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Archibald
McIntyre
Headstone New Glasgow Pioneer Cemetery, Aldborough Twp, Elgin Co., ON, transcribed by the West Elgin Genealogical and Historical Society:
In memory of Ann wife of A. McIntyre & dau of C. Ruthven died Apr 13, 1850 ae 28 yrs & 4 ms.
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).
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