John Ruthven (born 1783)
| John Ruthven | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 May 1783 Edinburgh |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse(s) | Mary West |
| Children |
3 daughters 2 sons |
|
Engineering career | |
| Engineering discipline | Mechanical engineering |
John Ruthven (born 20 May 1783 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish engineer. He married Mary West and they had five children, two of whom also became engineers. John Ruthven has a Scotch patent, obtained jointly with his son Morris West Ruthven.
Family
John Ruthven married Mary West in Edinburgh on 30 September 1806. They had five children:
- Jane Ruthven, born Edinburgh, 10 August 1807
- Clementina Ruthven, born Edinburgh, 12 Mar 1809
- Mary Ann Ruthven, born Edinburgh, 1 Mar 1811
- Morris West Ruthven, born Edinburgh, 27 Nov 1812
- John Folds Ruthven, born Perth, Scotland 1820
Births of the first four children have been verified at Scotland's People.[1] The birth of John Folds Ruthven is shown on the Beath-Tait website[2] but it has not been possible to verify it from official records.
In the 1830s he is listed as an engine manufacturer at 23 New Street in Edinburgh's Old Town.[3]
Sons
Morris West Ruthven
Morris West Ruthven has a Scotch patent dated 28 March 1839 "for improvements in boilers for generating steam..."[4] This was obtained jointly with John Ruthven.
John Folds Ruthven
Career
John Folds Ruthven was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway from 1855 to 1857.[5] Little is known of his later career but John F. Ruthven (civil engineer, born in Scotland) is shown in the 1861 English census living in Edgbaston, Birmingham with wife Jane and four children.
Family
John Folds Ruthven married Jane Cleghorn Cameron in Edinburgh on 14 December 1849[6] and they had children:
- John Ruthven, born 1851
- Mary Ann Ruthven, born 1853
- Jane Ruthven, born 1855, who married William H. Adams
- Georgeannis Ruthven (female), born 1855
- George Ruthven, born Aberdeen 16 June 1856
- unnamed Ruthven (female) born Birmingham 19 February 1860[7]
References
- ↑ "Genealogy Scottish family birth records census ancestry Scotland uk". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ↑ "Beath and Tait Ancestor Tree 2012". Familytrees.genopro.com. 2006-10-12. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ↑ http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83401587&mode=transcription
- ↑ The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ↑ "Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ↑ "Genealogy Scottish family birth records census ancestry Scotland uk". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ↑ Birth certificate