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Descendents of John Wightman (Jun 1789 – 13 Jan 1867)
and Mary Davison (1795 – 19 Aug 1871)

Third Immigrant Generation Continued...

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41. George "Charles" Rutherford. Son of John Rutherford & Elizabeth "Bessie" Wightman. Born 5 Jun 1876. Died 1 Feb 1956.

    Lived in Westfield, N.B.   No children.

    From newspaper item - 1934:

   Married at Saint John

   A marriage of interest took place at the home of the officiating clergyman, Rev. E. H. Cochrane, West Saint John, on Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. Miss Ella Maude Wilson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmerson R. Wilson, Newcastle, was united in marriage to Charles George Rutherford, Westfield, son of the late Mr and Mrs John Rutherford, Harvey Station.   The register was signed by Miss Ethel Stevenson and Arthur Parker.   After the ceremony the bridal party motored to the home of Mr and Mrs T. Rutherford, 19 Sea Street, West Saint John, where a reception was held.   At eleven o'clock dainty refreshments were served in the dining room, which was tastefully decorated, the color scheme being green and white.   After a short wedding trip in the northern part of the province the happy couple will reside in Westfield.

    He married Ella Maude Wilson, daughter of Emmerson R. Wilson, 10 Nov 1934 in West Saint John. Born in Newcastle.

 

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Supplemental data:

Based on a mtDNA test result of direct maternal descendat Ellis Craig the haplogroup designation and HVR1 mutations of Mary Davison are provided below. Since mtDNA is passed directly from mothers to their children with virtually no changes the test values obtained are generally applicable to all direct maternal descendants including grandson George "Charles" Rutherford.

Test Subject: Ellis Craig	Test Company: SMGF
Earliest Maternal Ancestor:	Cornelius Settler: Mary Davison (ca 1795 - 19 Aug 1871) b. Northumberland, United Kingdom d. Harvey Settlement, NB
mtDNA Haplogroup: J1

HVR1 Mutations 16069C 16126T 16193C 16519T

HVR2 Mutations 00073A 00152T 00263A 00295C 00315.1C

HVR3 Mutations 00462C 00489T