Sarah Ann (Dixon) Rutherford (1843 - 1917)

Born 13 Jun 1843 in Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Robert John Rutherford — married 24 Mar 1870 in Peel, Ontario, Canada

Died 19 Jun 1917 at age 74 in Peel, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Sarah Ann Dixon was born on June 13, 1843, in Ontario. She had two sons and three daughters with Robert John Rutherford between 1871 and 1885. She died on June 19, 1917, in Peel, Ontario, at the age of 74^[1], and was buried in Caledon, Ontario.^[2]

On March 24, 1870, Sarah Ann Dixon, 25, of Chingacousy, daughter of Andrew and Catherine Dixon, married Robert John Rutherford, 26, a farmer in Vaughan. Robert was born in the United States, the son of James and Rebecca Rutherford. Witnesses were Alexander Dixon of Chingacousy and Eliza Jane Rutherford of Albion. They were married at the Congregational Parsonage in Albion.^[3]

Sarah died on June 19, 1917, in Brampton, Ontario, at the age of 74. She was widowed at the time of her death. Her cause of death was accident, fractured skull, a few hours, but there is no further information to indicate how she suffered such a trauma. The informant on the record was Dixon Rutherford, of Brampton.

Sources

1. ↑ Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 234 Free Image Link Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 8946 #192076
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 December 2019), memorial page for Sarah Ann Dixon Rutherford (13 Jun 1843–19 Jun 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #89056840, citing Dixon's Union Cemetery, Caledon, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Jan Darby (contributor 47358222) .
3. ↑ Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 3 Free Image LinkAncestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1937 [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 7921 #3562206

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y39T-DDY?cc=1784216&wc=3N7Y-C68%3A1584309303%2C1584310502%2C1584311301 : 28 May 2015), Marriages > 1870 > vol 10 pg 1-255 > image 4 of 267; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

• 1901 Census, Chinguacousy, Peel, Ontario

• "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QPH-59?cc=1307826&wc=3LKS-PTL%3A1584243504%2C1584245006%2C1584261401 : 27 April 2019), Deaths > 1917 > no 22626-26410 > image 862 of 1487; citing Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Research Notes

Sarah was born before births were registered in Ontario, which began in 1869. Her date of birth is taken from the 1901 Census. Daniels-2254 00:12, 26 February 2020 (UTC)