Hi Heather & Ben,
In relation to the Marriage for Catherine(Katharine)Gunn & John Sutherland it was once again in my dads family tree from 1991. He got it from the Sutherland bible that apparently existed. He said that it has been lost over the past 100 years. It would be good to find that! I hope this helps you! I think this is the correct IGI.
I agree, wouldn't it be brilliant to have that bible! If your dad got it from the bible, has it only been lost since 1991 or did he get it from another source?
No that puts us back into the wrong area...I believe as you do that we aren't from Berriedale..
Isaac was a tradesman. Worked in Edinburgh. Worked in Wick. Made a good living here in Australia and his sons worked with him..
Would he have had to be apprenticed do you think and are documents available like that in Scotland?
I think we need a carpenter or joiner father or Uncle etc.
What is the earlier family may I ask?
Maybe we can link that way..
In answer to your questions Heather, my earlier Watten Sutherland link is as follows:
Jean Sutherland married Magnus Sandison/Sandyson on 5th April 1770 at Watten, Caithness
They had 3 children:
John Sandison - baptised 11 Jan 1771 Watten
Ann Sandison - baptised 7 Mar 1773 Watten (My rellie, who married George Tait in Wick in 1802)
Magnus Sandison - baptised 15 Apr 1776 Watten
There are stacks of Sutherland families in that area (all through Caithness in fact), I have not figured out for certain which Sutherland family Jean is from but have found a possible baptism:
Jean Sutherland chr: 25 Mar 1745 Watten Father: Donald Sutherland Mother: Ann Sutherland
as to the other question about trades........
The 6 known children of John & Catherine Sutherland of Berriedale had the following jobs:
Jane - married a shepherd who became a sheep farmer - no carpenters in the family
James - was a farmer, crofter and mason at various stages - so a trade but not a carpenter
Elizabeth - domestic servant, housekeeper
John - described in the census as a fisherman, agricultural labourer and mason
Hannah - married a crofter (who was also a Sutherland) and lived at Badbea
Janet - married a fisherman (who was also a Sutherland) and lived at Badbea
I do not know John Sutherland's brothers and sister's in order to see if there were any carpenters among them, and from what I know of Catherine's brother's they were crofters and fisherman.
Perhaps Isaac was sent to Edinburgh to learn a trade, or was apprenticed down there? I thought that Isaac was a minister? Or are we talking about Isaac Junior? Which one went to Australia?
Do either of you have a list of Isaac's children? That would help us identify who his parents were, if he used the Highland naming pattern that is
Jenny