Genealogical Record: James William Rutan

Self Parents Grandparents GGParents GGGParents
James William Rutan

*1863 03 23 Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ, USA
+1921 04 16 Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ, USA

Head of household in 1910 census of Paterson Ward 11, Passaic, NJ, USA, listed as William, aged 47 born in NJ (also parents), with son Ray (Roy?) (22), son William Jr. (12), daughter Dorothy (4), sister-in-law Mabel MacPherson (born in NY, parents listed as born Scot/English). Children all born in NJ, their unnamed mother born in NY.

FamilySearch LYW7-ZZ6.

On FamilySearch, Reed Guymon says that he married Geneva Nanny (1867-1888) at Middleton, Orange Co. NY in 1887, but that she died in 1888 of blood poisoning, and he had to remarry. He and many relatives are buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

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SpouseChildrenChildren-in-LawGrandchildren
Ida MacPherson

*1873 NY, USA
+1906 07 04 Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ, USA

FamilySearch LYWW-FTC

Parents inferred from family lore and census data: if Ida's daughter Dorothy was the niece of JBP 10042, then Ida must have been the sister of JBP 10042.

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William A. Rutan

*1898 03 16 Passaic Co., NJ, USA
+1932 10 21

Called "Big Bill" by JKL 10004, q.v. L7HY-NT5 in FamilySearch, from whence DOB, DOD.

In 2020, JJC 10003 recalled that when he was a teenager (so in the late 1930s), he met Bill, who was in fact quite tall. This casts doubt on the listed DOD.

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Dorothy Somerville Rutan

*1905
+1992 04 04 Santa Clara, CA, USA

Called "Cousin Dorothy" by JKL 10004, q.v. L1RC-SSD in FamilySearch, from whence DOB, DOD, and all info about husband, parents. Is listed in 1920 Census of Boonton Ward 3, Morris, New Jersey as living with her aunt JBP 10042.

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Donald Stewart MacMaster
1902 05 12-1975 05 23

Family Search L1RC-72G

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Donald Stewart MacMaster

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