Sutherland of ?Latheron

[longberry]

Looking for info on Alex Sutherland who may have been married to ?Betsy Clark
They had a son David who was born 1841
Any help appreciated
frank

[maclennan25]

igi has the following (submitted) entries...

ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND     
Spouse:BETTY CLARKE    
Marriage: 09 JUL 1840 Latheron

DAVID SUTHERLAND b04 MAY 1841 Chr09 MAY 1841 Latheron
parents: ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND & ELIZABETH CLARK

JAMES SUTHERLAND b10 OCT 1842  Chr16 OCT 1842 Latheron
parents: ALEXR. SUTHERLAND & BETTY CLARK

[longberry]

Thank you very much. This could be what I am looking for,but, there is that old problem of the spelling of names
Frank

[MonicaL]

Hi Frank

Although submitted entries, Maclennan's entries on IGI look good. Are you concerned about the Elizabeth/Betty/Betsy variants? Don't be, have a look at this link for first name variants: www.whatsinaname.net/php/search.php?action=search2&search_name=elizabeth

Regards.

Monica

[MonicaL]

This looks like the family in the 1841 Census:

Alexander, 30
Elizabeth, 20
David, 1 month

All the family are showing as born in Caithness. Alexander is down as a farmer. The address is Greenhill, Latheron.

Remember ages in the 1841 Census are supposed to be rounded down to the nearest 5 for everyone over 15, children under 15 are supposed to be shown at their true age.

Regards.

Monica

[longberry]

Monica. thank you very much for all the info, much appreciated.I wonder what name she used on her marriage cert?
Frank. an old Caithnessian

[MonicaL]

There is no actual extract of the marriage showing on IGI, just the submitted entry, so hard to know. Even if she had used Elizabeth for one registration, she would well have used/put down a different variant for another entry. It can make it difficult to do searches when you have a number of variants for both first and surnames.....a sign of the times!

Monica

[maidmarianoops]

on scottish records there are a lot of betsy,betsey,betty ,
have you got a birthdate for alexander and betsy
sylvia

[longberry]

Do not have their birth dates but they were married 9July1840
Frank