To Canada from England: Ruthen family

[AndrewJ]

Trying to find information about my great uncle, Frederick Ruthen, or his descendants. Fred moved to Canada from Hull, Yorkshire, sometime after World War One. Its a family mystery why he moved and what happened to him. Can anyone help?

[Josephine]

Andrew,

If you go here:
http://findaperson.canada411.ca/

and search on the surname Ruthen in "All Provinces"

you will get two hits, both in Ontario.  Perhaps you could write to them just in case they might be related.

Good luck!
Josephine

[J.J.]

I have address and an email address... I will p.m. them to you...

[J.J.]

Since you are interested in Ruthens I found  some here, in U.K., tho...
http://www.waveney.gov.uk/cemeteries/kirkley/kirkley_rackham_shreeve.html

any luck with the Canadian links?  Look at the research in Canada sticky topic, as new research links will be added on there, constantly... J.J.

[AndrewJ]

Hello Josephine

Yes, I've written to the 2 people you found for me. Even if they are not related directly to Fred, I may be able to link them to my Ruthen ancestry.  I've researched the Ruthen family pretty thoroughly and have found that most, if not all,  people living in the 1800s in England were descendants of one couple (John and Sarah) who lived in Suffolk in the mid-late 1700s.  However, I'm hoping that this will lead me to Fred - reasons for his departure from England and not keeping in touch with parents and siblings have been a family mystery since my great grandparents died in the 1920s.

Andrew

[MJP]

Hi Andrew,

An Arthur and Marjorie Ruthen appear in Canadian immigration records twice - once in 1929 and once in 1934.  Could they have been family members visiting Fred?  You can find the records by searching for Ruthen here:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020118_e.html

Unfortunately only the records for 1925-1935 are available, so no Fred.  I don't know if you will get any more information on Arthur and Marjorie if you order copies of these records from the Archives or not.  What's on-line may be all the info there is. 

Martha

[J.J.]

hi, Andrew, Did you get my P.M. with some email addresses? I looked in my outbox and its not there! Let me know and I will try to find them again....

[AndrewJ]

No, Josephine, I don't think your latest p.m. came through. Coud you send the email addresses again and I'll send you a confirmation.
Best regards,
Andrew

[J.J.]

It's J.J. but that's o.k. you have lots of helpers...There don't seem to be
that many Ruthens around, so here is one I found on a website...

Baritone   S____  Ruthen  CITY OF PETERBOROUGH
I removed first name as he is living

Re: P.M. 1st email should be  .ca