Mel Ruller
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Recently I met, via e-mail, a descendent of John Alteman and Martha Ruller. Her name is Marilyn Brown. She and I are 3rd cousins, sharing the same Great Great Grandparents, William George Ruller and his wife Eliza Holgate, who imigrated to Canada from Yorkshire England in 1842. Marilyn is the newest member on this Ruller YaBB page. The first photo is of John Alteman's farm, near Bradwardine Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Daly. It is reported in the Book; Bradwardine and District 1880 - 2003, that John Alteman was born in Berlin, (now Kitchener) Ontario in 1855. At the age of 17 years, (about 1882) he came west with Joseph and Mary Anne Darragh. They departed from Walkerton, Ontario to Southampton from there by boat and train to Portage la Prarie Manitoba and then by steamship up the Assiniboyne River to Halls Bridge. From there they walked to the Harding District. John found a place, NE 27-11-22, a few miles south east of the present day town of Bradwardine and decided that was where he wanted to homestead. This place, with it's large hills and hollows, would become known to this day as "Frog Hollow." (I believe the farm is still owned and operated by descendents of John and Martha.) John married Martha Ruller on March 26th 1884 in Bradwardine. The picture, attached above, is of John Alteman's farm at "Frogg Hollow" and all of his family. Please feel free to add to this and subsequent postings with more history and photos about this Alteman branch of the Ruller family tree. Mel Ruller
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