William Sutherland

18 March 1804–24 July 1885 (Age 81)
Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

The Life Summary of William

When William Sutherland was born on 18 March 1804, in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, his father, Silas Sutherland, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Ann Cummings, was 18. He married Nancy White on 26 August 1823, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Jackson Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 24 July 1885, in Waymansville, Jackson Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Sutherland
1804–1885
Malinda Scott
1816–1904
Marriage: 19 September 1839
Abraham Sutherland
1840–1931
Nancy A. Sutherland
1842–1934
Susannah Sutherland
1844–1895
John A. Sutherland
1847–1938
William Sutherland
1850–1950
James M Sutherland
1852–
Silas Sutherland
1854–1856
Vandiver B. Sutherland
1856–1943

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    19 September 1839Jackson, Indiana, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 4
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1821
    Age 17
    Historical Boundaries: 1821: Bartholomew, Indiana, United States
    1830 · The Second Great Awakening
    Age 26
    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Southerland

    Sources (19)

    • Wm Sutherland, "United States Census, 1880"
    • William Sutherland, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
    • William Sutherland, "United States Census, 1860"

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