James Carruthers (1806-1880)

Elizabeth Wilson (1807-1874)

Thomas Carruthers (1839-1917)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Agnes Thurrott Mary Elizabeth Carruthers+ George Carruthers+ Jane Carruthers+ James McM Carruthers Margaret Carruthers Carruthers Oswald Carruthers David Wilson Carruthers+ Thomas Carruthers Thomas Carruthers 3 4 Born: 23 Dec 1839, New Brunswick, Canada 3 5 Marriage: Agnes Thurrott on 24 Oct 1865 in Nicholas River, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 1 2 Died: 4 Sep 1917 aged 77 3 6 Buried: West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 6    Other names for Thomas were Thomas Crathurs 5 and Thomas Cruthes.7   Noted events in his life were: • Occupation: farmer: Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Census: Canadian, 1861, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 8 • Census: Canadian, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9 • Census: Canadian, 1881, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 10 • Census: Canadian, 1891, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 7 • Census: Canadian, 1901, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Census: Canadian, 1911, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 11 Thomas married Agnes Thurrott, daughter of John Thurrott and Mary Morton, on 24 Oct 1865 in Nicholas River, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.1 2 (Agnes Thurrott was born on 27 Dec 1840 in West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada,3 12 died on 17 Nov 1909 3 12 13 and was buried in West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 13.)

1 Daniel F. Johnson, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, "Newspaper Vital Statistics," database, Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NewspaperVitalStats : accessed 31 Jan 2009), Newspaper record of Thomas Carruthers and Agnes Thurrott.

2 Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 55.

3 Robert F. Fellows, "Genealogies (First Families) at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Canada," p. 58; report to Provincial Archives New Brunswick, Sixth Edition Jan 2006; Source listed in Genealogies (First Family): MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, pages 273-274.

4 Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 50.

5 Library and Archives Canada, "1901 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Genealogy (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 19 Oct 2009), Census record for Thomas Carruthers; citing Library and Archives Canada Schedule 1, Microfilm T-6441.

6 New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick," database, New Brunswick Cemeteries (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NBCemeteries/?culture=en-CA : accessed 16 Jul 2009), Cemetery record for Thomas Carruthers.

7 1891 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 15, sub-district Weldford, Weldford, p. 3, dwelling W 2/7, family 13, Thomas Carruthers; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada, 1891 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html?PHPSESSID=drq0c684ro6df1k23a0q2kvpv7 : accessed 21Aug 2009).

8 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Kent, Weldford, Weldford, p. 57, Thomas Carruthers; RG 31; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 0,477,552, item Library and Archives Canada Film Number: C-1002-1003, Digital GS Number: 4108515.

9 database, Kent County Census Records (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/Census.html : accessed 13 Aug 2010), Census record for Thomas Carruthers.

10 1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 34, Kent, sub-district E, Welford, p. 61, dwelling 299, family 299, Thomas Carruthers; RG 31; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Census of Canada 1881 (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html : accessed 20 Aug 2010); citing Library and Archive Canada.

11 Library and Archives Canada, "1911 Census of Canada Indexing Project," database, Automated Geneology (http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html : accessed 23 Aug 2010), Census record for Thomas Carruthers.

12 Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 46.

13 New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Provincial Archives of New Brunswick," database, New Brunswick Cemeteries (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NBCemeteries/?culture=en-CA : accessed 16 Jul 2009), Cemetery record for Agnes Thurrott Carruthers.