Isabella Sutherland

Brief Life History of Isabella

When Isabella Sutherland was born on 19 January 1892, in Hopeman, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Daniel Sutherland, was 36 and her mother, Jessie Hepburn, was 35. She married John Macdonald on 29 April 1914, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Duffus, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 14 August 1976, in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

John Macdonald
1883–1955
Isabella Sutherland
1892–1976
Marriage: 29 April 1914
Ian Gordon Macdonald
1915–1974
John Mcdonald
1918–1918

Sources (6)

  • Bella Sutherland in household of Jessie Sutherland, "Scotland Census, 1901"
  • Isabelle Sutherland, "Canada, British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938"
  • Isabella Sutherland, "Canada, British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Opening of the Glasgow Subway.

The Glasgow Subway opened on 14 December and is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world. It is one of very few subways that have a running gauge of 4 feet, but its twin circular lines were never expanded.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1914

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

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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