Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameOlivia Sarah Ruttan 
Birth3 Mar 1900, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Death9 Aug 1999, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
BurialMount Pleasant Cem, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ReligionBaptist
FatherWesley G. Ruttan (1855-1926)
MotherRuby Jane Fox (1862-1949)
Misc. Notes
Twin sister of Grace.
Olivia was first married to Frank Bawden. The Bawdens owned a pharmacy at Monarch Park and Salmon Ave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Frank Bawden was a pharmacist and after his passing abt. 1932 Olivia rented out the pharmacy and lived in the apartment upstairs.
Dr. Buell was a wealthy widower who met Olivia and (2)married her in the late 1930's. They were married for about 5 years and then he died (1942). Olivia was treated very unkindly by the Dr's daughter from his previous marriage and decided to walk away from any inheritance.
She was married a third time to another man (?) in the late 1940's to early 1950's.
Her older sister, Mary died in the early 1950's (1953??) and left Herb Wintemute a widower. Olivia married Rev. Herb Wintemute in 1956 and lived happily until his passing in 1975. In her later years, she lived in a rest home in Peterborough, Ontario.
Olivia was first married to Frank Bawden. The Bawdens owned a pharmacy at Monarch Park and Salmon Ave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Frank Bawden was a pharmacist and after his passing abt. 1932 Olivia rented out the pharmacy and lived in the apartment upstairs.
Dr. Buell was a wealthy widower who met Olivia and (2)married her in the late 1930's. They were married for about 5 years and then he died (1942). Olivia was treated very unkindly by the Dr's daughter from his previous marriage and decided to walk away from any inheritance.
She was married a third time to another man (?) in the late 1940's to early 1950's.
Her older sister, Mary died in the early 1950's (1953??) and left Herb Wintemute a widower. Olivia married Rev. Herb Wintemute in 1956 and lived happily until his passing in 1975. In her later years, she lived in a rest home in Peterborough, Ontario.
Spouses
Birth20 Apr 1888, Huron Co, Ontario, Canada
Death1 Apr 1934, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BurialMt Pleasant Cem, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupationpharmacist
Misc. Notes
He was divorced when he married Olivia.
Marriage7 Jul 1924, Toronto, York Co, Ontario, Canada
ChildrenMeryl Lavinia (1928-2021)
Frances Olivia “Frankie” (1933-1983)
Birth6 Feb 1896, Bertie, Welland Co, Ontario, Canada
DeathMay 1975, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Misc. Notes
Herbert is the son of George Arthur Wintemute and Sarah Anne Geady. His father was a weaver.
He married Mary Ruttan first, and after her death, married her widowed sister, Olivia.
Herb Wintemute was a missionary in Bolivia, South America during the 1930's and was given 2 copper vases unearthed by a Bolivian Indian farmer.
He arrived in New York aboard the Santa Teresa from Valparaiso, Chile on 21 Feb 1927. He later came back to New York aboard the Santa Maria from Mollendo, Peru on 1 Dec 1933.
After Olivia married Herb she gave one of those vases to Norman A. Barr, her nephew. He still has it in his possession and it dates back to the time of the Aztecs. It is tempered copper and made out of one piece with no seams. This method has not been replicated today.
He married Mary Ruttan first, and after her death, married her widowed sister, Olivia.
Herb Wintemute was a missionary in Bolivia, South America during the 1930's and was given 2 copper vases unearthed by a Bolivian Indian farmer.
He arrived in New York aboard the Santa Teresa from Valparaiso, Chile on 21 Feb 1927. He later came back to New York aboard the Santa Maria from Mollendo, Peru on 1 Dec 1933.
After Olivia married Herb she gave one of those vases to Norman A. Barr, her nephew. He still has it in his possession and it dates back to the time of the Aztecs. It is tempered copper and made out of one piece with no seams. This method has not been replicated today.
Marriage4 Sep 1956