329 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND RUTLEDGE, Frank Thomas Frank was born in Brussels, Ontario, on May 18, 1921. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on May 25, 1942, and served in England and in Holland as a trooper with 1 Hussars. During World War II, three brothers, Jack (Navy), Frank (Army tank mechanic in Holland) and Hartley (Army cook) were in England for a time. Each one of them did not know the others were there. On the same day, each one of them stole a bicycle. All three brothers ended up at the same pub and the pub was never the same again. Hartley married Kathleen (Kitty) Roberts from Yorkshire, England. Bringing Kitty with them, the three brothers returned to Canada after World War II. Jack married Cleo, an American, and they lived in Port Huron, Michigan. Frank married Doreen McLellan from Cromarty, Ontario. They eventually moved into the Rutledge family farm north of Brussels, Ontario. Hartley and Kitty also set up home in Brussels. Frank was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 218 for 45 years. He passed away on April 28, 1990. RUTTAN, Henry Henry was born in Adolphustown on December 6, 1792. At the outbreak of war with the United States in 1812, he joined the militia, serving as a Sergeant in Captain John Spencer’s Flank Company, 1st Regiment Northumberland Militia, and as Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion of Lieutenant-Colonel William Robinson’s 8th Regiment of the Line in 1813. At the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, he received a serious wound. He recovered and eventually rejoined his regiment at York. When the war ended, he went into business in the Township of Haldimand. In 1816, he was made a Major of Militia and a few years later Colonel. In 1827, he had been appointed Sheriff of the Newcastle District. He left the active Militia in 1846 but was recalled in 1860 to command the 4th Military District until 1862. He was an inventor, and he held several patents having to do with what was known as “the Ruttan system of ventilation.” In 1860, he was thrown by accident from his buggy and was seriously injured. He recovered slowly and only partially. His wife, Mary, was a great help to him in both private and public life. The Honourable Henry Ruttan died on July 30, 1871, and is buried in the cemetery of St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Cobourg. RUTTAN, Abraham Abraham was born in Paramus, New Jersey on April 24, 1759. He married Catherine who was born in New York in 1786 and died between the censuses of 1861 and 1871. Abraham was a private in Captain Owen Richard’s Company of the 1st Regiment, Prince Edward Militia in 1812. He served in the War of 1812 in Canada and in the United States. There were five children: Joseph, Peter, John, Aaron, and Abraham. Abraham passed away between 1829 and 1843. He resided in Prince Edward County in 1784.
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