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Sep 18th, 2004 at 8:05am
 

The attached post is the Autobiography of James Alex Montgomery, who married Mary Ruller, Daughter of William George Ruller and Eliza Holgate.
Mary’s daughter Eliza Montgomery, married John Brothers, son of  Montezuma Brothers and Hannah Cunningham!

It’s about 15 pages long and is a fascinating insight into Pioneer life in the late 1800’s.

Don’t give up reading too soon. The story is exclusively about James himself until around the 5th or 6th page where he introduces his marriage to Mary Ruller. Then it gets “closer to home.”

This story contains lots of veiled clues as to the many Ruller and Brothers relatives who had migrated from Ontario to this small area west of Winnipeg Manitoba around 1875-1880. Some of the place names mentioned that are all in this vicinity, are:
Fort Gary, (Now Winnipeg)
Lower Fort, (a few miles north of Winnipeg, now a tourist attraction)
Bradwardine, (still exists as a tiny community just west of Winnipeg)
Roden, (no longer exists, was quite near Bradwardine between the “Ruller” and “Alteman”  homesteads.
Brandon, (West of Winnipeg and just a little south of the Bradwardine area)
Portage
Grandview
Woodlands
Etc.

Some of the people identified as living in this area are:
William George Ruller and Eliza Holgate, (died and are buried in this area, will post grave photos later.)
Mary Ruller, (Daughter of  William George Ruller and Eliza Holgate)
William James Ruller, (brother of Mary,) (md 1. Mary Seens and 2. Eliza Brothers!)
James Joynt, (who’s wife was Elizabeth or Eliza, Ruller, sister of Mary.)
George Ruller, (youngest brother of Mary)
John Brothers, (Son of Montezuma, md. Mary Ruller’s oldest daughter Eliza)
Allen Shoemaker, (son of Menno Shoemaker and Sarah Brothers, grandson of Montezuma)
Norman Shoemaker, (Allen’s brother)
Eliza Montgomery, (Mary Ruller & James Montgomery’s oldest daughter Eliza the only survivor of twin girls)
Mary Ann Montgomery (Another daughter of Mary Ruller and James Montgomery, md. Mr. Kolb of Breslau Ont.)
Not Mentioned; Mary’s sister Martha Ruller, who married John Alteman and lived across the road from the “Rullers”, probably George.
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