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Letter quoted in Hal Jackman’s book.

Letter Sarah Jackman to HRJ, April 11

“I was, indeed, greatly pleased to receive an interesting letter from you. You certainly excelled yourself. Letters from the female members of the family are just as interesting to me, in there own way, as they tell me what you are all so busy about , social and home affairs, but your was just a little bit different, in that it contained so much news of financial interest, also of what keeps you so busy in this hum-drum world of ours. There with all this, by way of a little spice, you told me something of your social activities.

I think both you and Mary are living too strenuous a life-on account of your popularity no doubt. When you tell me how busy you are, and you feel very tired, it brings my mind the case of young Bill Wilder, who led such a strenuous life, aquired an immense amount of worldly goods at an unusually young age, and as a result, had to go away and leave it all behind him. [Bill Wilder was a freind and contemporary of Cecil Kigours at Roches Point, Lake Simco and was the father of the Bill Wilder, who was president of Wood Gundy.]

It doesn’t always pay to be too ambitious or too anxious to get ahead be leaps and bounds. Sometimes we work into things unconsciously , and before we have time to think what the result may be, we can’t very easily see a way out. So Harry, do not be over-anxious to get notoriety in politics, or in anything else, to the detriment of your own health. I guess you inherited your ambition from me, as Father would never do anything without long and serious consideration, and then wouldn’t do it- I always had to talk and to talk, before he would decide-at last-until it didn’t bother him anymore, as a result things were neglected, as you know.

I can’t help, even at my age, being a little bit interested in business. Anxious to make a little money, so that I could afford to be a bit more generous when I see people in need. Even down here there are some relatives of mine, at least the husband of this woman was my relative. He was an awfully nice boy-a natural born musician (You know that seldom they make a decent living) and taught in San Diego, where he married a pupil of his- Later he came to L.A. and started in the real estate business. They had two daughters, not yet at that time in their teens. About eight years ago when things were not going very well with him, he took to drink, and one day left the wife to look after the girls.

For years, Aunt Alice has been helping them all she could. The older of the rwo girls has often taken part in amateur theatricals, and in plays over the radio, for which she has received some renumeration, but that was not regular, Often they have scarcely a bite in the house, and rent in arrears their landlady threatening to turn them out. At such times, Aunt Alice always came to the rescue. In this last year she has given them over $ 400- in one way or the other. She took me to see them one day-they hadn’t a nickel in the house.

I gave them a few dollars and Aunt Alice and I went to the market, bought them enough food to last a week. This older daughter, Lucille, had, in the past year great encouragement to try and get into the “Movies”. She is a born actress, and pretty as a picture- was 20 years of age last month. She has lovely soft brown eyes,-has a lovely manner, and not too much makeup, like so many of the girls down here. Well I’ll try to make a long story short, as you never like too many details. Perhaps you may know. That in Hollywood, once a year, the Movie Producers choose from the very young actresses, what they call”The Wampas Babies Thirteen”, whom they want to train for “Stars”. About 140 applied this year- they first chose about 39 out of that number, then they have tests for those, also votes from “Movieland”-

After this, the thirteen were chosen out of the 39. Well, Lucille, with no influence, came No. 1. Needless to say, “Were they excited?” Aunt Alice was way up in the air about it. Right away Lucille will be given parts- She expects $ 50 next week, Soon, she may be getting $ 500 per week- She says she is going to pay back Aunt Alice all she has given them.- The younger sister is attending high school, and got a scholarship this year, which means free schooling, her lunch, and a bus ride from her home to the school and back home again.- She is quite clever and good looking too.”

Note: Lucille Rutherford became Ann Rutherford, a significant actress in Hollywood during the 1940’s. She can be remembered as the sister in the “Andy Hardy” series with Mickey Rooney, or in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” with Danny Kaye, and “Pride and Prejudice” with Lawrence Olivier.

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Articles about my paternal uncle Terrance Rutherford Watt- named after his uncle. From 1969.

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Journal- February 10th 1996

I spent the night at Greg and Stephanie’s house. Ryan entertained me with his computer and magic tricks. He had a game called Sim City, he got to do the terrain, water, rivers, plains etc., then he put in the power plant and roads etc. he got it all finished and destroyed it. We all went to sleep around 10:30 PM. I slept in a sleeping bag and woke up at 5:00 AM. I showered and dressed, we were out by 5:30 AM to pick up David. I had to wait in the van. We stopped in Buttonwillow, California and stopped at Zingo’s Café. It was a little restaurant with a bar and cocktails in back. There were about 3 semi’s out on the left and filled with cars and trucks. It

looked like a trucker’s place, our waitress was nice and in her 30’s. I had the country sausage special, Greg and David had eggs and potatoes, hash browns or scrambled eggs. I had a biscuit with sausage, scrambled eggs covered with gravy and cheese.

