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Hi, looking for data on subject, helping work mate to find more on his grandfather.
Reginald was a Wing Commander RAF WW2. He married on the 10th July 1942 to Ella Astri Berge in South Africa while on active service. Have a copy of record.
Reginald was born in 1911, Middlesex, England.
Ella was born in 1917 South Africa.
Any other data would be greatly appreciated

Craig

Looks like he was a twin


Births Jun 1911

Ruchet-Fairweather Reginald Brentford 3a 71
Ruchet-Fairweather Ruby Brentford 3a 71

What is the name of his father on the marriage certificate please?

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1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Linkfield House Twickenham Road Isleworth, Isleworth, Middlesex, England

William Augustus Swan Head Married Male Clerk 31 1880 Hamilton Bermuda
Rose Annie Swan Wife Married Female - 34 1877 St Georges Gordon Square London Middlesex
William Augustus Swan Son - Male - 9 1902 London Kennington
Stanley Howard Swan Son - Male - 7 1904 London Kennington
Ruchet Ransome Swan Son - Male - 0 1911 Isleworth Middlesex
Ruby Ruchet Fairweather Boarder Married Female - 24 1887 Ancroft Northumberland <<<<mother?
Ruby Ruchet Fairweather Boarder - Female - 0 1911 Isleworth Middlesex <<<<<
Reginald Ruchet Fairweather Boarder - Male - 0 1911 Isleworth Middlesex <<<<
Henry Edward Woodyear Boarder Single Male Clerk 32 1879 St Martins Salisbury Wilts
Elizabeth Maud Probert Servant Single Female General Servant Domestic 19 1892 Unknown
Henry Thame Boarder Married Male Engineer Private Means 77 1834 Greenwich Kent
Elizabeth Thame Boarder Married Female Private Means 81 1830 Worcester Co Worcester
Robert Roach Boarder Married Male Lighterman 55 1856 Upper Southfield London
Emily Roach Boarder Married Female - 50 1861 St Georges in the East London
Enniline Ada Roach Boarder Single Female Bookfolder 24 1887 Bromley by Bow Middlesex
Henry Ruchet Fairweather Visitor Married Male Principal Of Waverley Tutorial College-Edinburgh 26 1885 Perthshire Perth <<<father?
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If the above Henry Fairweather is Reginald' father, this looks like him, born Scotland

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Pithearlis Bank, Glasgow Road, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Jas Y Fairweather Head Married Male 52 1849 Law Clerk Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
M Angustine Fairweather Wife Married Female 49 1852 - Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
C J Easter Fairweather Daughter Single Female 28 1873 Teacher Piano Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
A M Louise Fairweather Daughter Single Female 26 1875 Teacher Piano Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Rose E Fairweather Daughter Single Female 23 1878 None Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
James Fairweather Son Single Male 21 1880 Estate Clerk Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Francis A Fairweather Son Single Male 19 1882 Bank Clerk Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Henry R Fairweather Son Single Male 16 1885 Student Arts & Science Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
William J Fairweather Son Single Male 14 1887 Scholar Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Georgina Fairweather Daughter Single Female 10 1891 Scholar Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Jessie Anderson Servant - Female 16 1885 Serv Domestic Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland

(perhaps relates to family)

Chris :)

05 August 1942 - Perthshire Advertiser - Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

DEATHS.
ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
Gordon Melville Ruchet Fairweather, sergeant, R.A.F., Middle East, younger son of Mrs and the late Henry Ruchet Fairweather, and grandson of the late J. Y. Fairweather, Perth.


15 July 1909 - Dundee Courier - Dundee, Angus, Scotland

ST ANDREWS GRADUATES.
DEGREE OF M.A. Henry Ruchet Fairweather, Perth.


FAIRWEATHER, GORDON MEVILLE RUCHET
Rank: Sergeant Service No: 567309
Date of Death: 29/07/1942 Age: 24 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
Panel Reference: Column 261.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Henry Ruchet Fairweather and Rubina Fairweather.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx


Deaths Sep 1911 (>99%)
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Ruchet-Fairweather Ruby 0 Blean 2a 1219


http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl

http://www.eggsa.org/

(in case anything, South Africa)


edits (for 'Outgoing Passenger' 1958 Rubina Fairweather, posted below, Last UK address as, 24, Temple Lane, Whitkirk, Leeds.)


https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34613/page/2263/data.pdf

(Reginald)

Probate (for Reginald' father)

Henry Ruchet Fairweather (school master) of:Copthorne, Richmond Road, Sutton Coldfield
Admin to: Rubina Fairweather (widow) £399
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1939 Register (Reginald' mom)

Fairweather Household (1 Person)
Prospect Villa High Street , Royston U.D., Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Rubina Fairweather 16 Aug 1888 Female Certificated Teacher Widowed 331 1
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Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960 Transcription

RUBINA FAIRWEATHER

Birth year 1886

Birth day 16

Birth month 8

Marital status S

Occupation RTD

Departure year 1958

Departure day 17

Departure month 4

Departure port SOUTHAMPTON

Destination port DURBAN (PORT NATAL)

