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Ernest Rutherford had 7 brothers,Percy(died as an infant),Herbert and Charles(downed in perlorus sound when sailing),George,James,Arthur and Ernest himself grew till manhood.

Ernest Rutherford also had 5 sisters,Nellie(Mrs M.P.Chapman),Alice(Mrs A.T.Elliot),Florence(Mrs H.G.Streiff),Ethel(Mrs H.G.Sergel) and Eva(Mrs .LT.Bell)

Ernest Rutherford's father James was a scottish wheelwrite and his mother n'ee Martha Thompson was an English school teacher.

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Ernest Rutherford was the son of James Rutherford, a farmer, and his wife

Martha Thompson, originally from Hornchurch, Essex, England.

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