Sutherland HELP!!

[garydevine]

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[flst]

Here's the link for that website I mentioned.
http://forum.caithness.org/forumdisplay.php?9-Genealogy
Who was John's first wife? I note he was a widower when he married Susan.Have you managed to find John in the censuses? You did say you couldn't find John with his parents on the censuses.
Is the census you're speaking about not the 1851 one I posted?
Regarding the maiden name of Margaret's mother. Death certificates are only as accurate as the informant's knowledge! Often I've come across instances when the wrong name has been put down. The marriage certificates are usually more accurate! If you manage to find marriages for John's siblings you may be able to pinpoint when their parents died.
flst

[flst]

I found John & Susan in the 1881 census. Luckily, John was at the same address in 1871 with his first wife, Margaret. Aged 30, she was also born in Thurso. The address was 1 Gibb's Entry, Newington, Edinburgh. Is that marriage on scotlandspeople?
flst

[garydevine]

oh i thought that was a mistake because susan was infact a widow, she was previously married and had one son to him the second name is cavaye, the first name has slipped my mind

yes i think it might have been the census you were talking about.

if it is the right one you were talking about it looks like they had a 2 daughters donaldina and barbara i think i cant really make it out.

[garydevine]

i cant find the Margaret Sutherland on that site you gave me do you know what the post is under. i cant registered either because i have a hotmail address and they don't accept hotmail accounts.

[tidybooks]

Hi Gary,

Here are details from the transcribed 1851 census on FreeCen which confirms what you thought.

William    Head M    M  37  Farm Servant        Caithness - Thurso           
Christina    Wife  M   F   35  Farm Servant's Wife     Caithness - Reay           
Alexander Son     -   M  10  Scholar                        Caithness - Thurso           
John            Son  -   M    9  Scholar At Home        Caithness - Thurso           
Christina     Dau  -   F     6  Scholar At Home        Caithness - Thurso           
Donaldina  Dau  -   F     2   -                                Caithness - Thurso           
Barbara     Dau  -   F     1   -                                Caithness - Thurso   

Tom       
    

[tidybooks]

Hi Gary,

On the marriage certificate that you posted a part of, there seems to be a word after M.S. Henderson.
As William Sutherland her husband has died, could she have remarried and possibly to a Henderson, so at day of her son's wedding she was a Henderson.

Tom

[garydevine]

thanks for the transcribe,

Flst, is that my Sutherland's?

Tom, i thought it said deceased next to her name but it was just all squished together.

Gary

[Flattybasher9]

If you check the records, Christian Henderson married William Sutherland, 1825, Thurso, Caithness.
John Sutherland born to William Sutherland and Christian Sutherland, 22 July 1833.

Regards

Malky, still confused with this one.