James Carruthers (1806-1880)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Elizabeth Wilson William Carruthers David Carruthers+ James Carruthers+ John Carruthers Thomas Carruthers+ George Carruthers Benjamin Carruthers Daniel Carruthers Oswald Ford Carruthers James Carruthers Born: 1806, Scotland 1 Marriage: Elizabeth Wilson Died: 30 Aug 1880 aged 74 Buried: Beersville, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 2   Noted events in his life were: • Immigration: from Scotland: Beersville, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 3 • Census: Canadian, 1861, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 4 • Census, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 • Ethnic Origin: Listed as Scotch on the census, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 • Occupation: farmer, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 6 • Religion: a Presbyterian, listed on the census, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 5 • Residence, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 1 James married Elizabeth Wilson. (Elizabeth Wilson was born in 1807 in Scotland,5 7 died on 16 Dec 1874 7 and was buried in Beersville, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 7.)

1 database, Kent County Census Records (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/Census.html : accessed 14 Apr 2009), Census record for James Carruthers.

2 New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Vital Statistics from Government Records," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 22 Jan 2009), Burial of James Carruthers.

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

4 1861 census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Kent, Weldford, Weldford, p. 57, James 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.

5 database, Kent County Census Records (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/Census.html : accessed 14 Apr 2009), Census record for Elizabeth Wilson Carruthers.

6 New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Lovell Directory 1871," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/PrivRecs/LD/Search.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 14 Apr 2009), James Carruthers.

7 New Brunswick Provincial Government, "Vital Statistics from Government Records," database, New Brunswick Provincial Archives (http://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/Default.aspx?culture=en-CA : accessed 22 Jan 2009), Burial Elizabeth Wilson Carruthers.