Esther Sutherland1

ID#4558, (22 December 1862 - 10 January 1942)
Esther Sutherland|b. 22 Dec 1862\nd. 10 Jan 1942|p4558.htm|Alexander Sutherland|b. 11 Jan 1842\nd. 10 Apr 1915||Catherine Bain|b. 4 Dec 1841\nd. 1 Jun 1904|p4257.htm|Alexander Sutherland|b. 7 May 1811\nd. 7 Dec 1882||Catherine Henderson|b. 30 Nov 1811\nd. 6 Mar 1891||Donald Bain|b. 13 Dec 1806\nd. 4 Mar 1892|p1830.htm|Margaret Taylor|b. 11 Feb 1802\nd. 12 Dec 1861|p1831.htm|
FatherAlexander Sutherland1 b. 11 Jan 1842, d. 10 Apr 1915
MotherCatherine Bain b. 4 Dec 1841, d. 1 Jun 1904; The identification of Cath Bain mother of Esther (with Alexander Sutherland) as the same Catherine Bain as the one with son Donald Bain or Gray is highly likely. Certainly Catherine was living in the right place (Dale, Halkirk) and Alexander was the brother of Catherine's brother's future wife, plus in the 1861 census, their respective houses were nearby. In 1871 Esther was living with Alexander's parents as their grandchild. The evidence between Esther and the Catherine, dtr of Donald Bain and Maggie Taylor is more circumstantial, although when Esther married in 1907, her mother Catherine was shown as deceased, which also fits2,1
ChartsBAIN
GRAY
TAYLOR
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Esther Sutherland was born on 22 Dec 1862 at Dale, Halkirk, CAI, SCT, place from igi which says 'Sutherland or Bain'. Birth cert: Esther Sutherland or Bain (illegitimate) born 22 Dec 1863, Dale, Halkirk to Catherine Bain and Alexander Sutherland. Cert adds Alexander, farm servant, not present.1
     Esther Sutherland married George Mackay, son of Robert Mackay and Mary MacKay, on 25 Sep 1907 in Thurso, CAI, SCT, Esther, 44, laundry maid Royal Hotel, Thurso, dtr of Alexander Sutherland, farm servant, and Catherine Bain, dec. George, 50, fisherman of 1 ?? Lane, Thurso, son of Robert Mackay and Mary m.s. Mackay, both dec. Wit: Andrew Docherty and Dorothy Macleod.3,2
     Esther Sutherland died on 10 Jan 1942 at 1 Sutherland Cottages, Thurso, CAI, SCT, at age 79; cert shows she was married to George MacKay, and the inf. was her nephew Richard MacPhail of 6 Smith Tce, Thurso.3
     Esther Sutherland was also known as Esther Bain. In the census of 1871 Esther Sutherland was ?Sibster, Halkirk, CAI, SCT, in the household of Alexander Sutherland and Catherine Sutherland as granddtr of Alexander.4 Esther Sutherland appeared on the census of 1881 Sibster, Halkirk, CAI, SCT, in the household of Alexander Sutherland and Catherine Sutherland.5 By Sep 1907 Esther Sutherland was a laundry maid at the Royal Hotel, Thurso, CAI, SCT.2 Family stories say that her mother worked at "the big hoose."6

Family

George Mackay (excluded)
Last Edited17 Oct 2008

Citations

  1. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Bth cert 1862 (reg. 1863) Esther SUTHERLAND/BAIN, trans. Bobby B, May 2003, rechecked Mar 2004.
  2. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Mar. 1907 Esther SUTHERLAND or BAIN to George MacKAY, transcr. Bobby B, Apr 2004.
  3. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Dth 1942 Esther MACKAY, nee SUTHERLAND/BAIN, trans. Bobby B. Mar 2004.
  4. Letter, Robert B to Lorna Henderson, Jun 2003.
  5. Census, 1881 UK census CD-ROM, FHL Film 0203400 GRO Ref Volume 037 EnumDist 4 Page 5 extracted Dec 2002.
  6. John H SUTHERLAND, "EM SUTHERLAND, Alexander ex John H, York," e-mail to L McIntosh (1), Rcvd Feb 2004.

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