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Comment by Jackie Stoddard on October 22, 2011 at 11:05

Hi William

 I found out the Rust connection to Douglas & Stewart

my G G G Grandmother ( John Rust's Father Alexander Rust of Deeside Aberdeen Married Margaret Douglas Stewart  ; this is where the line from Sir James Douglas / The Black Douglas comes from...can you provide any thing above this ?    Alenander Rust and wife Margaret Douglas Stewart were Te merchants had plantations in Ceylon , warehouses in London and scotland   regards Jackie

Comment by Jackie Stoddard on June 18, 2011 at 12:57

not that i know of at this stage but could have been a cousin 

Alexander Rust my G.G.G.Grandfather (John was born Deeside Aberdeen b1826 D 1876 / my G.G.Grandfather) Alexander had 5 sons 2 daughters (family were granite Merchants and had tea plantations in Ceylon with big warehouses in London& Aberdeen 2 sons came to New Zealand and 2 to Australia . If you look at the photos / scans I've put in albums and make full page size you could read 2 pages of a chapeter about John Rust & the link to Sir James Douglas

I just Searched the name Rust and 4 names under Rust! *******how exciting *******
because I've not had any luck on any other sites and to find this on the Douglas site is even better still ; I want to do the family tree right back to Sir Jame Douglas , and I'm hoping now I've found some Rust connections on here that one of them can send me a link to an tree!
 :-)
thanks Jackie Stoddard

Comment by William Douglas on June 18, 2011 at 12:30

I found this:

Name: John RustDesignation: ArchitectBorn: 19 November 1844Died: 25 September 1919Bio Notes: John Rust was born in Aberdeen on 19 November 1844, the son of John Rust, timber merchant, and his wife Margaret Robinson and was articled to John Russell Mackenzie c.1860, and remained as an assistant, commencing practice on his own account sometime before 1875. Having secured election to the Aberdeen Town Council, he resigned his seat in 1892 in order to apply for the post of City Architect, William Smith II having died in the previous year. He secured the appointment and held it until his death on 25 September 1919. In later years he was also JP for Kincardineshire, and the city of Aberdeen. 
John Rust died suddenly when on his way to work. He was twice married and was survived by a widow and a family of four daughters by the first marriage and one by the second. He left moveable estate of £5,291 10s 11d.

Do you think there is a connection?