Daughter of James and Elizabeth Mary Bryden Mathieson. Wife of Donald Alexander John Rutherford (Superintendent of Schools in Samoa), and mother of Alexander Mathieson Rutherford. Died in 1959 aged 73 years [Source: Online historical BDM]
Rutherford, Wilhelmina Brown, 1886-1959
Mathieson, Rae, 1886-1959, Mathieson, Wilhelmina Brown, 1886-1959, Rutherford, Rae, 1886-1959
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Rutherford, Alex album 4
Date: 1922-1936
From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa
Reference: PA1-o-448
Description: Photographs of Samoa, related to the period when Donald Alexander john Rutherford was a teacher, and then Superintendent of Schools in Samoa, between 1922 and 1936. Inside the front cover is a list of names of over a hundred native Samoan teachers who trained in Western Samoa during that period. There are group portraits of members of staff in the Samoan Education Department, teachers, students, sports teams; groups of boy scouts on parade; and one of a group attending the Conference on the Education of Native Races in the Pacific held in Honolulu in 1936. Several images show local and visiting dignitaries, including the Duke of Gloucester, Sir Herbert Hart, General Richardson, and Lord Bledisloe; and the visit to Samoa of a group of New Zealand teachers. Many of the images relate directly to the farewell ceremonies held at the departure from Samoa of Donald Alexander John Rutherford and his family in 1936. They include images of his home and personal servants. Inscriptions: Album page - "Staff of Native Teachers, Western Samoa, 1922-1936" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth; 24.5 x 32.5 cm
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Rutherford, Alex album 3
Date: [1920s]
From: Rutherford, Alexander Mathieson, 1915-1998 :Photographs of Samoa
By: Armstrong, Charles Clark, -1946
Reference: PA1-o-447
Description: Photographs of Samoa, taken by unidentified photographers, most with no description. Identification for many of them from comparison with Rutherford albums 1 & 2 (PA1-o-445, PA1-o-446). One photograph, taken circa 1890s, taken in Dunedin by Armstrong Photographers, shows the Riddell family with Bessie and James Mathieson (grandparents of Donald Alexander John Rutherford?) Samoan scenes include damage caused by a hurricane in 1925; celebrations for Lord and Lady Bledisloe, with General Herbert Hart and his wife, and George Frederick Hufnagel-Betham. Schools shown include the London Missionary Society Boys' High School at Malua, Ifi Ifi School, Vaipouli School, the Apia Technical School, Avele School and Malifa School. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cover bound in tapa cloth, light brown cloth spine; 25 x 30 cm