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Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (1908 - 1998)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ralph Inkerman COX (1930 - 1983)
 Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (1908 - 1998)

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William Leslie COX (1897 - 1982)
 Arthur RUTHERFORD (1879 - 1935) John RUTHERFORD



Sarah Tetlow BROCKWELL (1856 - 1937) John BROCKWELL
Elizabeth (BROCKWELL)
Mary Grace SOPER (1886 - 1979) John SOPER (1857 - 1944) Samuel SOPER (1827 - 1906)
Grace (HEMMANT) HAMMETT (1829 - 1905)
Margaret Sarah PORTER (1869 - 1953) William PORTER (1837 - 1887)
Mary SLATER (1838 - 1920)
b. 27 Dec 1908 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia
m. 1929 William Leslie COX (1897 - 1982) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
d. 16 Mar 1998 at Ayr, Queensland, Australia aged 89
Near Relatives of Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (1908 - 1998)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather John RUTHERFORD
Grandmother Sarah Tetlow BROCKWELL 1856 Bathurst, NSW, Australia 1937 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 81
Grandfather John SOPER abt 1857 Meeth, Devon, England 16 Feb 1944 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Grandmother Margaret Sarah PORTER 1869 Queensland, Australia 06 Apr 1953 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 84

Father in Law Harry COX 1869 Bradford upon Avon, Somerset, England 19 Aug 1939 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 70
Mother in Law Sarah Ann STANLEY abt 1855 Ballinderry, (Ballingarry), Co. Tipperary, Ireland 12 Jan 1937 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82

Father Arthur RUTHERFORD 1879 Queensland, Australia 18 Feb 1935 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 56
Mother Mary Grace SOPER 16 Jun 1886 Queensland, Australia 12 May 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 92

Self Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD 27 Dec 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 16 Mar 1998 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89

Husband William Leslie COX 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 30 May 1982 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 85

Son Ralph Inkerman COX 1930 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1983 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 53

Brother Oliver Arthur RUTHERFORD 1911 Queensland, Australia
Sister Phylis Dorothy RUTHERFORD 14 Feb 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 31 Dec 1988 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 75

Aunt Elizabeth RUTHERFORD 1881 Queensland, Australia 1958 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 77
Uncle William GREENLAND
Uncle John RUTHERFORD 1884 Queensland, Australia 1897 Queensland, Australia 13
Aunt Violet Priscilla RUTHERFORD 1888 Queensland, Australia 1891 Queensland, Australia 3
Uncle Ernest Herbert RUTHERFORD 1890 Queensland, Australia 27 May 1974 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 84
Uncle Leonard Norman RUTHERFORD 1892 Queensland, Australia 09 Jun 1954 Queensland, Australia 62
Aunt Annie (RUTHERFORD) abt 1904 13 Nov 1981 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 77
Uncle Oliver Joseph Wilfred RUTHERFORD 1894 Queensland, Australia 1894 Queensland, Australia 0
Uncle John SOPER 1888 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 02 Jul 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Aunt Ada Jean GILMOUR abt 1895 Charleville, Queensland, Australia 21 Aug 1996 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 101
Aunt Sarah Jane SOPER 1892 Queensland, Australia 04 Oct 1982 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 90
Uncle George Alfred PAGE
Uncle William George SOPER 25 Mar 1894 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 17 Sep 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91
Aunt Hilda Maud MCLELLAN abt 1894 Queensland, Australia 01 May 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 70
Aunt Ellen SOPER 1897 Queensland, Australia
Aunt Ethel SOPER 1899 Queensland, Australia 26 Apr 1970 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 71
Uncle George Edwin GIDDY abt 1897 27 Dec 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
Aunt Emily Margaret SOPER 1903 Queensland, Australia 1903 Queensland, Australia 0
Uncle Henry Samuel SOPER 1904 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 22 Sep 1987 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Aunt Ellen Jessie GRAY 1906 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 24 Oct 1992 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Uncle Herbert Francis SOPER 1906 Queensland, Australia 22 Feb 1976 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 70
Aunt Nellie Birkmans SHEEHAN
Uncle Arthur Frederick SOPER 27 May 1908 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 30 Jun 1979 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 71
Uncle Walter James SOPER 1910 Queensland, Australia 16 Dec 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 54
Aunt Cynthia Jean DARWEN 1918 2005 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87

Cousin Arthur Leonard RUTHERFORD abt 1941 16 Jul 1960 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 19
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin William John Francis SOPER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1982 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 64

Nephew Harold Henry Ivan PARKER 1913 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 72
Nephew John Stanley Gordon (Jack) PARKER 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1922 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 7
Nephew Victor Charles PARKER 1918 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2005 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 87
Nephew John Parker POLLARD abt 1924 24 Dec 1981 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 57
Niece Doris Elizabeth PARKER 1916 Queensland, Australia 1975 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 59
Niece Ruth Edna PARKER 1913 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2011 Nanango, Queensland, Australia 98
Niece Zena Ivy PARKER 1914 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2010 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia 96
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Ronald Leslie PARKER 1921 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1995 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 74
Niece Lorna Evelyn SMITH bef 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 45
Niece Edna May SMITH 06 Oct 1926 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2014 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 88
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Mary Bobs COX 1927 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 2007 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 80

