Thomas Rutherford

4 September 1798–8 December 1879
Birdhope Craig, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Thomas

When Thomas Rutherford was christened on 4 September 1798, in Birdhope Craig, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Rutherford, was 30 and his mother, Helen Elliot, was 28. He married Janet Sutherland on 1 June 1820, in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 8 December 1879, in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Rutherford
1798–1879
Janet Sutherland
1798–1879
Marriage: 1 June 1820
Helen Rutherford
1822–1883
Alexander Gunn Rutherford
about 1837–
Catherine Rutherford
1823–1888
Mary Rutherford
1824–1827
James Rutherford
1825–1883
Mary Rutherford
1827–
John Rutherford
1829–
Thomas Rutherford
1834–1865
Joan Rutherford
1838–1903

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 June 1820Latheron, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1801 · The Act of Union
    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
    1815
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
    1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""
    The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 10047;2007: 21063; 2010: 28079)Scottish and northern English: habitational name from Rutherford in Maxton (Roxburghshire), apparently named with Old English hrīther, hrȳther ‘ox’ + ford ‘ford’, though a British Celtic origin of the type ro- ‘great’ + dubr- ‘water, river’ is also possible for the first element. Places named Rutherford in West Linton (West Lothian) and Barningham (North Yorkshire) are less likely sources of the name.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Reliford
    Retherford

    Sources (10)

    • Thos. Rutherford in entry for Catherine Rutherford, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
    • Thomas Rutherford, Farmer in entry for Thomas Rutherford, Third Son, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
    • Thos Rutherford, "England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920"

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