Wow That's a find!

When Phylis Egan's documents say that Thomas Brothers Imigrated to Canada in 1842, I always assumed that it was FROM Philadelphia USA, because he'd been in the USA since 1824! I don't think any of us ever suspected that Thomas and Montezuma and his brother were back in England in 1842 and that they Immigrated to Canada from there!! I wonder what Thomas did with his hat shop and residence in Philadelphia when he went back to England??

Now imagine this. The original Ruler clan imigrated to Canada from England in 1842 also! I don't know exactly where they were up until the 1851 Canadian census when we find them in Hawksville in Waterloo Twsp. By then, Montezuma Brothers is living nearby as a neighbour and is married to Hanna Cunningham in the same year.
The early pioneers tended to stick together in the groups they immigrated with. It's possible that the Rullers and the Brothers travelled together after arriving in Canada. They certainly did after Hawksville, even to including further immigration to Western Canada.
Early Ruller family tradition has always said "After they arrived in Quebec City, they live din the Eastern Townships of Quebec for a short time". i've always wondered where they were for the 7 or 8 years between then and Hawksville in 1851. For some time now I had suspected that they were in Tecumseth Twsp. , because there is mention of visitors from Tecumseth in the Ruller household during one of the later, (1861 or 1871) censuses. The Cunninghams and Lewises, Hannah's parents, lived in Tecumseth Township and it is very near to New Market Ontario, where Thomas Brothers lived from shortly after his immigration to Canada in 1842 till his death.

By the way Melinda, could you check the 1841 British census for Rullers? They are in there but maybe we could find more clues?