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11 February 2025

David March © 2014

SARAH ANNE WALTERS (SADIE) ROBSON née RUTTAN

Sarah Anne Walters (Sadie) Ruttan was born on 20 July 1875 in Norway House, Manitoba to John Henry Ruttan (1840-1925) and Ellen Maria (Nellie) Beddome (1853-1910). Her siblings were: Eva Adelaide (b 1874), William Arthur (1877-1951) and Ernest Gordon (1885-1887). In 1891 the Ruttan family was living in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Sadie married Samuel Thomas Robson on 2 January 1900 in Portage la Prairie. Samuel was born on 17 August 1870 in Ontario to Samuel Robson and Elizabeth Hogarth. His siblings were: George (b 1862), John (b 1863), William (b 1865), Anne Eliza (b 1867), Mary Jane (b 1869), Arthur (b 1873), Elizabeth Ellen (b 1875), Sarah Matilda (b 1877), Alice Louise (b 1879), James H (b 1881) and Ada J (b 1884). He also had a half sister, Edith Louisa (b 1894), born to his father's second wife, Margaret Emma Peterman (1850-1909). The eldest four Robson children were born in England. The family must have immigrated to Canada between 1867 and 1869. In 1881 and 1891 they were living in York County, Ontario.

Samuel and Sadie had the following children: Victoria E (b 1901), Homer Louis (b 1902), Harold G (b 1904), Eva Milicent Heme (b 1905), Leonard Ruttan (b 1907), Alfred Roy (b 1909), Cecil (b 1913), Neville (b 1915) and James (b 1919). Samuel was a Methodist minister which probably explained the many places that the family lived. They lived in Sintaluta, Saskatchewan (1901), Griswold, Manitoba (1906), Carieville, Saskatchewan (1911), Nokomis, Saskatchewan (1916) and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (1921).

Samuel died on 23 July 1944 in Oak Bay, British Columbia. He was buried in Royal Oak Cemetery, Saanich, British Columbia. Sadie married John Hans Miller (1881-1961) in British Columbia in about 1949. She died on 11 December 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta.

Although nothing could be found to link Sadie to Saskatoon, it is believed that she must have had occasion to be in Saskatoon at the time that the quilt was being made. As her husband was a Methodist minister, they may possibly have been in Saskatoon on church business and she may have signed the quilt while visiting 3rd Ave Methodist Church. Nokomis is about 160 km from Saskatoon and Saskatoon was likely the nearest large city, so they may have travelled to Saskatoon to shop from time to time. No other candidate could be found for this signature.

This family tree can be found on Ancestry under the title 3rd Ave Robson Tree.