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Midlothian / Re: Burial Records Edinburgh - lookup please
« on: Wednesday 04 December 24 10:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi Frankie.
Your question is quite old, so not sure if you'll see this, or maybe you've resolved in the meantime. The death certificate for James states his father was George Rutherford a butcher. If the father of James is a brother of Thomas, which I think is likely, then Thomas' brother George (1799 - 1862) is less likely to be the father because he's married and having children with his wife in Roxburghshire from 1827 through 1839
However, there is evidence that Thomas had a brother Robert and there is a Robert Rutherford - a flesher, i.e. a butcher - who dies in Edinburgh in 1847 aged 42. This Robert marries in 1839 in Melrose, and is living in Edinburgh by 1841 with his wife and a 10 year old William, presumably a son from a previous marriage. There is a Robert Rutherford, a ploughman, who has a son William with Elizabeth Staward in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, in 1830.
A number of children of James Rutherford & Helen/Nelly Elliot are known to be living in St Boswells from 1818 through to 1829: Mary marries Thomas Paton and lives there until at least 1829, George's first child is recorded in the parish baptism register in 1826, Ann marries George Knox in 1822 and dies there in 1827. It's plausible that their brother Robert would also be living in St Boswells at that time.
If Robert the ploughman and Robert the flesher are the same person, then there is a gap in his history between 1831 and 1839, so he could have travelled to Caithness with Thomas etc.
Quite a bit of surmising, but putting it out there for others to think about and add to or refute.
Cheers
Richard
Your question is quite old, so not sure if you'll see this, or maybe you've resolved in the meantime. The death certificate for James states his father was George Rutherford a butcher. If the father of James is a brother of Thomas, which I think is likely, then Thomas' brother George (1799 - 1862) is less likely to be the father because he's married and having children with his wife in Roxburghshire from 1827 through 1839
However, there is evidence that Thomas had a brother Robert and there is a Robert Rutherford - a flesher, i.e. a butcher - who dies in Edinburgh in 1847 aged 42. This Robert marries in 1839 in Melrose, and is living in Edinburgh by 1841 with his wife and a 10 year old William, presumably a son from a previous marriage. There is a Robert Rutherford, a ploughman, who has a son William with Elizabeth Staward in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, in 1830.
A number of children of James Rutherford & Helen/Nelly Elliot are known to be living in St Boswells from 1818 through to 1829: Mary marries Thomas Paton and lives there until at least 1829, George's first child is recorded in the parish baptism register in 1826, Ann marries George Knox in 1822 and dies there in 1827. It's plausible that their brother Robert would also be living in St Boswells at that time.
If Robert the ploughman and Robert the flesher are the same person, then there is a gap in his history between 1831 and 1839, so he could have travelled to Caithness with Thomas etc.
Quite a bit of surmising, but putting it out there for others to think about and add to or refute.
Cheers
Richard