Destination country SOUTH AFRICA

Ship name EDINBURGH CASTLE

City SOUTHAMPTON

Ship destination port SOUTH AFRICA

Deaths Sep 1922
Fairweather Henry R 37 Tamworth 6b 359

Looks like she travelled frequently to South Africa


Name: Rubina Fairweather
Birth Date: abt 1886
Age: 65
Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 16 Nov 1951
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Durban
Ship Name: Stirling Castle
Search Ship Database: Search for the Stirling Castle in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd
Official Number: 164570

Home address 24 Temple Lane ,Whitkirk ,Leeds

Last country of residence UK

Same home address on the 1958 incoming record

His grandmother:

Scotland Newspaper Index Cards, 1809-1990

Name: Marie Augustine Ruchet Fairweather (80)
Publication Date: 28 Nov 1931
Death 25 Nov 1931

Reginald's father:

Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 13 September 1922

PERTH MAN'S DEATH IN ENGLAND
One of the most promising of Perth's young men, Mr Henry Rupert Fairweather M.A, B.Sc, F.Sc, Principal Municipal Technical School and Science Master ,Bishop Vassey, has died at Copthorpe Tudor Hill, Sutton Coldfield, eight mile from Birmingham.

Mr Fairweather who was the third son of Mr J Y Fairweather, accountant in the employment of Mssrs Condie & M'Kenzie solicitors, Perth, was the first winner of the Town Council's gold medal at Sharp's Institution, Perth, and later he graduated to St Andrews University. A man of outstanding ability, the news of his death came as a blow to his friends in the Fair City.

Thirty eight years of age, deceased is survived by a widow and two of a family.

Marie Augustine's marriage:

J. Y. Fairweather
in the Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
Name: J. Y. Fairweather
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1872
Marriage Place: Perth,Perth,Scotland
Spouse: M. A. Ruchet
FHL Film Number: 6035516


Augustine Fairweather
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name: Augustine Fairweather
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : James Y Fairweather
Gender: Female
Where born: Maine, Frankforton (mistranscription - Mainz? Frankfurt?)
Registration Number: 387
Registration district: Perth
Civil Parish: Perth East Church
Town: Perth
County: Perthshire
Address: Pitheavlis Bank
ED: 9
Household schedule number: 120
LINE: 17
Roll: CSSCT1891_117
Household Members:
Name Age
James Y Fairweather 42
Augustine Fairweather 39
Esther Fairweather 18
Louise Fairweather 16
Rose Fairweather 13
James Fairweather 11
Francis Fairweather 9
Henry Fairweather 6
William Fairweather 4
Georgina Fairweather 5 Mos


Assuming Frankfurt is her birthplace, then this could be her birth;

Maria Auguste Ruchet
in the Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Name: Maria Auguste Ruchet
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 3 Mai 1851 (3 May 1851)
Baptism Date: 11 Mai 1851 (11 May 1851)
Baptism Place: Evangelisch,Soedel,Oberhessen,Hesse-Darmstadt
Father: August Ruchet
Mother: Katharine Jost
FHL Film Number: 1269772

Augustine R Fairweather
in the 1881 Scotland Census
Name: Augustine R Fairweather
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : James Y Fairweather
Gender: Female
Where born: Frankfort Ontho Maine, Germany
Registration Number: 387
Registration district: Perth
Civil Parish: Perth East Church and Tibbermore
County: Perthshire
Address: Pitheavlis Bank
ED: 9
Household schedule number: 294
LINE: 16
Roll: cssct1881_109
Household Members:
Name Age
James Y Fairweather 32
Augustine R Fairweather 29
Esther Fairweather 8
Louise Fairweather 6
Rose Fairweather 3
James Fairweather 1
Jane McFarlane 16 - servant



Marie Augustine Ruchet Fairweather
in the Perth, Scotland Newspaper Index Cards, 1809-1990
Name: Marie Augustine Ruchet Fairweather
Publication Date: 28 Nov 1931
DEATH: 25/11/1931


A tree on Ancestry takes Marie Augustine's family back to her grandparents.

This is to everyone who has replied, thanks a lot for all the info, I will sift thru it all soon, will be oversea's till the end of the month.
Craig

I was intrigued by the Ruchet Ransome Swan as posted by Gins at 05:25, and wondered what the connection was ............

William Augustus Swan Head Married Male Clerk 31 1880 Hamilton Bermuda
Rose Annie Swan Wife Married Female - 34 1877 St Georges Gordon Square London Middlesex
William Augustus Swan Son - Male - 9 1902 London Kennington
Stanley Howard Swan Son - Male - 7 1904 London Kennington
>>>>>>>> Ruchet Ransome Swan Son - Male - 0 1911 Isleworth Middlesex
Ruby Ruchet Fairweather Boarder Married Female - 24 1887 Ancroft Northumberland >>>>> Rachel Ransome Swan Under 1 M <<<<<<<<
Ruby Rachel Fairweather 24
Ruby Rachel Fairweather 0
Reginald Rachel Fairweather Under 1 M


so ancestry is not the only site that has rotten transcriptions :-) :-D

??? Gordon Melville's birth

Births Jun 1918 (>99%)
Fairweather Gordon M H Melville Berwick 10b 895

There is also a memorial to Gordon Melville Ruchet Fairweather in Royston in the grounds of Royston Church on Church Street, and is inscribed:

IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THE VILLAGE OF ROYSTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
(NAMES)
1939 - 1945
(NAMES)

Gordon Melville Ruchet Fairweather (567309)
Royal Air Force
29 July 1942, aged 24
Son of Henry Ruchet Fairweather and Rubina Fairweather.
Alamein Memorial

Google Reginald Ruchet Fairweather, and there are several mentions of him being made in The London Gazette ...... presumably promotions in rank

eg https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35005/page/6862/data.pdf

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders are transferred to the Technical Branch.
24th Apr. 1940.
.
Reginald Ruchet FAIRWEATHER (33054).


