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John Joseph Rutherford 1866 – 1941 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1866

Birth Location: Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 16 September 1941

Death Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Father: Joseph Rutherford

Mother: Mary (Tulka)

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John Joseph Rutherford was born in 1866 in Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia, the child of Joseph Rutherford and Mary Peart (Tulka). John Joseph Rutherford passed away in 1941 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • John Joseph Rutherford was born in 1866 in Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia, the child of Joseph Rutherford and Mary Peart (Tulka).
  • John Joseph Rutherford passed away in 1941 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

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John Rutherford's Ancestors

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John Rutherford
1866 – 1941
Birth Place: Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia
Parents
Joseph Rutherford
1840 – 1889
Weardale, Durham, England
Mary (Peart) (Tulka)
1841 – 1915
Weardale, Durham, England
Grandparents
John Rutherford
1810 – 1882
St John Chapel, Stanhope, Durham, England
Jane Watson
1815 – 1879
Chapelry of, St John, Stanhope
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Rutherford
1786 – 1837
Sarah Walton
1791 – 1847
John Watson
1790 –
Elizabeth
1790 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Michael Rutherford
1741 – 1809
Esther Kidd
1749 – 1824
John Walton
1748 – 1821

John Rutherford's Timeline

2 Records

1866
1866
Birth of John Joseph Rutherford in Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia
Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia
1941
16 September 1941
Age 75
Death of John Joseph Rutherford in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1866
    Event Place: Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 September 1941
    Event Place: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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