William Neil Sutherland

Male1869–1890

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

William Neil Sutherland
1836–1919
Sybilla Murray
1838–1916
Christiana Sutherland
1861–1885
Hughina Bella A. Sutherland
1865–1938
Margaret Sutherland
1866–1896
William Neil Sutherland
1869–1890
Cassie B. Munroe
1880–

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"

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World Events (2)

1869

Age 0

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1871

Age 2

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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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