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Hi Millsie,

Agnes is my gr-gr-grandmother too. Robinvan is my Auntie and we have both tried searching for an answer to the Ruddick/Teasdale name change but I haven't managed to find anything by searching through records. Robin's chat with her South Australian cousin is probably the closest we will get to finding out the reason for the name change.

Would love to hear from you as I spent quite a bit of time a few years ago searching family trees.

Just adding to information on this topic - My grandfather was raised by Agnes Teasdale (married as Agnes Ruddick, born Agnes Wilson). Agnes was his paternal grandmother and cared for him and his older siblings when his mother became ill and died not long after he was born. The reason for the name change is a mystery to us and was a mystery to my grandfather. He only became aware of the name change when he attended to the paperwork relating to the deaths of his elderly aunt, by which time no-one was alive to shed light on the mystery.

My grandfather was the also the last 'Teasdale' in this line. His father James Ruddick Teasdale was the only son of Anthony and Agnes. James had two sons but his elder son Reginald had no descendants and my grandfather's only son died as a child.

Katrina