Thomas Rutherford

Brief Life History of Thomas

Thomas Rutherford was born in 1798 as the son of James Rutherford and Nelly. He married Janet Sutherland on 1 June 1820, in Latheron, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Olrig, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. 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–
Ann Rutherford
1832–
Thomas Rutherford
1834–1865
Joan Rutherford
1838–1903
George Rutherford
1841–

Sources (11)

  • Thomas Rutherford, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • Thomas Rutherford, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thos Rutherford, "England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920"

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.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

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.

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