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Cheshire / Re: Rustidge Family of Mere, Cheshire
« on: Sunday 27 November 05 00:49 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that - sorry but Ive just seen your earlier post that had already answered the question!.

Here are two interesting census records:

1861 Census : Heath Side Gannon Sq , Knutsford.
Head of House :William Rustidge born 1803, Tabley
1871 Census : Heath Side Gannon Sq , Knutsford.
Head of House :William Rustage born 1803, Tabley

Williams name (and that of his wife and son) changes from -idge to -age between census' and remains that way in succeeding records. Here, the action of (most likely) the census taker has accounted for at least one transformation.

Phil

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Lancashire / Connecting up the Rustage variants
« on: Friday 25 November 05 17:36 GMT (UK)  »
Its extremely likely that all the following names derive from the same original family :

Rustage, Rustige, Rustidge, Rustedge, Rushtich, Rughsich, Roughsich, Roughsedge, Roughsuch etc.

I am trying to put together a chart that shows the links that connect these names up.

If anybody has direct knowledge of a change of name/spelling in their own branch of the family or as a result of their own research could you please post the information here? Typically someone who spells their name one way but knows they have a relative who spelled it differently or different records of the same person but showing different spellings would be the kind of evidence I need.

Note the chart is just to show the name changes - its not the complete family history of all the above names (thats a much bigger project that I am still working on!).

Many thanks

Phil Rustage
(of the branch that went Rainhill->Tabley->Salford->Droylsden->Ashton-u-Lyne)

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Cheshire / Connecting up the Rustage variants
« on: Friday 25 November 05 17:34 GMT (UK)  »
Its extremely likely that all the following names derive from the same original family :

Rustage, Rustige, Rustidge, Rustedge, Rushtich, Rughsich, Roughsich, Roughsedge, Roughsuch etc.

I am trying to put together a chart that shows the links that connect these names up.

If anybody has direct knowledge of a change of name/spelling in their own branch of the family or as a result of their own research could you please post the information here? Typically someone who spells their name one way but knows they have a relative who spelled it differently or different records of the same person but showing different spellings would be the kind of evidence I need.

Note the chart is just to show the name changes - its not the complete family history of all the above names (thats a much bigger project that I am still working on!).

Many thanks

Phil Rustage
(of the branch that went Rainhill->Tabley->Salford->Droylsden->Ashton-u-Lyne)

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Cheshire / Re: Rustidge Family of Mere, Cheshire
« on: Friday 25 November 05 12:52 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Rustidge on Sunday 02 October 05 21:39 BST (UK)
Hi Glasto and Catherine
We have name spelled Rustage, Rustidge and Roughsedge and I have connected them all. Depends on who wrote it. Brenda

Hi Brenda - and all other Rust*ges who may see this.

I am intrigued that you can connect up the Rust*ges with the Roughsedges. I am sure you are right but I have been trying to do this for a while and cant really find any real evidence to support this. If there definitely is a link then it means we can trace the name back as far as 1540!

You are right in that names that sound similar most likely are the same family since it was the sound rather than the spelling that carried.

I wasted a fair amount of time trying to link the Rustiges up with the German/Dutch family name Rustige. It seemed very likely at the time but I have now come to the conclusion that there probably is not a link. Any immigrant German by the name of Rustige would be transcribed in this country as something like "Rooshdigger" if they came in the semi literate times of pre-1800.

Meanwhile does anyone have any thoughts on what the name actually means? There is a plant called "Rough Sedge"...

Phil Rustage

PS I can attach the trail back to 1540 if anyone would like it.

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