Also references to him being in the RAF prior to WW2

Just posting the details of Henry Ruchet Fairweather' wife


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Main Street, Tweedmouth, Berwick, Northumberland, England

Agnes Melville Head Widow Female 36 1855 Laundress Tynemouth, Northumberland, England
Robert Swanston Son Single Male 17 1874 Coal Miner Scotland
Janet Swanston Daughter Single Female 15 1876 Domestic Servant Cheswick, Northumberland, England
Mary Swanston Daughter - Female 13 1878 Scholar Ancroft, Northumberland, England

Robina Melville Daughter - Female 5 1886 - Ancroft, Northumberland, England

William Melville Son - Male 4 1887 - Berwick, Northumberland, England
Hugh Moran Boarder Single Male 20 1871 Tobacco Pipe Maker Tweedmouth, Northumberland, England


1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
4, Church Road, Tweedmouth, Berwick, Northumberland, England

John Gibson Head Married Male 37 1864 Coal Miner Hewer Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England
Agnes Gibson Wife Married Female 42 1859 - Tynemouth, Northumberland, England
William Melville Step Son Single Male 14 1887 - Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England
Agnes Simpson Step Grand Daughter - Female 4 1897 - Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England

Robina Melville Step Daughter Single Female 15 1886 School Teacher Ancroft, Northumberland, England


To check her marriage (1910c) to 'Fairweather' you would need to purchase credits from here:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fairweather&id=I9235

(just to add, James Young Fairweather on above, from google)

Chris :)

Sylvia, I was intrigued by what connection Ruchet Ransome Swan had to the Ruchet-Fairweather family, too.

Haven't managed to work it out.

His mother wasn't a Ruchet:

Marriages Mar 1901 (>99%)
HILL Rose Annie Chelsea 1a 521
Swan William Augustus Chelsea 1a 521

They were an army family:

William A Swan
in the 1891 England Census
Name: William A Swan
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Relation: Son
Father's name: William S Swan
Mother's name: Elizabeth Swan
Gender: Male
Where born: Bermuda
Civil Parish: Kensington
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: South Kensington Museum, RE Barracks
Registration district: Kensington
Sub registration district: Brompton
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 30
Folio: 119
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
William S [actually A] Swan 44 - Company Sergeant Major, RE, born Chelsea
Elizabeth Swan 36 - born Barbados (British Subject)
William A Swan 11 - Bermuda
Percy Swan 9 - Gibraltar
Florence Swan 7 - Chatham, Kent
Arthur G Swan 5 - Brompton
Victoria Swan 3 - ditto
Lilian M Swan 11/12 - ditto


Presumably his father's birth:
Births Jun 1848 (>99%)
Swan William Augustus Frederick Bethnal Gn 2 24

William and Elizabeth maybe married abroad, perhaps in Bermuda.

ArgyllGran

my earlier post didn't appear as clearly as I had hoped, although I didn't notice last night

Ruchet was a mis transcription!!!


FMP version as posted by Gins .........

William Augustus Swan Head Married Male Clerk 31 1880 Hamilton Bermuda
Rose Annie Swan Wife Married Female - 34 1877 St Georges Gordon Square London Middlesex
William Augustus Swan Son - Male - 9 1902 London Kennington
Stanley Howard Swan Son - Male - 7 1904 London Kennington
>>>>>>>> Ruchet Ransome Swan Son - Male - 0 1911 Isleworth Middlesex
Ruby Ruchet Fairweather Boarder Married Female - 24 1887 Ancroft Northumberland

Version as posted by ancestry ..........

>>>>> Rachel Ransome Swan Under 1 M <<<<<<<<
Ruby Rachel Fairweather 24
Ruby Rachel Fairweather 0
Reginald Rachel Fairweather Under 1 M


so it was a little girl called Rachel


BUT ancestry did get the Ruchet wrong for the Fairweathers :-D

I'd checked the image and the following is correct:

On the 1911 census, there are two 'Ruby' girls, one an adult (24yr) and the other a daughter (under a mth)

Ruchet Ransome Swan is a boy born 1911, married three times and dies in 1979.

There is no Rachel on the 1911 census

Added: Here he is in 1939

Swan Household (1 Person)
35 Arthur Street , Gloucester C.B., Gloucestershire, England

Rucher (mistranscribed) R Swan 13 Mar 1911 Male Coach Finisher Married 146 1
3 more people who are officially closed