John Morgan Sutherland

Brief Life History of John Morgan

When John Morgan Sutherland was born on 16 June 1892, in Russell, Virginia, United States, his father, Fullen Haviland Sutherland, was 39 and his mother, Martha Ann Duty, was 30. He married Mary Francis Aldridge on 16 January 1914, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 23 July 1973, in Wayne, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wilsondale, Wayne, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Morgan Sutherland
1892–1973
Mary Francis Aldridge
1894–1953
Marriage: 16 January 1914
Georgia Lea Sutherland
1915–1990
Jesse Sutherland
1917–1988
Lorraine Sutherland
1918–1990
Hattie Sutherland
1920–1999
Tivis Sutherland
1922–2013
Martha Ann Sutherland
1924–1999
Willard Howard Sutherland
1928–1991
William Everett Sutherland
1932–2004

Sources (28)

  • John M Sutherland in household of Mary Perry, "United States Census, 1920"
  • John Morgan Sutherland, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • John M Sutherland, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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Name Meaning

Scottish (Caithness): habitational name from the Scottish county of Sutherland, named with Old Norse súthr ‘south, southern’ + land ‘land’ because the territory lay south of Scandinavia and the Norse colonies in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.

History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan associated with the county of Sutherland.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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John Morgan Sutherland

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 3 Husband (Widower) Of - 1st Wife: Mary Francis "Francis" (Aldridge) Sutherland* Husband (Widower) Of - 2nd Wife: Millie (Mullins) Aldridge** (8-2-1899/11-7-1965) (m. 9-13-1 …

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