Genealogical Record: William A. Rutan

Self Parents Grandparents GGParents GGGParents
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.

110467

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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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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John MacPherson

*1845 Dundee, Scotland

See IS 10050 for source of all information other than name and father's name (from JJC 10005). One source at FamilySearch gives middle name of McDonald. 9WGT-MD5 on FamilySearch.

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William MacPherson
10063
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Isabel McNichol
10064
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Isabel Somerville

*1849 near Glasgow, Scotland
+1881

The following info from New York City Marriage records at Family Search (giving name as Isabella, but matching parents' and spouse's names): marriage date, husband's age (23), estimated DOB, parents, own place of birth

10050 <45:6

James Somerville
10065
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Margaret Masterton
-1870
10066
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