After me and Greg were done David was eating his scrambled eggs with tobasco and he was

having trouble getting the ketchup out for his hash browns. Greg suggested that he tap the side of the bottle, David was holding a fork or knife, and we were both thinking that a knife would shatter the bottle. Greg realizing that we were stupefied, took the bottle showed us he meant for David to tap the bottle with his

fingers. Greg’s demonstration failed to dislodge any ketchup, David reversed the bottle and jammed in the knife and twisted and poked until the ketchup came out. Eventually ketchup covered the plate, the knife and the hash browns, it was at this point David, already laughing his head off, offered Greg his knife back

covered with ketchup. Of course Greg refused and David got to keep the knife. As we left we looked back from the highway and noticed the roof covered with blue plastic sheets. We knew at that point all of the profits were put back into the food and not into the restaurant.

The Food was great and so was the atmosphere – Greg commented on two of the patrons, one of

whom I had noticed, but not as closely as Greg, a large heavy set bearded man with dark hair. Greg said his left hand all four fingers were cut off and half of the thumb. Another was toothless, a hole in the wall café with good food.

4:05 PM We finally got our picture taken, it cost about $ 25.00 instead of $ 30.00. The putting

range is open until about 4:30 PM. We all liked the same pose, my head was a little crooked. After we had the pictures taken we went out to Sizzlers for lunch, Diane and I had the smoked chicken, Greg had the same and David had the Salmon. It was kind of nice , so different a setting than breakfast.

We had a nice visit at lunch. Diane told us about some of her personal finances. We were surprised but it was really none of our business. I asked Diane whose idea it was to have the picture taken and she said it was Greg’s idea. She said that mom was lamenting the fact that we only had one picture together when David was 18 so Greg wanted to get her a more recent picture of all of us.

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My paternal aunt Beryl Watt. Her husband from 1991.

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An article about my uncle Edgar J Watt.

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News paper articles from Toronto in 1927. My great grandfather.

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Newspaper articles in Norwegian My maternal relatives

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Peter John Watt June 8, 1938 - August 26, 2024.

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This was the month after I found out I am also a citizen of Canada, a dual citizen of USA and Canada. March 2016.

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I found some photos of Asbjorn Haaland, a nephew of Theodore Jensen. He passed away in 2006.

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Another Norwegian branch of the family emigrated to America. This family is related to Mathilda Olson Dahlberg’s father, Lars Olsen, he was from Hol, Buskerud, Norway.

The relative was Margit Tollefson, my 2nd Cousin 3 times removed.

Margit Tollefson was born May 30, 1847 in Buskerud, Norway.

Her parents were :

Tolleiv Sjugurdson and Anne Knudsdtr

They were married in 1844 at Hol, Buskerud, Norway.

Margit’s siblings were:

Sjurgurd Tollieson (1845-1908)

Sievert Tollefson (b 1848)

Guro Tolleivsdtr (b 1849) Guro is Julie or Julia when Americanized.

Knute Syverson Tollefson (1857-1938)

Common Ancestors

Tollef Syversen (1746-1818)

Guri Ingebrethsdtr (1758-1817)

Mathilda Olson Dahlberg’s line goes through thier daughter, Guro (Julia/Julie) Tolleivsen/ Tollefson (1803-1867)

This daughter is the mother of Lars Olson.

Margit Tollefson’s line goes through the brother of Guro Tolleivsen, he is Syverson Tollefsen Kyrkjeluten. Syver’s son was Tolleivsen Sjurdson, Margit’s father.

Margit Tollefson married Swen Hugnerud Swenson in Minnesota in 1873.

Their children were:

Edward Knute Swenson (1874-1962)

Anne Mathilda Swenson (1881-1965)

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My movie while I was in Japan

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My movie in Japan

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Rutherford Family updated

This will combine recent posts.

