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Offline Nursey

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Rutter
« on: Tuesday 06 November 07 15:48 GMT (UK) »
I am trying to find any info on my aunt Margaret Jane Rutter nee Douglass, all I know is she emigrated to New Zealand some time after 1925, she had a daughter Elizabeth B 1914 in Alnwick Northumberland England. I have asked all my cousins for info and this is all we can come up with. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Ivy
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Re: Rutter
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 16:42 GMT (UK) »
freebmd shows she married in 1913 to George M Rutter. (middle name possibly Miller?)

http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action
shows Eliz Rutter aged 8 heading to Wellington from Southampton in 1923, along with George (aged 32), an unnamed woman, aged 30, and George, aged 2.  Could this be them?
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Re: Rutter
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 17:13 GMT (UK) »
Thank you very much, this sounds like them, they had a son George born 1920, thank you again.   Ivy
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Re: Rutter
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 18:03 GMT (UK) »
I checked the original version of the list and this is them has their home address in Northumberland on it. Where do I go from here in finding descendants?  Ivy
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Re: Rutter
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 21:22 GMT (UK) »
Does it say where they were headed to other than Wellington, or give George's occupation?

I'm wondering if perhaps they moved to Australia - recordsearch on the Australian National Archives shows a Rutter Miller George, born 18 Nov 1919, supposedly Temuka NZ (but maybe that was where they lived in NZ and he mistook it, having moved from England so young), living in Perth, WA, next of kin Betty (wife?)
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Re: Rutter
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 06 November 07 23:07 GMT (UK) »

Would possibly agree with that,  no signs of them in later New Zealand.

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Re: Rutter
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 07 November 07 01:12 GMT (UK) »
Hi Ivy

Another place to check for info is the National Archives in NZ, here you might be able to find wills and probate packets, which contain the names of those who inherited - the easiest way to find out the descendants in NZ as for most time frames names of children are not on the death certificates...

archway.archives.govt.nz

If you find any then I would encourage you to join the NZ mailing list on rootsweb and ask if someone is heading to that archive - there are 4 Auckland, Wellington Christchurch and Dunedin and the location depends on the court house where probate or administration was lodged.

There are a number of NZ cemeteries online now -

Murray's site has a lot of them linked from one place...

http://www.kiwicelts.co.nz/

Wendy Howard has a great reference site for NZ genie things - see the right hand side menu

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wendyh65/

I have the NZ genealogy society marriages index cd and there are a few possible marriages for your family...

Year   1937
Folio   07304
Surname   RUTTER
Given Names   George Miller
Sex   M
Spouse   ISITT
Given Names   Henrietta
also known as
Surname   BENNETT
Given Names   Henrietta

This could be a sister of George marrying twice - once in 1942 and again in 1950???

Year   1942
Folio   02997
Surname   RUTTER
Given Names   Elizabeth Miller
Sex   F
Spouse   SUTHERLAND
Given Names   Colin Gordon

Year   1950
Folio   01993
Surname   RUTTER
Given Names   Elizabeth Miller
Sex   F
Spouse   GODFREY
Given Names   Leo Jack

The folio numbers do not indicate a region. Would be worth buying the electronic printouts to see if the parents of the RUTTER's in these marriages match your family. Once you have a location then things like the Wises directories and old electoral rolls come into play.

Good luck
Michelle in Sydney
Australia, NSW: Sydney, Hawkesbury, Kiama, Bega, Northern Rivers.
DOUGLASS, ROSE, KING, MARKS, UTHER, JONES, McWILLIAMS, SIMPSON, CROSS, MORRIS, HOBBS, ESLIN, SPEAR, ROBINSON, FLOOD, JOHNSON, DAVISON, WATTS

New Zealand:
McCABE, WILLIAMS, BURNS, WACKROW, HAMBLYN, PEAT, COOK, WELCH (Dr Robert Porter) , MABERLY, FERRICK, GALLON, TUNNICLIFFE

UK: UTHER, LEE, DAY, SOUNDY, HATFULL, CHARLESTROM, MATTHEWS (Ldn) PATIENT/ PASHION, DAY, SAVEALL, PAGE, MATHEWS, POULTON, THORINGTON, BRAND, HYMAS, (Ess)

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Re: Rutter
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 07 November 07 17:17 GMT (UK) »
Thanks everyone
When George travelled to wellington he was a coal miner. Iwill check other details and get back to you.   ivy
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Re: Rutter
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 08 November 07 19:24 GMT (UK) »
Hi again
Checked all info children were George Miller B:1919 and Elizabeth Miller Rutter, marriages for Elizabeth & George could be possible. Any chance of finding deaths of the parents Margaret Jane and George? Is there any way I can order records online for marriages? iVY
Downes, Douglass, McCloud, Purdom, Cummings, Hodge and Wilson