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M Colin Ruthven

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1851 personal census, Aldborough Twp, Elgin Co., ON, transcribed by the Elgin Branch of the OGS:
Ruthven Colin, M, Married, 72, born Scotland, Presbyterian, Farmer;
Catherine, F, Married, 60, born Scotland, Presbyterian;
Neil, M, Single, 37, born Scotland, Presbyterian, Labourer;
James, M, Single, 32, born Scotland, Presbyterian;
Sarah, F, Single, 30, born Scotland, Presbyterian;
Angus, M, Single, 22, born Canada Presbyterian;
Sarah Ann, F, Single, 25, born Canada, Presbyterian;
Edwin, M, Single, 2, born Canada, Presbyterian;
Catherine, F, Single, 1, born Canada, Presbyterian.

Headstone New Glasgow Pioneer Cemetery, Aldborough Twp, Elgin Co., ON, transcribed by the West Elgin Genealogical and Historical Society:
In memory of Colin Ruthven.
In memory of Catharine Mc(Coll?).

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, Toronto, 1905, p. 420-421:
Adolphus F. Ruthven, a public official of the city of Windsor who, through efficiency, has won the confidence of the public, is the capable and obliging clerk of the money order and savings bank department of the Windsor post-office.
     Mr. Ruthven belongs to one of the old settled families of the County of Essex, of Scottish extraction and sturdy, loyal citizenship. His great-grandfather, who lived and died in Scotland, reared a large family, one of whom was Neil, more adventurous than the rest. In his native country he married Catherine McColl, and in 1804 he took his little family and emigrated to Canada, locating in the Province of Ontario, County of Elgin, where he became a farmer, and thus passed a useful life. He was the father of the following children: Neil, James, Hugh, Angus, Robert (who was buried at sea), Catherine (widow of Joseph Coatsworth, still surviving), Sarah and Ann (who married Archibald McIntyre).
     Hugh Ruthven, the third member of the above family, and the father of Adolphus F. Ruthven, was born Oct. 19, 1826, in the County of Elgin, and when but sixteen years of age began teaching in the local school, later becoming an educator also in the County of Essex. For a time he was a bookkeeper for Michael M. Fox, but he later formed a partnership with John M. Wigle, in a milling and shipping business, at Ruthven, a hamlet named in his honor, and in this business accumulated a large property and became widely know commercially. He continued to be interested in the same during his active life, and now resides in retirement at Kingsville, County of Essex. Many local honors were shown to him, and he served as reeve for Gosfield township, and for many years was the postmaster at Ruthven. Mr. Ruthven was the first member of St. George Masonic Lodge at Kingsville, having become a member of that fraternal order more than fifty years ago.
     In 1855 Mr. Ruthven and Emily Fox were united in marriage, and to this union were born the following children: Adolphus F.; Amelia, the wife of Angus Wigle; Cora, deceased; and Miss Mary. Mrs. Ruthven was born Jan. 20, 1831, a daughter of Michael G. and Margaret (Stuart) Fox, of German extraction. George Fox, the grandfather, was born in 1781, in the State of Pennsylvania, where he married Julianne Wigle, and they reared these children: Michael G., the father of Mrs. Ruthven; Eliza, born Sept. 20, 1807; Mary, Aug. 15, 1809; Catherine, Oct. 10, 1811; John, Feb. 9, 1814; Theodore, Feb. 5, 1816; Joseph, July 10, 1818; Henry, March 15, 1821; Jane, May 15, 1823; Caroline, May 10, 1827; Robert, Nov. 28, 1831; and Harriet, May 8, 1833. The children born to Michael G. Fox and wife were: Emily, Oliver, Horatio, Testeniah, Almeron, Sabina, Adelia, Adolphus and Almira. The mother of this family was born March 5, 1811, a daughter of James Stuart, who was born in England. Mr. Stuart, with two of his sons, was one day engaged in his agricultural pursuits in Virginia, when he was attacked by Indians, shot by their arrows and then cruelly scalped, while the sons were carried away. Long afterward the distracted mother found one son, but the other was never again heard from. This tale was not an unusual one for those pioneer days, but it makes the present generation thankful that they live when such disasters are impossible. The first of this family in Canada was James Stuart, who came as a member of the 42nd Highland Regiment, Black Watch, to serve in the Revolutionary War. In the state of Maryland he married Margaret ---, and their children were: James, John, Daniel, Charles, Sophia, Jane and Mary. James married Jane Findlay, and their children were: Charles, James, John, Abel, Margaret (the grandfather of Adolphus F. Ruthven), Polly, Sarah and Tabitha.
     Adolphus F. Ruthven was born March 3, 1856, at Union, County of Essex, and obtained his education in the local schools. From childhood he displayed an unusual talent for music, and when he reached manhood he taught the same for a time and then went of Detroit, where he spent four years in the profession as a teacher. In February, 1882, he was appointed to his present position, and most efficiently performs its duties, without, however, limiting his interest in his art. For the past ten years he has been the leader of the 21st Regiment band at Windsor, and is known as one of the leading musicians of Western Ontario. He is using the old violin owned by Neil Ruthven, the instrument being over 250 years old.
     On Dec. 27, 1882, Mr. Ruthven was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Chater, who was born April 20, 1865, in Windsor, daughter of Thomas and Ann Maria (Bull) Chater, who came to Windsor from the State of New York, in 1853. Thomas Chater was born in 1832, in England, and his wife in 1835, in Leamington, England, she being a daughter of William and Ann (Randall) Bull. To Thomas Chater and wife were born the following children: John, Emma, Jane, Mamie, Elizabeth and Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Ruthven have one son, Frederick Hugh, born Aug. 27, 1884, in Windsor. The family are attendants on the services of the Church of England, of which Mrs. Ruthven is a member. Politically Mr. Ruthven is identified with the Conservative party, while fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum. The family is well known socially in Windsor and has a wide circle of pleasant friends.