Brief Life History of Jessie
When Jessie Rutherford was born about 1880, in Tranent, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Archibald Rutherford, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth Davidson, was 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Jessie Rutherford, "Scotland Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jessie Rutherford - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Jessie Rutherford
- Jessie Rutherford, "Scotland Census, 1881"
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World Events (8)
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1885 · Creation of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
The post of Secretary for Scotland was established in 1885 after the need arose after establishing different departments for the benefit of the communities.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
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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