James Arthur "Dick" Ruttan

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Hugh Donald Latimer October 12, 1910 to May 10, 1986, Photographer

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Born: 21 December 1880
Died: 12 March 1976
Parents: William M. Ruttan and Amanda M. Maybee
Marriage: 28 December 1904 Clara M. Perry
Occupation: Farmer at Wooler

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Genealogical information used with permission courtesy Dan Buchanan, www.treesbydan.com

James Arthur "Dick" Ruttan1,2,3,4
M, #4941, b. 21 December 1880, d. 12 March 1976
Father*: William Martin "Mart" Ruttan b. 25 Dec 1843
Mother*: Amanda Melissa "Mandy" Maybee b. 21 Mar 1847, d. 3 Jan 1925
Birth*: 21 December 1880; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Birth Reg'n.#021902: Name: James Arthur Ruttan; Date: Dec 21 1880; Parents: William M. Ruttan & Amanda M. Maybee; Inf.: W. M. Ruttan, Brighton Twp., Veterinary Surgeon; Reg'd.: Jan 13 1881; Phys.: Mrs. Julia Ruttan; Reg'r.: T. J. Wright (Ontario Birth Registration, #021902-1881, ancestry.com) Date Dec 1880 & location Ont. per 1911 Census. Date Dec 21 1880 & location Ont. rural per 1901 Census. Date 1880 & location Murray Twp. per marr. reg'n.5,6,3,4
Marriage*: 28 December 1904; Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#009583: Groom: Arthur J. Ruttan; Age: 24; Res. & Born: Murray Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Martin Ruttan & Amanda Mayby; Bride: Clara M. Perry; Age: 20; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Byron Perry & Ida Griffith; ... pg. 2 n/a ... Date: Dec 28 1904 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #009583-1904, ancestry.com); Principal=Clarissa M. "Clara" Perry7
Death*: 12 March 1976; Sidbrook Hospital, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario; "Ruttan: - Suddenly at Sidbrook Hospital, Cobourg, on Friday, March 12, 1976, James Arthur (Dick) Ruttan, formerly of Wooler in his 96th year. Husband of the late Clara Ruttan, dear father of Kathleen (Mrs. Lawrence Taylor) Michigan; Gordon of Wateford; Claud of Paris, Ontario; Carman of Codrington and Elsie (Mrs. homer Lowe) Wooler. Brother of Mrs Bart Reid, Picton. The family will receive friends at the Weaver Funeral Home, Trenton. Services will be held in the funeral home on Monday, March 15 at 1:30 pm, Rev. C. Carpenter officiating. Entombment Mt. Evergreen Cemetery. Mr Ruttan was a retired veterinarian. He was educated at Wooler. He was a member of Wooler United Church. He was a former member of the Orange Lodge and a former member of the Wooler brass band.
"While I was writing the part about Dick and the cow, a neighbour called to tell me that Dick had just passed away in Cobourg Nursing Home at the age of 95 years." from As The Crow Flies, pg. 183-187, The Ruttan Family, by Mrs. Leona Austin
"James Arthur "Dick" Ruttan; died March 12, 1976; Age 95; March 12, 1976, pg. 3 & Mar 15, 1976, pg. 3 & Mar 19, 1976, pg. 7; Brighton Ensign"8
Burial*: 16 March 1976; McPhail's Cemetery, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; See Exhibit: On Stone: Ruttan; J. Arthur Ruttan; 1880 - 1976; His Beloved Wife; Clarisa M. Perry; 1884 - 1960;9
Census*: April 1881; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 10 months at 1881 Census: see Martin Ruttan10
Census: April 1891; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 10 at 1891 Census: see William M. Ruttan11
Census: April 1901; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 20 at 1901 Census: see William M. Ruttan4
Residence*: 28 December 1904; Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence Murray Twp. per marr. reg'n.6
Census: 1911; Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Age 30 at 1911 Census: Ruttan, Arthur, 30, b. Ont. Dec 1880, French, Meth., farmer, married; Clara, 26, b. Ont. Oct 1894, Irish, Meth., married; Gordon, 3, b. Ont. Mar 1908, son; Cathalean, 5, b. Ont. Jan 1906, daughter; William, 68, b. Ont. Dec 1842, French, Meth., farmer, married; Amanda, 64, b. Ont. Mar 1845, Dutch, Meth., married (1911 Census: Murray Twp., Northumberland Co., dist. 101-14, sub-dist. 24 - 3, pg.8, line 47 - Conc 5, Lot 19 - Wooler - ancestry.com)3
Residence: 1911; Conc 5 Lot 19, Murray Twp., Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Residence per 1911 Census: Conc 5, Lot 19, Murray Twp. - Wooler Village.3
Note: circa 1930; Brighton Twp., Orland, Northumberland Co., Ontario; Dick Ruttan appears in The Latimer Photos which were taken by Hugh Latimer during the early 1920s and late 1930s at his father's General Store in Orland. (The Latimer Photos, Codrington Public Library)12
Note*: 16 December 1954; Wooler, Northumberland Co., Ontario; " ... Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ruttan ... 50th Wedding Anniversary ... " Brighton Ensign, Dec 28, 19548
Family: Clarissa M. "Clara" Perry b. 30 Oct 1884, d. 1960
Marriage*: 28 December 1904; Hastings Co., Ontario; Marriage Reg'n.#009583: Groom: Arthur J. Ruttan; Age: 24; Res. & Born: Murray Twp.; Status: bachelor; Occ.: farmer; Parents: Martin Ruttan & Amanda Mayby; Bride: Clara M. Perry; Age: 20; Res. & Born: Brighton Twp.; Status: spinster; Parents: Byron Perry & Ida Griffith; ... pg. 2 n/a ... Date: Dec 28 1904 (Ontario Marriage Registration, #009583-1904, ancestry.com); Principal=Clarissa M. "Clara" Perry7
Kathleen Ruttan b. Jan 1906, d. a 1950
Gordon Ruttan b. Mar 1908, d. a 1912
Carman Claremont "Friday" Ruttan+ b. 26 Aug 1911, d. Apr 1993
Elsie Ruttan b. a 1912
Claude Ruttan b. 1914, d. 9 Jun 1976
Citations
James Arthur Ruttan per Birth Reg'n. Arthur per 1911 Census. Arthur J. per 1901 Census.
[S4] Unknown author, Ontario Birth Registrations, Record Type: Microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Achives (birth).
[S60] Unknown author, 1911 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S13] Unknown author, 1901 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S4] Unknown author, Ontario Birth Registrations, Record Type: Microfilm, Name Of Person: Ontario Achives (birth), #021902-1881.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm.
[S8] Unknown author, Ontario Archives, Record Type: Microfilm, #009583-1904.
[S42] Brighton Ensign.
[S15] Unknown author, Tombstone Inscription.
[S16] Unknown author, 1881 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm, Age 10 months.
[S6] Unknown author, 1891 Canada Census, Record Type: microfilm.
[S87] Unknown subject unknown record type; unknown repository.

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