Note: cert. shows James as 74, farmer, married to Margaret GRAY; s/o Alexander SUTHERLAND, farmer, & Donaldina m.s. SUTHERLAND both dec'd; Inf. son-in-law W SINCLAIR, Halkirk; Reg. 17th Dec; RCE not checked, vol 1 pg 13[3][4]
Reference
Reference: 8913
Data Changed
Data Changed:
Date: 17 NOV 2013
Prior to import, this record was last changed 17 NOV 2013 .
Christening
Christening:
Date: 09 OCT 1815
Place: Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Note: entry reads: "James lawful son of Alexander Sutherland and Dorothy Sutherland in Tormsdale was baptized 9th October 1815"[5]
Burial
Burial:
Place: Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Note: wall tablet, enclos #15: abbrev. transcr ex CAI MIs: "Dav Gray innkeeper Mybster 30.9.1856 75, w Chris Bain d Achalone 25.3.1873 83 (bro Jas Bain fr Geise Mains 13.8.1868 82); Jas Sutherland fr and innkeeper Mybster 13.12.1886 75, w Margt Gray 10.3.1904 87; Jessie M Gunn 10.1.1939, h Jas W Sutherland 14.1.1982 76";
Another wall tablet in enclos: #17: Jas Gray d Mybster 21.9.1855 26, fa Dav Gray, sis Cth Gray or Barnie d Sibster 18.11.1863 48, bro Wm solicitor d Wick 7.11.1876 51; Wm Sutherland fr and innkeeper Mybster d Thurso 9.10.1928 73, w Janet Sutherland 26.12.1951"[6]
Place: Mybster, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Note: SUTHERLAND: James 34 farm servt b Tormsdale, CAI; wife Margt 32 b Achkepster CAI; Children: Alexr 6 b Wick, David 3 b Mybster;[8]
Census:
Date: 1861
Place: Mybster, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Note: SUTHERLAND: James 42 ; wife Margaret 41, David 13, Donald 9, William 6, Christina 3 ; David POLSON 16; Helen SUTHERLAND18[9]
Census:
Date: 1871
Place: Mybster, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Note: SUTHERLAND: James 54 Innkeeper & Far Of 80 Acres 2 Labourer's 1 Boy b Halkirk; wife Margaret 52 ; Dtr Christina 13 scholar b Halkirk; Benjamina Miller 37 dom serv b Halkirk; Mary Mcdonald 16 farm serv. b Halkirk[10]
Census:
Date: 1881
Place: Mybster Inn, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Note: James SUTHERLAND, 65, Innkeeper & farmer of 80 ac 60 ara Emp 1M 1G 1B, wife Margaret, 63, both b Halkirk. Dtr Christina, 23, unm, b Halkirk. Servt: Charlotte SUTHERLAND, gen serv, 18, b Latheron.[11]
Note: date assumes Donaldina/Dolina from Hugh and James' dth certs is the Dorothy SUTHERLAND of Ardachy, Latheron, who married an Alexander SUTHERLAND of Tormsdale, Halkirk in 1797. The baptisms of several children, including a James of the right age, show her as Dorothy[12][13]
Sources
Source: S203 Title: 1851 Census transcripts for Scotland Repository: #R121
Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
Source: S205 Title: 1861 Census transcripts for Scotland Repository: #R121
Source: S207 Title: 1871 Census transcripts for Scotland Repository: #R121
Source: S210 Title: 1881 Census transcripts for UK via Family Search/LDS CDs Repository: #R21
Repository: R21 Name: LDS library Address: State: Utah Country: USA Note: films and cd roms
Source: S511 Title: MIs: CAI Halkirk, Vol 3 pt 11 Monumental Inscriptions pre 1855 Author: A S COWPER & I ROSS Publication: The Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992 Repository: #R83
Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)
The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun
The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]
Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage 1935 edition
The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain ... by Bernard Burke
Private papers referring to various cadet branches of the Sutherland family in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland. http://www.duffus.com/ashort.htm
A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.
Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland
Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland
Memorabilia Domestica by the Rev. Donald Sage, Minister of Resolis, Ross-shire (step-son of Jean Sutherland of Midgarty)
↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0203400 GRO Ref Volume 037 EnumDist 6 Page 2 extracted Dec 2002
↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0203400 GRO Ref Volume 037 EnumDist 6 Page 2 extracted Dec 2002
↑ Source: #S203 Page: Mybster, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Par. 37; ED: 6; Page: 16; hsehold of James & Margt SUTHERLAND, extracted Nov 2013
↑ Source: #S205 Page: Mybster, Dist of Mybster & Dale, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Reg. 37, ED 6 Sched. 40, hsehold of James & Margaret SUTHERLAND, extracted Jul 2013
↑ Source: #S207 Page: Mybster Inn, Dist of Mybster & Dale, Par. of Halkirk, Caithness, Reg. 37, ED 6 Sched. 10, hsehold of James & Margaret SUTHERLAND, extracted Jul 2013
↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0203400 GRO Ref Volume 037 EnumDist 6 Page 2 extracted Dec 2002
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Dth 13 Dec 1886 James h/o Margaret GRAY; s/o Alexander SUTHERLAND & Donaldina SUTHERLAND, found drowned in Achlachlaw Burn, Halkirk, Caithness, 073/A #30, copy d/loaded Jul 2013
↑ Source: #S55 Page: Marr. 9 Aug 1797 Alexander SUTHERLAND (Tormsdale, Halkirk) & Dorothy SUTHERLAND (Ardachy, Latheron), Halkirk, Caithness, 037/00 0010 0313, copy d/loaded Nov 2013
Acknowledgments
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