Thomas Stafford Rubidge (1827 - 1904)

Born 6 Feb 1827 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Julia (Carman) Rubidge — married [date unknown] in Ontario

Died 21 Jun 1904 at age 77 in Stormont, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Thomas David Whitmore Stafford Rubidge was born in 1827. He was the son of Joseph William Rubidge and Ellen Whitmore Stafford. His father died 6 months after he was born. His mother remarried when he was 9.

When Thomas was 14 or 15 he emigrated from England and joined his Uncle, Frederick Preston Rubidge a civil engineer in Ontario. Thomas also became an engineer. " It was, however, as a hydraulic engineer that Mr. Rubidge was best known, and it was the improvement of the navigation of the River St. Lawrence, between Montreal and Kingston, to which his great experience and ability were principally directed."^[1]

Thomas married Emma. The 1871 census shows them with two children, Ellen, 16, and Mary 12.^[2]

Thomas passed away in 1904. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Cornwall, Stormont, Ontario, ^[3] as is his wife Emma Julia Carman Rubidge (1830-1916)^[4] and daughter Mary Carmen Rubidge (-1883).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ From Association of Ontario Land Surveyors Report 1915 pp. 86-88. See Biographical sketch at https://sites.google.com/site/rubidge/thomasstafford
2. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DM-PR3 : 19 March 2021), Upper Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia. Thomas Rubige 44 b England, Emma Rubige 38 b Ontario. Ellen Rubige 16 b Ontario, Mary 12 b Ontario.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #175874518 for Tom S Rubidge 1827-1904.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #173847832
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #175874642

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