This is a New Zealand CARRUTHERS line (and a link to the New Zealand CUTHBERT-HOARE line). The name CARRUTHERS derives from the Brittonic word "caer" meaning "fort" [variously ascribed to "Caer-Ruthryis" or "Cuir-Ruther", and a place name CARRUTHERS is a located in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfries, Scotland, and Carruthers castle is an interesting ruin. The name was established before the Norman invasion of England (1066). The CARRUTHERS supported Robert the Bruce at the defeat of the English at Bannockburn in 1314 and are considered a sept of the Bruce clan, entitled to use the Bruce badge and tartan. [140] They were the Hereditary Stewards of Annandale in Dumfriesshire under the Bruces from the 13th century [544]. The CARRUTHERS clan motto is "Promptus et fidelis" which means "Ready and faithful". [134]
The CARRUTHERS were one of the Border Reivers, a group of Anglo-Scottish families that conducted raids against towns, farms and even fortresses from the early 13th century through to the early 17th century (after unification under James I).
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A John Carruthers was keeper of Lochmaben Castle in 1446 (reputed to be the birthplace of Robert the Bruce). Thomas, son of Robert Carruthers, received a grant of Mouswald from Robert Bruce. Their estate stretched northward into the district of Wamphray, which they shared with the Laird of Johnstone, and they were made Barons of Mouswald in the 15th century. However, this line apparently ended when Simon Carruthers (5th baron) was killed in a border raid in 1548 and "the Douglases brought about the ruin of the Carruthers' family" [544] and sealed in 1560 when the heiress Janet married Thomas Rorison of Bardannoch a bondsman to Sir James Douglas [544] - see THE TRAGEDY OF COMLONGON CASTLE. The Carruthers of Howmains lost their estate in 1772 but "a younger son of the last Laird acquired the estate of Dormont (Lockerbie Dumfriesshire), a mere 100km from Broughton, Cumberland where our John was born. [543][545]
John CARRUTHERS, Laird of Holmains, with 162 followers, was compelled to surrender to the English after the battle of Pinkie, in 1547, and was among those chiefs who were declared traitors by the Parliament of Scotland in 1548. His son, Sir James Carruthers, was parson of Wamphray in 1561. [210]
1 John CARRUTHERS b~1820 Broughton, Cumberland, England
In the 1881 census the family were living on their 50 acre
farm in the Village of Sandwith, Cumberland [139]
??Imm. after 1881 to Auckland, New Zealand ?1883 [132]
Occ. Husbandman/farmer/?horse rustler [141]
d.12Feb1899, ?Auckland, NZ
+ Elizabeth SIDE b~1824 (Hensingham, Cumberland)
(bap.12Aug1824) m.15Nov1842 (Ennerdale, Cumberland)
dau of William and Elizabeth (Betty) SIDE
2 ?John CARRUTHERS b~1844
+ ? d.14Feb1928
3 Lily CARRUTHERS
+ King WILSON
4 Keith WILSON b~1910 Occ. farmer
3 Millie CARRUTHERS
3 Delcie CARRUTHERS
3 Harry CARRUTHERS
[Interestingly almost the same names as the 3 eldest
daughters & youngest son of Joseph!]
2 ? (possibly the same John)
3 Elizabeth CARRUTHERS b~1872 (Whitehaven)
3 Isabella CARRUTHERS b~1875 (Harrington)
2 Elizabeth CARRUTHERS b?1851 bap.25MAR1852 (Holy Trinity, Whitehaven) [334]
2 Joseph CARRUTHERS b.20Aug1854
Joseph below
2 James CARRUTHERS b.1863 (Whitehaven)
+ ?Maggie d~1934
2 Thomas CARRUTHERS b.1866 (Whitehaven)
2 Joseph CARRUTHERS
b.20Aug1853 [on gravestone] (St Bees, Cumberland, England)
Birth registered at Whitehaven Sept 1853 [130]
1st emmigrated to Maryland, USA where he farmed in with an
unnamed brother (?John) for ?15 years [probably an exaggeration
as he was present at Sandwith, Cumberland, England at the 1881
census [129] and was married in NZ in 1893].
