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 * __ His Family/Life __**
 * He was born on August 30, 1871, in Nelson, New Zealand.
 * His father, James Rutherford, was a Scottish wheelwright.(born 1838-1928)
 * His mother, Martha Thompson, was a school teacher.
 * Both his parents immigrated to New Zealand in 1842.
 * He married Mary Newton in 1900.
 * He had 5 sisters: Alice Rutherford Elliot, Ellen Rutherford Chapman, Ethel Rutherford Sergal, Evelyn Rutherford, and Florence Rutherford Streif.
 * He had 6 brothers: Arthur Rutherford**:** Charles Rutherford (d. 1886 drowning)**,** George Rutherford**,** Herbert Rutherford (d. 1886 drowning)**,** James Rutherford**,** Percy Rutherford (d. 1883 whooping cough)
 * He had a daughter named Eileen Rutherford Fowler.
 * His interests in science started around the age of 10.