Memorable Manitobans: Frederick James “Fred” Rutherford (1874-1944)

Lumberman.

Born at Winnipeg on 26 August 1874, son of Thomas Rutherford and Susan Bertha Lillie (1846-1917), he was educated in local public schools and the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute, afterwards becoming affiliated with the lumber firm of Brown and Rutherford established by his father. He eventually rose to the position of its Vice-President and served until his death. He was a member of the AF & AM (St. John’s Lodge), Khartum Temple of the Mystic Shrine, IOOF, and Northwester Lumbermen’s Association. He died unmarried at Winnipeg on 11 October 1944 and was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.

Sources:

Death registration [Frederick James Rutherford], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“F. J. Rutherford, veteran lumber merchant, dies,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 October 1944. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9]

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 22 March 2024

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