ 138. Westbourne Avenue, Hull, Yorkshire,

   GRO RG14 piece 28736

   Head James Ruthven Junr 40 Rope Maker etc b Wishaw, Lanarks

   Wife Florence Olga Ruthven 39 b.Hull

   Son James Ruthven 13 b.Hull

   Son Gilbert Talley Ruthven 11 b.Hull

   Son Harold St Clair Ruthven 9 b.Hull

   Dau Olga Beatrice Ruthven 6 b.Hull

   Dau Agnes Margaret Ruthven 2 b.Hull

   Servant Ethel Boddy 30 cook b.Hull

   Servant Lily Myers 17 housemaid b.Hull

   -- Barbara Hasslewood Kewley 21 nursery Governess b. Cheshire