Ruddick/Teasdale of Crosby Ravensworth

[Robinvan]

A cousin and I were just talking of our ancestors and googled our great grandmother, Agnes Sprout Wilson. We were excited to see entries by millsie and others placed here in 2007, which showed lots of information. Has anyone yet discovered why the name change from Ruddick to Teasdale happened? One story was that Anthony, an ironmonger, fell in love with Agnes, but did not think that he was good enough for her, so changed his name to Teasdale, the surname of his boss, the owner of the foundry, to try to impress Agnes. It was interesting to note that the name change seemed to have happened after their marriage. I agree that the family were buried as Teasdale, but the only remaining headstone at Karrakatta cemetery in Peth is that of Mary Nicholson Teasdale - it is a military headstone as she was a nurse during the war.

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

Here's the link to the post you mention but it dates back to 2007

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=209674.msg1077786#msg1077786

[millsie]

Hi Robinvan. 

I've just spotted your comment (in response to my 2007 post) that Agnes Sprout (Sprott) Wilson is your gr-grandmother.  Agnes is my gr-gr-grandmother via her daughter Christina Morton Teasdale (later Mills).  I'm excited to finally discover some descendants on this branch of my family tree and would love to make contact to share information.

Re: the name change from Ruddick to Teasdale, I've not found an answer (yet) but another researcher did find a link between the Ruddick family and a Teasdale family in Westmoreland several generations prior to Anthony.

Look forward to hearing from you.
Millsie

[CaroleW]

Hi

Robinvan needs to make 2 more posts before he can use the pm system to contact you (or you him)

Replying to this post twice will do the trick

[millsie]

Thanks CaroleW.  Robinvan looking forward to hearing from you.

[millsie]

Hi again CaroleW.  I've been away from rootschat for a while so not up on how it works currently.  I have PMed Robinvan - does that mean he/she will be able to reply to my message.  Thanks.

[CaroleW]

see reply below

[CaroleW]

Hi

New members have to make 3 posts before they can send a pm

I was always under the impression that also applied to receiving pm's from established members and have just tried to send a pm to Robinvan but got an error message

[Katrina J]

Hi Millsie,

Agnes is my gr-gr-grandmother too. Robinvan is my Auntie and we have both tried searching for an answer to the Ruddick/Teasdale name change but I haven't managed to find anything by searching through records. Robin's chat with her South Australian cousin is probably the closest we will get to finding out the reason for the name change.

Would love to hear from you as I spent quite a bit of time a few years ago searching family trees.