Horatio Sutherland (1829 - 1898)

Born 1829 in Halifax, Nova Scotia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Woodland (Ginman) Sutherland — married 12 Aug 1862 in Poplar, London, England

Died 7 Apr 1898 at about age 69 in Hackney, London, England

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Biography

Horatio Sutherland is a member of Clan Sutherland.

Horatio, born in 1829,^[1] was the second-born child of Captain Edward Sutherland and Christiana Coffin, although the age he died (72) given on the English Death Index of 1898 ^[2]and the 1891 England Census ^[3] would indicate he was born in 1826 rather than the 1829 given on other documents. He grew up in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where his father served as Town Major.^[4]

At some point before 1862, Horatio moved to England. He married Elizabeth Woodland Ford, a widow, in the summer of 1862 in London. ^[5] In 1866 they may have lived at 88 Cotton St. in Limehouse, London. ^[6] At the age of 39, on January 22, 1868, he was awarded his certificate as Master in the Merchant Service.^[7]

In the 1887 Electoral Register, Horatio is listed as a lodger at 92 Graham Road in Hackney. ^[8] In April, 1888, Elizabeth died. In the 1891 England Census Horatio and eight-year-old Edward Sutherland have lodgings at 32 Albion Square in Hackney. The census records don't indicate Edward's relationship to Horatio.^[9]

Horatio's occupation is listed as "engineer, mining" in the 1891 England Census. After his brother Douglas's death in 1865, he and his father, Edward Sutherland, acted as executors for the estate. They applied for a patent that would improve on Douglas Sutherland's invention for making blasting cartridges more effective (patent #2251 granted in 1864).^[10] This notice appeared in the 1867 Alphabetical Index of Patentees and Applicants for Patents of Invention: "12th January 1866 Edward Sutherland, Capt of 22 Wilson Street, Stepney and Horatio Sutherland of No 88 Cotton Street, Limehousc for an invention for Improvements in obtaining fibre suitable for spinning and other uses by the use of a plant not hitherto employed for this purpose. A communication to them from abroad by Signor Joseph Vamina d Etienne residing at Lesa Logo Maggiore in the Kingdom of Italy. Provisional protection only."^[11] In an 1884 list of patents granted by the U.S. Patent Office, however, Horatio alone is listed as the patent owner of a "quartz crusher or mill."^[12]

In 1884, Horatio also applied for a patent for the quartz crusher in New South Wales. He gives his address as 66 Holborn Viaduct, London.^[13] Kelly's Directory of Chemists and Druggists (1885) lists Sutherland's "Rheumaticon" Manufacturing Co. at this address. Sadly, both of these business ventures failed.

Here's an article from the 1886 Chemist and Druggist:

Horatio Sutherland 48 Southampton Row Vendor and Manufacturer of Patent Medicines The receiving order in this case was made on March 8 and accounts have been filed showing gross liabilities of 4,836 10 and expected to rank 4,489 against assets returned at 127 10 The following is the report of the Official Receiver on the debtor's accounts and preliminary examination The debtor states that in May 1882 he entered into arrangements with a certain firm who agreed to finance him in respect of a patent medicine that the business in reference thereto was transferred to a company in September 1884 that owing to the failure of the aforesaid firm in February 1885 the company went into liquidation and in October 1885 the debtor took over its liabilities and assets and has since carried on the business thereof under the style of Sutherland & Co

He further states that about June 1883 he arranged with the same firm to finance him in patenting and exploiting his invention known as Sutherland's Patent Quartz Crusher and Minerals Pulveriser and that they continued to make advances to him on this account also until the date of their failure He attributes his failure to the stoppage of the firm above referred to and to his want of capital and explains his deficiency chiefly by the excess of his expenses over receipts in the working of his patents above mentioned His books do not sufficiently disclose his business transactions and financial position The unsecured debts are stated to include a sum of 3,300 in respect of moneys advanced to the debtor by the firm above mentioned The securities held by a creditor treated as fully secured are stated to consist of the debtor's various patent rights in his quartz crusher and trade marks in his patent medicine called Rheumaticon all of which for the purposes of his statement of affairs he has estimated only at the amount of the advances thereon viz 200 but he states that if developed and pushed he believes they would be worth fully 5,000

The debtor's assets are stated to consist of the sum of about 150 damages and costs in an action Sutherland r Halsey in respect of which the debtor states that he obtained judgment in 1883 and believes that money was paid into Court On Tuesday the debtor attended for public examination before Mr Registrar Finlay Knight but as the first meeting had not been concluded it had to be adjourned till May 4 It appeared that he arranged with Bruno Salva & Co to finance him and they are returned as creditors for 3,300 the accounts stating the following as the consideration Money advanced as follows 1,300 in connection with my quartz crushing machine 2,000 in connection with my patent medicine called Rheumaticon The only fully secured creditors are Messrs Curtis 4 Hilton of 7 Union Court Old Broad Street who claim 200 and hold as security the debtor's patent rights with reference to his quartz crasher for Great Britain the United States Victoria Australia New South Wales Queensland and New Zealand."^[14]

He died in Hackney in 1898^[15] and was buried at Abney Park Cemetery.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "United Kingdom, British Armed Forces and Overseas Vital Records, 1761-2005", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68KX-MD47 : 22 September 2021), Horetio Sutherland, 1829.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JYP-S7J : accessed 26 November 2015), Horatio Sutherland, 1898; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Hackney, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ 1891 England Census: Class: RG12; Piece: 193; Folio: 73; Page: 6; GSU Roll: 6095303.Ancestry.com. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891.
4. ↑ See Sutherland-1037 profile for sources.
5. ↑ "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2DV7-MXY : accessed 23 March 2015), Horatio Sutherland, 1862; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” index, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Marriage, Poplar, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
6. ↑ British Patent Office. Alphabetical Index of Patentees and Applicants for Patents of Invention. 1867
7. ↑ UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850-1927: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data: Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.
8. ↑ 1887 London, England electoral register. Ancestry.com. London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965. Original data: Electoral Registers. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
9. ↑ 1891 England Census: Class: RG12; Piece: 193; Folio: 73; Page: 6; GSU Roll: 6095303.Ancestry.com. Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891.
10. ↑ Patent Office. Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications. 1876
11. ↑ British Patent Office. Alphabetical Index of Patentees and Applicants for Patents of Invention. 1867
12. ↑ Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 38, September 20, 1884
13. ↑ Votes and Proceedings, Vol. 10, New South Wales, 1888
14. ↑ Chemist and Druggist, Vol. 28. Benn Brothers, 1886
15. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JYP-S7J : 31 December 2014), Horatio Sutherland, 1898; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Hackney, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
16. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJSJ-BZW2 : 26 May 2022), Horatio Sutherland, 1898.