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James Carruthers
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James Carruthers
- Born: Abt 1835, New Brunswick, Canada 2
- Marriage: Elizabeth Thurrott on 9 Dec 1862 in Nicholas River, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 1
- Died: 29 Oct 1893, West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada aged about 58 3 4
- Buried: West Branch, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada 3 5
 Another name for James was James Cruthers.6
Noted events in his life were:
• Cemetery Headstone: St. John's United Church Cemetery. Inscription:
In memory of
James Carruthers
died
Oct. 22, 1893
Aged 59 years
• Occupation: farmer: Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6 7 8
• Residence: Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6 9
• Census: Canadian, 1861, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 2
• Census, 1871, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 10
• Census: Canadian, 1881, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9 Carruthers is spelled with one 'r' on the census.
• Ethnic Origin: Listed as Scotch on the census, 1881, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9 Carruthers is spelled with one 'r' on the census.
• Religion: Presbyterian, 1881, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 9
• Census: Canadian, 1891, Weldford, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 6
James married Elizabeth Thurrott, daughter of John Thurrott and Mary Morton, on 9 Dec 1862 in Nicholas River, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.1 (Elizabeth Thurrott was born on 26 Feb 1842 in New Brunswick, Canada,11 12 died in 1928 13 and was buried in Hillsborough, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada 13.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Marriage Performed By: Rev. Jason Law. 1
• Alt. Wedding, 14 May 1861, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. 14
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Sources
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), Newspaper record of James Carruthers and Elizabeth Thurrott.
2
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.
3
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.
4
Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 50.
5
Diana Henderson Purdue, Kent County Genweb Co-Ordinator, Part of the Kent County Genweb Project, Cemetery Records for Kent County New Brunswick, digital images (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/Cemeteries.html : accessed 10 Apr 2009), Gravestone for James Carruthers, St. John's United Church Cemetery.
6
1891 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 15, sub-district Weldford, Weldford, p. 1, dwelling W 2/7, family 2, James 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 2 Nov 2009).
7
1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 34, Kent, sub-district E, Weldford, p. 32, dwelling 160, family 160, Elizabeth 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 25 Jan 2009); citing Library and Archives Canada.
8
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.
9
1881 census of Canada, New Brunswick, district 34, Kent, sub-district E, Welford, p. 32, dwelling 160, family 160, James 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 25 Jan 2009); citing Library and Archive Canada.
10
database, Kent County Census Records (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/Census.html : accessed 14 Apr 2009), Census record for James Carruthers.
11
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): Source: MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS: Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, pages 273-274.
12
Eleanor Wilson Graham and John Currie MacMichael, West Branch Days (1826 - 1989) (Sackville, New Brunswick: The Tribune Press Ltd., 1989), 46.
13
M. Helena Lewis, New Brunswick Cemeteries Albert County, digital images (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mhlewis/new_brunswick_cemeteries.htm : accessed 7 Feb 2009), Headstone of Elizabeth Thurrott Carruthers, Gray's Island Cemetery.
14
Kent County, New Brunswick, Kent County Marriages (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nbken/Marriage.html); PANB Marriage Records Microfilm # F15483.