help please!

[kena]

Hi, I have recently found some Scottish ancestors of mine who ended up in Canada and was wondering if anybody could please help me as I am completely new to this particular area of genealogy, I have found them on the 1881, 1901 and 1911 censuses in the sub district of Puslinch in the district of Wellington South in Ontario, they are headed by a Rutherford Rodger (so not an over common name) born 1840 in Scotland married to a Margaret Rodger born 1837 in Scotland, Rutherford emigrated in 1858 and Margaret in 1851, at the 1881 they had kids Andrew aged 17, Violet aged 14, Jon aged 11, Margaret aged 9, Robert aged 8, Eliot aged 6 and Rutherford aged 4, I also know from the 1901 they had a son called George, any help with finding other census entries or emmigration details would be greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks

Anna

[MJP]

Hi Anna,

I can't find any birth registrations for the children, or the marriage of Rutherford and Margaret (it would have been before civil registration started in 1869), but here are a few marriages of the children...

011872-81 (Wellington Co.)
John Edward Robinson
21
Residence: Township of Puslinch
Place of Birth: ditto
Bachelor
Farmer
Parents: Henry and Mary Robinson

Mary Davey Rodger
18
Residence: Puslinch
POB: Mount Forest
Spinster
Parents: Rutherford Rodgers and Margaret Gordon

Witnesses: George and Eliza Jane King of Puslinch
Married 10 Jan 1881 at Guelph
Both bride and groom are Methodist
Married by William Williams, by License

MJP

[MJP]

020562-06 (Wellington Co.)
George I. Rodger
24
Residence: Puslinch
POB: Puslinch
Bachelor
Carpenter
Parents: Rutherford Rodger and Margaret Aiken
Presbyterian

Seebena(?) Orme
24
Res: Puslinch
POB: Puslinch
Spinster
Parents: Peter Orme and Ellen Grieve
Presbyterian

Witnesses: Jno Orme and Mary Grieve of Arkell
Married 23 May 1906 at Puslinch
Married by R J M Glassford, by License

027840-20 (Wellington Co.)
George Isaac Rodgers
38
Residence: Preston Ontario
POB: Village of Arkell
Widower
Presbyterian
Carpenter
Parents: Rutherford Rodgers and Margaret Aiken

Jennie Tait
34
Res: Village of Arkell
POB: London, England
Widow
Housekeeper
Church of England
Parents: Alfred West and Mary Ann Brightwell

Witnesses: Thomas and Mary Arkell, of Arkell
Married 11 Mar 1920 at 122 Surrey Street, Guelph
Married by Ernest A. Slack (Anglican), 122 Surrey Street, Guelph

MJP

[MJP]

Deaths:

036195-16 (Wellington Co.)
Rutherford Rodger
Male
75
Date of Death: 14 Jul 1916
Place of Birth: Scotland
Place of Death: Guelph General Hospital
Place of Burial: Arkell
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: blank
Name of Father: blank
Name of Mother: blank
Physician: Dr. J. Lindsay
Informant: A. M. Mitchell, Guelph
Registered: 14 Jul 1916
Cause of death: Pneumonia, one week

035390-21 (Wellington Co.)
Margaret Rodger
Place of Death: Arkell
Female
Scotch
Widow
84
Born Scotland, 18 Jul 1837
Occupation: Retired
Length of Residence at Place of Death: 45 years
Father: John Aiken, born in Scotland
Mother: blank, born in Scotland
Informant: Robert Rodger, Arkell, Son
Place of Burial: Eden Mills
Date of Burial: 8 Aub 1921
Undertaker: Johnson of Arkell
Date of Death: 5 Aug 1921
Cause of Death: Senile Decay
Physician, J. Lindsay, Guelph

MJP

[MJP]

034084-17 (Wellington Co.)
Seebena Rodger
Female
36
Date of Death: 1 Dec 1917
Place of Birth: Arkell
Place of Death: Arkell
Place of Burial: Arkell
Occupation: Housewife
Married
Parents: Peter Orme and Helen Grieve
Physicain: H. O. Hewitt
Informant: A. M. Mitchell, Guelph
Cause of Death: Emprhsm(?) L. Brain, 2 hours

MJP

[kena]

Hi MJP, Thanks very much for all that, Margaret was Margaret Gordon Aitken.

Thanks again

Anna

[J.J.]

#012797-90

Married June 2 1890 Guelph

James WOOD
24 farmer Scotland
of Guelph Twp
Parents John & Agnes (DODDS) WOOD

Maggie RODGER
20, Puslinch twp
Arkell Ont,
Parents Rutherford & Marg't (AIKEN) RODGER
witnesses John MURRAY & Fanny ESKETT
both of Arkell

[J.J.]

Wow, Here's a whole lot of information from the Rodger family bible! Lists 11 children born in all....some marriages.
http://www.wcm.on.ca/tweedsmuir/pdf/PuslinchTownship/ArkellWI/3/169.pdf

and another goldmine of Rodgers from this site....
http://www.wcm.on.ca/tweedsmuir/results_name.php?township=o26&name_last=rodger&name_first=


and there may be more...Found here...http://www.wcm.on.ca

[J.J.]

A fellow researcher for "Aiken
...Your family above page 5/6  & an email contact at bottom!
http://www.brebner.com/uploads/aik03548.pdf