They ran a store at Raglan, then lived at Birkenhead until 1924,
when the family moved onto the 160 acres of largely undeveloped
land bought at Pollok South Manukau Head, NZ in 1923.
Occ. Store keeper then Dairy farmer, at Pollok Settlement
"A very tall man and very stern" [according to Aunt Edie] [141]
m.26Jun1893 (St Peters, Bombay)
d.12Feb1937 buried Waipipi Cemetery,
Will filed 31May1937 Probate No. BBAE 1570 356/37 [121]
+ Alice Jane CUTHBERT b.28Apr1871 Bombay, NZ.
See her CUTHBERT line.
"A very loving and caring person, [she] taught Anglican Sunday
School in the house at Pollok" [according to Harry[141]]
She had 12 children. d.5Jan1945, NZ (stomach cancer)
Will filed 6Feb1945 Probate No. BBAE 1570 0108/45 [121]
Both buried in Waipipi Cemetry, Pollok.
The story goes that Joseph met Alice and asked her to
marry him. She said no, as she hadn't known him long
enough so went to England. A year later he came back
and again asked her. This time she said yes! [137]
3 Elizabeth (Lilly) Jane CARRUTHERS b.17Jun1894 (Te Mata,
near Raglan, NZ) d.18Nov1989. Worked in Remuera P.O. & met Thomas.
After his death she was Post Mistress at Aratapu,
Northern Wairoa where she met Walter.
d.18Nov1989 Cremated & ashes into grave of Thomas CARRICK at
Hillsborough, Auckland [Area 1 Block A Lot No 172] [123]
+(1)Thomas Naylor CARRICK b.14May1868
d.11Jul1921 in an accident [123] and buried
at Hillsborough Cemetery [Area 1 Block A Lot No 172] [123]
4 Fergus (Ferg) CARRICK view family (?p/w problem)
+(2)Walter Alfred WILLIAMS Occ. Butcher
4 Lawrence WILLIAMS view family (?p/w problem)
4 Alice WILLIAMS b.Apr1928 (twin) view family (?p/w problem)
4 Arthur WILLIAMS b.Apr1928 (twin)
4 Keith WILLIAMS view family (?p/w problem)
3 Violet Mildred (Millie) CARRUTHERS b.19Aug1895
d.11Jun1988 (heart -had recovered from Ca Stomach 1961)
+ John Jack Golding HOWARTH b.17Feb1894; d.17Mar1977
4 John Jack Richard HOWARTH view family (?p/w problem)
4 Gladys Alice HOWARTH view family (?p/w problem)
4 Kathleen Violet HOWARTH view family (?p/w problem)
4 William Joseph HOWARTH view family (?p/w problem)
4 Edward HOWARTH view family (?p/w problem)
3 Dulcima (Dulcie) Louisa CARRUTHERS b.16(17)Jul1897 d.1986
+ George PREECE (Butcher) ob.
4 Phillip George PREECE ob.
+ Doreen Iris JAMES (sister to Lenore) m.1947 d.13Apr1992
5 view family (?p/w problem)
5 view family (?p/w problem)
4 Dick PREECE (died young)
4 Maurice PREECE b.1927
+ Jan MEAD
3 John James (Jim) Cuthbert CARRUTHERS b.28May1899
d.20Jun1972 Occ. farmer (also at Pollok with Harry)
buried Waipipi Cemetery
3 Thomas Francis (Frank) CARRUTHERS b.11Oct1900
d.1972 Occ Train driver.
