A family.
In their own words.
Names tell us who came before. A letter tells us what they were waiting for, whom they missed, and what they hoped might come next.
Explore the Tuthill line through the records, photographs, and correspondence gathered in Tuthill Family Ancestors and Descendants.
What they wrote
when they were apart.
A short introduction first. Then the original page beside its transcription, with room to look closely.
A future together
Writing from Watertown, George tells Ruth that his mother is doing better. Everyday details of care and railway travel give way to an intimate hope: that the life they are about to share will make her happy.
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Away before the wedding
From the Hotel Allen in Minneapolis, George writes about business calls, a suit fitting, and the loneliness of being away. The practical errands are threaded through with affection and anticipation of their coming marriage.
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George Alva Tuthill
Born in Sparta, Wisconsin, George Alva made his family life in Oakes, North Dakota. The compilation records his 1907 marriage to Ruth Amos Eaton and their seven children. His surviving letters bring the dates into focus: railway journeys, work away from home, care for his mother, and a repeated longing to be with Ruth.
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Ruth Amos Eaton/Tuthill
Ruth is the person George addresses in the 1907 letters, and the family record places her at the meeting of the Eaton and Tuthill branches. She and George raised seven children. The photographs and correspondence preserve her place in the family beyond a name in a descendants list.
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George Newton Tuthill
The family compilation remembers George Newton as a merchant. It records a journey to California in 1852, a later move to Wisconsin, and his death at Watertown, South Dakota. He and Harriet Marie Blodgett were the parents of George Alva.
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Harriet Marie Blodgett/Tuthill
Harriet Marie Blodgett married George Newton Tuthill in Sparta, Wisconsin, in 1868. Their children included Elizabeth Etta, George Alva, and Harriet Mabelle. In George Alva’s July 1907 letter to Ruth, concern for his mother shares the page with hopes for their own future.
Meet this person →Dave Tuthill Sr.
The family compilation names him David Richard Tuthill, the fifth child of George Alva and Ruth. It records his son John Hartman from his marriage to Byrdine Hartman, and David, Terri, and Timothy from his marriage to Marian. These records connect the older Tuthill generations to the family already gathered on this site.
Meet this person →Patricia Lucille Tuthill
The youngest of George and Ruth’s seven children in the descendants list. Patricia is credited on the cover of this family collection, which brings genealogical notes, photographs, and handwritten correspondence together for later generations.
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The photographs and family-compiled histories stay attached to the stories they support.
From Long Island to the Dakotas
Three newsletter pages trace the selected Tuthill line through Long Island, New Jersey, and New York to Wisconsin and the Dakotas. They are a family-compiled account, not an independently verified set of vital records; inconsistent early dates remain open questions.
Read the story & sourceThe generations that followed
The descendants sheets connect George and Ruth’s seven children to later generations. The source uses some older names and contains handwritten corrections. Because these pages include full birth dates of living relatives, the scans and transcripts require the family key.
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Faces and places in Oakes
Portraits, family photographs, and a view of the Tuthill implement business give the written record a setting. Captions belong to the family collection; no missing facial detail has been invented.
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