James Ruthven (1838)

Born 1838 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Cord Merchant 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]

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