Brief Life History of William Neil
When William Neil Sutherland was born in 1869, in Earltown, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, William Neil Sutherland, was 33 and his mother, Sybilla Murray, was 31. He died in 1890, in Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 21, and was buried in Earltown Village Cemetery, Earltown, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- W_m N. Sutherland in household of William Sutherland, "Canada Census, 1881"
- William Neil Sutherland, "Find A Grave Index"
- William N Sutherland in household of William Sutherland, "Canada Census, 1871"
Parents and Siblings
1836–1919 Male
1838–1916 Female
Siblings (5)
1861–1885 Female
1865–1938 Female
1866–1896 Female
1869–1890 Male
1880– Female
World Events (2)
1869
Age 0
1871
Age 2
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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