Margaret (Ross) Sutherland (abt. 1851 - 1913)

Born about 28 May 1851 in Fearn, Ross-shire Scotland

Wife of Alexander Sutherland — married 7 Aug 1884 in Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1913 at about age 61 in Heatherbell, Brora, Sutherland Scotland

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Biography

Margaret (Ross) Sutherland is a member of Clan Sutherland.

Margaret was born 1851 in Fearn, Ross-shire. She was the daughter of William Ross, farm servant and Margaret McLeod^[1]

Census

1891 HeatherBell, North Brora age 39 Teacher's wife with daughter Lexie and son John. Husband away (boarding in Kildonan)

1901 Heatherbell, North Brora age 49 with husband and 4 children

Note

I can't see her in 1911 on Scotlands People. She is not the one age 66.

Marriage

7 Aug 1884 Fearn, Ross-shire Alexander Sutherland, schoolmaster, bachelor age 50 living in Embo, Dornoch to Margaret Ross, domestic servant age 33 of Embo, Dornoch. His parents correct, hers were William Ross and Margaret McLeod. Witnesses John Ross and Lexie Smith^[2]

Death

3 Jan 1913 Heatherbell, Brora, age 63, widow of Alexander, Schoolmaster. Daughter of William Ross and Margaret McLeod, of pneumonia. Informant John Sutherland, son, of 152 Camberwell Rd, London ^[3]

Burial

Clyne New Cemetery MI

Note

The trees on Ancestry have an incorrect date, and incorrectly record a Probate record which belongs to a woman of the same name, who died in the same month. Her death certificate is on the same page and she lived at Fascally, not Heatherbell.

Sources

1. ↑ Death Certificate
2. ↑ Scotlands People; https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; Marriages; 1884; Sutherland, Alexander (Statutory Registers Marriages 064/ 2)
3. ↑ Death Certificate; Scotlands People; (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/; 1913, Sutherland, Margaret; Statutory Registers Deaths; 045/1