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ruthven Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name, traditionally pronounced ‘Ri-ven’, from any of various places in Scotland so named, especially one near Perth and one in Inverness-shire. The place is named either in Gaelic (ruadh ‘red’ + mhaighin ‘place’) or with a cognate of Welsh rhudd faen ‘red stone’.

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Distribution of ruthven Families in the US in 1920
Number of ruthven families
 7-11
 3-6		 1-2
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Threads: 32 - Messages: 109
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searching for Ruthven link in Scotland Illi1955 2
Eliza Ruthven elizahasthepower 0
eliza ruthven sm 4
Ethelma "Emma" Ruthven -NY/PA kradaddy 6
James Ruthven from Edinburgh pajbyrnes 11
Ruthven jmlambert179 1
Ruthven surname: origin? barkley2006 16
John ruthven - 1819 at sea / middlesex / india connection jo ruthven 0
Ruthven Jackie Fiese 9
Ruthven / Greig Elizabeth Ruthven 0
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