Note: aged 104 of cerebral thrombosis. Wilma T. was a nurse in Montfield Hospital while Babs was a resident there, and has a picture of Babs on her 100th birthday. Babs died the night before her 104th birthday.[4][5][6]
Reference
Reference: 24655
Burial
Burial:
Place: Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland
Note: Buried together, but no inscription on h/stone for Barbara. "SMITH, sacred to the memory of Malcolm SMITH who died at Brind on 10 Aug 1957 aged 73"[7]
Note: Sandwick #3: Malcolm SMITH, fisherman, 28, Scarpigarth, Cunningsburgh, s/o Laurence SMITH and Ann MALCOLMSON. Barbara Thom (sic) SUTHERLAND, 28, Tow, Cunningsburgh, d/o John SUTHERLAND and Jane McKENZIE. Wit: Hugh SUTHERLAND (assumed to be Barbara's brother) and Annie J HENRY, Min. Simson WALLACE, United Free Ch.
No known children (local knowledge from Janice's mother-in-law who lives at Tow)[8][9]
Note: date/place from Janice H. confirmed by mar. cert: John SUTHERLAND, 24, of ??, s/o James SUTHERLAND, dec, & Elizabeth BAIN, to Jane McKENZIE, 26 of Upper Lybster, d/o James McKENZIE and Janet BAIN. Wit: John WAUGH & Maggie McKENZIE (assumed to be Jane's sister).
Sandwick registers checked for SUTHERLAND births to 1911.[10][11][12]
Census:
Date: 1891
Place: Ollaberry, Northmavine, Shetland, Scotland
Note: Summary info supplied was: at Leon, Northmavine: Elizabeth, son John and dtr-in-law Jane McKENZIE (all from Latheron) plus the latter's children all born Northmavine. John working as a shepherd. Catherine not with family.
Detail info supplied: at Leon, Ollaberry, Northmavine: John, head, mar, 31, shepherd, wife Jane, 33, both b Latheron. Children: Barbara T, 6, scholar; James, 4; Hugh, 2; John, 8m, all b Northmavine. Mother Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, widow, 70, grasskeeper, b Latheron; Niece, Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, 10, scholar b Northmavine.[13][14]
Census:
Date: 1901
Place: Tow, Par. of Cunningsburgh, Shetland, Scotland
Note: John, 41, shepherd, wife Jane, 43 both b Lathorn (sic). Children: Barbara T, 16; James, 14, scholar; Hugh, 12, scholar; john, 10, scholar; Jessie, 8, scholar; Matthew W, 5; Robert F, 3, all b Northmavine, Zetland; William D 1, b Cunningsburgh, Zetland. Lodger: Jeanie CRUICKSHANK, 28, unm, teacher elementary school, b Huntly ABD.[15]
Sources
Source: S1777 Title: Corres. re John SUTHERLAND (SHI) between Janice HALCROW (Lerwick, SHI) & Lorna HENDERSON (NZ)
Source: S1905 Title: EM BAIN/SUTHERLAND CAI & SHI ex Tony GOTT to Lorna
↑ Source: #S1777 Page: Apr 2002 ex 1901 Cunningsburgh Census
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Sutherland-1149 through the import of BAINDescElizASlex4WTreeNov2013.ged on Nov 19, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorna and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Barbara by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Barbara: