William was born in 1878 and baptised on 6 Mar 1878 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire[1]
In 1881, he was living in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire as a 3yrs old infant, with his 8 siblings (Samuel and Thomas had died in infancy) and parents.[2]
In 1891, he was a scholar, living with his parents and 6 siblings in Dumfries where his father was Medical Physician at the Dumfries Insane Asylum[3]
In 1901 he was a Bank Clerk in London, staying with Emily C M Agnus at 15 Stonebridge Park, Willesdon, London[4]
He married Jean Annie Peden on 25 Feb 1919 in All Saints Church, Tientsin, China[5]
Worked for the Standard Chartered Bank out in the far east, mostly China. Returned to live in Edinburgh after he retired[6].
His gravestone is in Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh where his name is recorded along with his wife.[7]
Sources
↑ "Scotland Presbyterian & Protestant Church Records, 1736-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLG2-DLYX : 21 August 2019), William Freer Rutherford, 6 Mar 1878;
citing Baptism, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh; FHL microfilm 004152856.
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