Thomas Savage Rutherford (1850 - 1924)

Born 15 Aug 1850 in Dereham, Oxford, Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Almira Minerva (Scott) Rutherford — married about 1875 in Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1924 at age 73 in Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Rutherford Name Study.

Thomas Rutherford is a member of Clan Rutherford.

Thomas was born in 1850. He lived on the family farm in Tillsonburg. An 1876 map shows T. Rutherford's property in the 11th concession on what is now called Hawkins Road, just east of the Dereham Line.^[1] By 1901 he had two employees living with the family. And by 1911 there were four employees on the farm. The 1903 wedding announcement for his daughter Edna describes his place as "Old Roslin, the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rutherford."^[2]
Thomas passed away in 1924 with abdominal cancer. He died ten days after the death of his wife. His son Dr. Scott Rutherford was informant at his death.^[3] He is buried in New Delmer Cemetery, Delmer, Oxford, Ontario. His two youngest sons, Jack and Scott, were executors of his estate.

Sources

1. ↑ Dereham Township, From Oxford County 1876, Ontario, Published by Walker and Mills in 1876. [1]
2. ↑ Tillsonburg Observer Announcement June 11, 1903
3. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD2S-L9J : 11 December 2014), Thomas Rutherford, 23 Jun 1924; citing Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, yr 1924 cn 24522, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,022,141.

See also:

• 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Canada West (Ontario), Oxford County, Dereham.

• 1861 Census of Canada, Canada West, Oxford, pg. 939 of 1245.

• 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Oxford South, Dereham, pg. 41 of 156.

• 1881 Census of Canada, Ontario, Oxford South, Dereham, pg. 68 of 94.

• Birth of son Scott Edward Rutherford: "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
  citing Digital film/folder number: 004656954_003_M9SC-78R; FHL microfilm: 1887237; Image number: 362; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: C06103-4
  FamilySearch Record: FMDK-3WR (accessed 23 June 2024)
  FamilySearch Image: 939J-6QC2-9
  Scott Edward Rutherford born to Thomas Rutherford on 20 Jul 1892 in Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

• 1901 Census of Canada, Ontario, Norfolk (North/Nord), Dereham, Image accessed on Library and Archives Canada, 9 June 2022.

• Cited in Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928, York, 1908.

• 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario, Oxford South, Sub-District 5 - Dereham, pg. 13 of 14.

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27DS-K7W : 13 March 2018), Thomas Rutherford in entry for John Lloyd Rutherford and Anna Jean Ribble, 20 Dec 1919; citing registration , Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,210,746.

• 1921 Census of Canada, Ontario, Oxford South, Sub-District 39 - Tillsonburg (Town), pg. 11 of 19.

• Cited in Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 620, Oxford, 1922.

• Find A Grave Memorial #98813842.

• Will of Thomas Savage Rutherford, retrieved by Sandy Grant from Oxford Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, June 24, 2015.

• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD2S-L9L : 11 December 2014), Thomas Rutherford in entry for Maude Elizabeth Rutherford, 05 Jul 1924; citing Tillsonburg, Oxford, Ontario, yr 1924 cn 24523, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,022,141.

• Ancestry.com - Ruther01 Family Tree - Brett Rutherford