Edward Davenport Sutherland was the only son of Edward Sutherland and Hester Tresilian. He was raised and educated in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He became a career civil servant, rising through the ranks to become Auditor-General for Canada in 1919.[1][2] He was awarded the Imperial Service Order in 1906.[3]
In 1877 he married Kate Goodeve[4]and they had seven children together: May Thesilian (July 12, 1878),[5]Henry Davenport (December 12, 1880),[6] Edward Newby (1882) [7]Alice Jean (1885), [8]Edna Goodeve (June 23, 1886), [9] Ronald D. (January 1891) [10] and Allan M. (1894). [11]
Edward died in 1923 and was buried at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario.[12]
Sources
↑ Parker, C. and Greene, B. Who's Who in Canada. International Press, 1912
↑ The Globe, January 9, 1923, accessed through ProQuest
↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMNN-PYB : accessed 23 Oct 2014), Edward Buckner Sutherland in entry for Edward Davenport Sutherland and Kate Goodeve, 10 Sep 1877; citing registration 001879, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1863648.
↑ "Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2JV-H9L : accessed 23 Oct 2014), Kate Goodeve in entry for May Thesilian Sutherland, 12 Jul 1878; citing New Edinburgh, Carleton, Ontario, 12 Jul 1878, reference cn 3607; FHL microfilm 1845220.
↑ "Canada Census, 1901," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHLB-XRD : accessed 23 Oct 2014), Alice G Sutherland in household of E. D Sutherland, B, Ottawa (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 7, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.
↑ "Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F2FZ-2C7 : accessed 23 Oct 2014), Kate Goodeve in entry for Edna Goodeve Sutherland, 23 Jun 1886; citing Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, 23 Jun 1886, reference cn 902306; FHL microfilm 1872229.
↑ "Canada Census, 1901," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KHLB-XRF : accessed 23 Oct 2014), Alleyne M Sutherland in household of E. D Sutherland, B, Ottawa (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 7, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario.
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