Brother in Law John Stanley PARKER 1878 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 04 Jul 1897 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 19
Brother in Law Henry George (Harry) PARKER 1880 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 22 Feb 1962 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 82
Sister in Law Charlotte Jane PARKER 1882 Queensland, Australia 13 Oct 1971 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 89
Brother in Law Frederick Francis PARKER 1884 Queensland, Australia 25 Nov 1980 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 96
Brother in Law Albert Edward (Bert) PARKER 1885 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 10 Sep 1968 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 83
Sister in Law Sarah (Cis) COX 1889 Queensland, Australia 26 Oct 1957 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 68
Brother in Law John Robert (Bob) COX 18 Dec 1892 Queensland, Australia 09 Jan 1937 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 44
Brother in Law Ralph Ernest COX 1896 Queensland, Australia 03 Jul 1896 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 0
Brother in Law Arthur (Jim) COX 10 Sep 1890 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 20 Aug 1964 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 73
Brother in Law Ernest Alfred SMITH 10 Dec 1907 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 06 Jun 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 77
Events in Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD (1908 - 1998)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
27 Dec 1908 Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD was born Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1929 21 Married William Leslie COX (aged 32) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Note 2 52, 60
1930 22 Birth of son Ralph Inkerman COX Ayr, Queensland, Australia Died 1983 - age 53 = c 1930
18 Feb 1935 26 Death of father Arthur RUTHERFORD (aged 56) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 3 52, 59, 60
12 May 1979 70 Death of mother Mary Grace SOPER (aged 92) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 4 59
30 May 1982 73 Death of husband William Leslie COX (aged 85) Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 5 59
1983 75 Death of son Ralph Inkerman COX (aged 53) Proserpine, Queensland, Australia Note 6 18
16 Mar 1998 89 Ruth Mary RUTHERFORD died Ayr, Queensland, Australia Note 7 59
Note 1: 1909/C011876
27/12/1908 - Aust Birth Index
Note 2: Reg No 1929/5718

Townsville Daily Bulletin 2 April 1929
WEDDING. COX— RUTHERFORD. A wedding of interest to residents of North Queensland, was solemnised at St. Andrew's Church of England (Lutwyche, Brisbane) on March 20, when Rev. C. C. Compton celebrated the marriage of Mr William Leslie Cox (Inkerman, Bowen Line), youngest son of Mr and Mrs Harry Cox (Gainsford, Ayr), and Miss Ruth Mary Rutherford (eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Rutherford, Chiverton, Ayr). The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr W. Greenland. The bride was attended by Miss Dorothy Greenland (cousin of the bride) as bridesmaid. Mr Arthur Greenland was best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony Mrs W. Greenland (aunt of the bride) entertained the guests at the Jenolan Cafe.
Note 3: Reg No 1935/C1169
Burdekin cemetery records - age 55 - Anglican 1140

Townsville Daily Bulletin 18 Feb 1935
BENZINE EXPLOSION.
Farmer Injured.
AYR. February 17.
Whilst drawing benzine from the tank of a car, on Saturday evening, Mr. Arthur Rutherford, farmer, residing on Beach Road, sustained severeburns and shock when the benzine exploded. Mr. Rutherford went to his garage with a hurricane lamp, to get
benzine for a passing motorist whose supply had ran out and the benzine exploded when he was drawing it from the tank. It is understood that the car and the garage were badly damaged. The sufferer was removed to hospital.
Note 4: Burdekin cemetry records - died age 92 - buried with husband Arthur - Anglican 1140
Note 5: Burdekin burial register - died 30/5/1982, age 84
Note 6: 1983 57459 Ralph Inkerman Cox William Leslie Cox Ruth Mary Rudderford
Note 7: Burdekin cemetry records - age 89 - Anglican 2708 - buried with William Cox
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Marriage)
59. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Burdekin Burial Register, Title: Burdekin Burial Register, Auth: Burdekin Shire Council
- Reference = (Death)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Townsville Daily Bulletin 2 April 1929
WEDDING. COX— RUTHERFORD. A wedding of interest to residents of North Queensland, was solemnised at St. Andrew's Church of England (Lutwyche, Brisbane) on March 20, when Rev. C. C. Compton celebrated the marriage of Mr William Leslie Cox (Inkerman, Bowen Line), youngest son of Mr and Mrs Harry Cox (Gainsford, Ayr), and Miss Ruth Mary Rutherford (eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Rutherford, Chiverton, Ayr). The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr W. Greenland. The bride was attended by Miss Dorothy Greenland (cousin of the bride) as bridesmaid. Mr Arthur Greenland was best man. At the conclusion of the ceremony Mrs W. Greenland (aunt of the bride) entertained the guests at the Jenolan Cafe.
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