Robertus Dominus DeRodyrforde

1120

Unknown

Gregory Dominus deRodyrforde

1160-1214

Unknown

Baron Hugo DeRodirforde

1190-1252

(Died in England)

Unknown

Nichol Sir deRuthirforde

1211-1283

Unknown

Nichol “Sir” de Ruthirforde

1230 West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Death 1296 Roxburghshire,Scotland

Marjorie Halliday

1240

Sir Richard D DeRuthirfurde

1270 Scotland

Death 1338 West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland

Married 1285 Gloucestershire,England to

Johanna De Heaton

William DeRutherfurde

1300 West Linton,Peeblesshire, Scotland

Death 1338 Roxburghshire,Scotland

Jean Douglas

Sir Knight Richard DeRutherford

1333 Roxburghshire,Scotland

Death West Linton, Peeblesshire, Scotland

June Jean Douglas

Robert O Rutherford

1362 Chatto, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 1436 Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Margaret Glendowlyn

1366-1450

Sir George O. Of Chatto Rutherford

1390 Chatto,Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 6 February 1429

West Linton,Peeblesshire, Scotland

Janet Rutherfurd

1414-1432

George Rutherford

1420 Melrose,Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 16 February 1499

Spouse Lady Catherine Lyle

1426-1498

Patrick Rutherford

1440 Lang Newton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Spouse Elizabeth DeHalswicle

1440-1498

John Rutherford

1480 Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 1567 Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Spouse Elizabeth Cairncross

1482-1560

John Rutherford

1530 Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 1600 Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Spouse Isabel Davidson

1540

William Rutherford

1570 Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 1638 Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Spouse Mary Jane Gibson

1576 - 1640

James Rutherford Captain (Brother of Dr. Samuel Rutherford)

1604 Nisbet, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death 9 March 1668 Utrecht, Netherlands

Spouse Margaret Gledstaines

1600 - 1675

Samuel Rutherford Reverend (Nephew of Dr. Samuel Rutherford)

1655 Teviodale, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death County Monaghan, Ireland

Spouse Mary

Banished from Scotland arrived in Ireland in 1689 (County Monaghan, Ireland)

John Aaron Rutherford Reverend

1690 County Monaghan, Ireland

Death 1790 Newbliss, County Monaghan, Ireland

Spouse Elizabeth Griffith

Samuel Rutherford Reverend (Ebenezer Rutherford’s Father)

1740 (some have 1730) Tullycorbet (Ballybay), County Monaghan, Ireland

Death 1801 Newbliss, County Monaghan, Ireland

Spouse Elizabeth (Elinor)

Death 1809

Rutherford

1772

Rutherford

1774

John Rutherford Reverend (Brother)

1776 (1760) Newbliss, County Monaghan, Ireland

Death 29 December 1846

Ballydown, County Down, Ireland

Samuel Rutherford (brother)

1764

Died 24 March 1804 Newbliss, Monaghan, Ireland.

Ebenezer Rutherford

Birth 1789 Tullyard, Killeevan, Monaghan, Ireland

Ebenezer was the tenant of the Garrison and a meadow in the townland of Ellinure, civil parish of Killeevan, County Monaghan, a total of 30 acres, between 7 March 1809 and 31 October 1816, at a rent of £ 32 16s 10d. Source: rent roll, Foster Estate.

Ebenezer was the tenant of the Garrison and a meadow in the townland of Ellinure, civil parish of Killeevan, County Monaghan, a total of about 30 acres, between 7 March 1809 and 31 October 1816, at a rent of £32 16s 10d. Source: rent roll, Foster Estate.

Tithe Appellants for Tullyard, in name of Eben Rutherford and brothers. Holder of 21 acres, 15 3rd class, 6 4th class. Other appellants on the same page include many McConkeys.

Listed as 3rd Lieutenant Ebenezer Rutherford in the 1820 War Office list of officers & volunteers in the militia and yeomanry. Date of appointment: 24 March 1804.

Dismissal from the Newbliss Yeomanry, rank Lieutenant. His offence was participation in the 1831 July 12 Orange Day procession; dismissal was regarded to act as an example to others in government employ.

Spouse Elizabeth Campbell

1794

Helena Rutherford

1788(1790) (sister of Ebenezer)

Here is the updated sibling list.

Samuel Rutherford born 1740 died 1801

Married Elizabeth children

Samuel Rutherford born 1764

Reverend John Rutherford born 1766 d 1846

Ebenezer Rutherford (we are related) born 1789

Helena Rutherford born 1790 Newbliss, County Monaghan.