+ Blanche Evelyn Sykes d.1972 [121]
4 Gladys CARRUTHERS view family (?p/w problem)
4 Douglas CARRUTHERS view family (?p/w problem)
4 Audrey CARRUTHERS d.unm 2005 (Thames)
4 Blanch CARRUTHERS unm (Thames)
4 Graham Barrie CARRUTHERS b~1933;
d.unm.18Jun2006 (Thames) at age 73
3 Margaret Arletta (Arlie) CARRUTHERS b.18May1902
m.18May1925 d.15Dec1976
+ Ernest (Ernie) Edward POTTER
4 See my POTTER line
3 Beatrice (Trissy) Ann CARRUTHERS b.5Nov1903
d.13May1986
+ Earnest McDONALD (Farmer)
4 Beatrice ALICE McDONALD view family (?p/w problem)
4 Noline Evelyn McDONALD view family (?p/w problem)
4 Earnest Richard (Dick) McDONALD view family (?p/w problem)
3 Georgina Bertha CARRUTHERS b.19Apr1905; d.7Aug2004
Last of the 12 to pass away, 9 months short of a century.
Occ. Shop Assistant (George Courts). m.19Sep1928
+ Henry Alex(ander) HAMILTON (cousin of Ian HAMILTON).
Died Mar1957 aged 50 (CVA)
4 Geoffrey Rex HAMILTON view family (?p/w problem)
3 Phyllis Rosa CARRUTHERS b.17Oct1906 d.27Mar1996
+ Robert (Bob) STEVEN of Auckland d.1995
4 Robert William STEVEN view family (?p/w problem)
4 Lawrence (Laurie) Bruce STEVEN view family (?p/w problem)
3 Alice Mazella (May) CARRUTHERS b.22May1908
dsp.1Jul1996
+ Henry DWYER dv. (May left Henry)
3 Edith (Edie) Robena CARRUTHERS
b.30Jul1910 d.3Aug2000 (90yr)
+ Ian HAMILTON b.10Dec1905 d.11Dec1975
(cousin of Henry HAMILTON)
4 Ian Basil HAMILTON view family (?p/w problem)
4 Joseph John George HAMILTON view family (?p/w problem)
3 Joseph William Henry (Harry) CARRUTHERS
b.9Jul1914 (Birkenhead), moved to Pollok when 10.
Occ. Dairy farmer, at Pollok Settlement,
South Manukau Head, NZ. Served in WW2 1939-1943
m.11Sep1947 Moved to Waiuku 1975. d.26Jun1989
+ Elaine Lenore JAMES b.12Mar1924
m.11Sep1947 d.9May1978
dau of Mr & Ivy JAMES and sister of Doreen
4 Rosanne Lenore CARRUTHERS view family (?p/w problem)
5 Fiona Lenore JAMIESON view family (?p/w problem)
4 Yvonne Jillian CARRUTHERS view family (?p/w problem)
4 Bronynne Gay CARRUTHERS view family (?p/w problem)
4 Lurline Judith CARRUTHERS view family (?p/w problem)
Also see our New Zealand CUTHBERT line, the New Zealand BLAYNEYS and our New Zealand POTTERS
Password
If you would like the password to access information about living CARRUTHERS, POTTERS and BLAYNEYS, just contact me. If you already have the password(s), feel free to release it to any living descendant of the CARRUTHERS, POTTERS or BLAYNEYS - the only reason I have passworded the living is to protect their information from abuse, not to hide them from their relatives!! (?p/w problem)
This is a New Zealand CARRUTHERS line (and a link to the New Zealand CUTHBERT-HOARE line). The name CARRUTHERS derives from the Brittonic word "caer" meaning "fort" [variously ascribed to "Caer-Ruthryis" or "Cuir-Ruther", and a place name CARRUTHERS is a located in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfries, Scotland, and Carruthers castle is an interesting ruin. The name was established before the Norman invasion of England (1066). The CARRUTHERS supported Robert the Bruce at the defeat of the English at Bannockburn in 1314 and are considered a sept of the Bruce clan, entitled to use the Bruce badge and tartan. [140] They were the Hereditary Stewards of Annandale in Dumfriesshire under the Bruces from the 13th century [544]. The CARRUTHERS clan motto is "Promptus et fidelis" which means "Ready and faithful". [134]
John CARRUTHERS b~1820 Broughton, Cumberland, England
In the 1881 census the family were living on their 50 acre
farm in the Village of Sandwith, Cumberland 
