SWIRE Family of Yorkshire, England & the Caribbean (St. Vincent & Jamaica)

Some information about the Ruttys:

http://www.usaroots.com/swire/swire.htm

Facebook

Another great site for genealogy research has been Facebook.com . I have used FB to find living relatives using the search engine, then connecting them using the relative or "I'm Related" application. Then, I found a Rutty Family group there. This gave me the idea to start a Welsh family group.

Vincent Rutty

I think I found the descendants of Vincent Rutty whom I was looking for! He was the brother of my maternal grandmother, Lucille A. Barrett.

Vincent lived and died in the Bronx, NY, of cancer.

I found some Ruttys in the Bronx that might be them!!!

Maternal Great-Grandparents

Maternal Great-Grandparents

Matthew Melville [Grandfather's Father] was born in Merrywood, Ipswich, St. Elizabeth, date unk. Place and date of death unk.

Martha (White) Melville [Grandfather's Mother], birthplace: St. Elizabeth, date unk., died of cancer of the stomach, date unk.

William Rutty [Grandmother's Father], birthplace and date unk., died of high fever, date unk.

Margret (Beckford) Rutty [Grandmother's Mother], birthplace and date unk., died of pneumonia, date unk. She was William's second wife. She was a dark-skinned lady. His first wife was a light-skinned lady with the surname of Smith (?).

Margret Rutty's father worked on a boat. He died of asthma.

William's parents were Ann Greentree [Great, Great Grandmother] and James Rutty.

Simon Tracey [Great, Great Grandfather] from Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, was blind over a period of time.

Today, Grandma would have been 94

Today is Grandma's birthday. Aunt Lue--Lucille Barrett would have been 94.

She was such a great person! Godly, loving, patient, as well as so wise.

I'm thinking about her all week.

My great, grandfather

I spoke with my mom a few hours ago, I asked about my grandmother's (Aunt Lue) dad's first name (my great, grandfather). She thought it was William.

I also asked if my grandmother had a sister. My mom said, no, but she had a brother. His name was Vincent Rutty. He died in the Bronx, some time ago.

3-29-07

My Maternal Grandparents

Cecil Melville, died Oct. 1961.
Married Lucille Rutty (Barrett), born June 20, 1913, died Oct. 6, 2000. [See obituary in blog]

Maternal Grandmother's Obituary

Lucille Agatha (Aunt Lue) [nee Rutty] Barrett: Late of 3 Lincoln Road, Franklyn Town. Died on the 6th of October, 2000, leaving children Carmen [my mother, North Miami Beach, Florida], Cherry [Kingston], Valin [Kingston], Nellie [Bronx, New York], and Sonia [Kingston]. 12 grandchildren, 3 great grands, and other relatives and friends. Funeral service will be held at Shiloh Apostolic Church, 55A Lyndhurst Road at 11am on Saturday the 14th of October. Interment follows at Meadowcrest Gardens. The Gleaner, Wed., Oct. 11, 2000.