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Martha Patricia Sutherland

2 April 1819–15 April 1886 (Age 67)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Life of Martha Patricia

When Martha Patricia Sutherland was born on 2 April 1819, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, her father, Silas Sutherland, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Ann Cummings, was 33. She married Vandover Wray on 17 July 1834, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Owen Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 April 1886, in Jackson Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Jackson, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Vandover Wray

1812–1857

Martha Patricia Sutherland

1819–1886

Marriage: 17 July 1834

Silas Wray

1835–1916

Frances Wray

1836–1919

Preston Wray

1838–1903

Parcile Willington Wray

1840–1853

Orecon Wray

1842–1918

Burlington Wray

1846–1939

Ensetta

1848–

Euretta Wray

1848–

Martha Wray

1849–1927

Artemesey Wray

1853–1853

Worcester Wray

1854–

Vandover Wray

1856–1927

Spouse and Children

Vandover Wray

Male1812–1857Male

Martha Patricia Sutherland

Female1819–1886Female

MARRIAGE
17 July 1834
Lawrence, Indiana, United States

children

(12)

Silas Wray

Male1835–1916Male

Frances Wray

Female1836–1919Female

Preston Wray

Male1838–1903Male

Parcile Willington Wray

Male1840–1853Male

Orecon Wray

Male1842–1918Male

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Parents and Siblings

Silas Sutherland

Male1777–1820Male

Sarah Ann Cummings

Female1785–1879Female

siblings

(7)

William Sutherland

Male1804–1885Male

Abraham Sutherland

Male1806–1832Male

Betsey Ann Sutherland

Female1806–1886Female

Betsy Ann Sutherland

Female1806–1886Female

Sally Ann Sutherland

Female1811–1886Female

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World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 1

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis

Age 6

The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.

1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy

Age 22

The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.

Name Meaning

Sutherland

Martha

Patricia

Scottish: regional name from the former county of this name, so named from Old Norse suðr ‘south’ + land ‘land’ because the territory lay south of Scandinavia and the Norse colonies in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Possible Related Names

Southerland

Sunderland

Sources (3)

Merithe Wray, "United States Census, 1870"
Martha Wray, "United States Census, 1860"
Martha Wray in household of Vandever Wray, "United States Census, 1850"

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