Rutherford, Ernest Edward

1893 - 1955  (62 years)

• Name	Rutherford, Ernest Edward
  Birth	5 Jan 1893	Birmingham, England, UK
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Apr 1955	Montreal, Que
  Person ID	I21	Brehaut Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Rutherford, James,   b. Dec 1853   d. 5 Feb 1916, Stratham, London, England, UK (Age ~ 62 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Waldron, Kate,   b. 3 Apr 1857, Birmingham, England, UK d. 21 Nov 1928, Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1878
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Danks, Dora Lillian,   b. 26 Aug 1890, London, England, UK d. 1986, Waterloo, ON, Canada (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1917	London, England, UK
  Children	+ 1. Rutherford, Betty,   b. 17 Jun 1919, Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK d. 2 Jun 2013, Victoria, BC, Canada (Age 93 years)   2. Rutherford, Stuart James  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2017

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Betty and Ernest, 1939 Aboard the RMS Ascania, on the way to Canada, 1939
  		Ernest and Dora Rutherford, c1936
  		Ernest with daughter Betty, 1919
  		Ernest at his desk, probably in early 1950s.

  
  

• Notes

  The story is that when he was or 19, Ernest saw the ads for Canada and wanted to emigrate. Somehow, he became aware of the Bank of Montreal hiring in England. He arranged to join the bank and was sent to Canada, all expenses paid. Sailed First Class on the Empress of Britain from Liverpool and arrived in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, his official port of entry, on 2 March 1912. He was 19 years of age. He returned to Great Britain early in 1914, but decided to go back to Canada that summer. He sailed on the Ionian, leaving London, late July, and touching at Le Havre, France before crossing to Canada. He arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, 11 August 1914. When he arrived, he found out that the First World War had broken out a week earlier, while he was at sea.