The Quilietti Family

The story of a Scots Italian family

SUTHERLAND Donald 1833-1894 and Jane Gordon 1841-1891 – Great Grandparents

ALL DUE TO THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES exodus from the North

DONALD SUTHERLAND and JANE GORDON

great grandparents Donald Sutherland and Jane or Jeannie Gordon
In Elgin at 13 Batchen Street, Elgin Donald Sutherland, Manbeen, Elgin
to
JANE, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM GORDON, CROFTER, CARDEN, ALVES.
BATCHEN STREET 2020
Donald Sutherland
1833-1894
BIRTH 06 AUG 1833 Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
DEATH16 JAN 1894  16 Murano Place, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, 
great-grandfather of husband
marries on 26 April 1967
Jane [Jeannie] Elizabeth Gordon
1841-1891
BIRTH 20 APR 1841 Hillhead, Alves, Moray, Scotland
DEATH 18 NOV 1891 Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
great-grandmother of husband

They married the day before their eldest daughter Maggie was born.
They moved to Edinburgh where Donald found work as a Carter. Which was a different way of life from the Ploughman occupation he had when he married. They lived in and around the Leith area of the City

Their journey from Elgin down to Edinburgh was swift indeed with the clearances moving many families from the land.

We find Donald in 1851 still living with his parents at Levalnagown in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty.

1861 as a ploughman in Fearn, Ross and Cromarty, now having left the family.

1871 he is now married to Jane Gordon and has moved to Elgin residing at 8 West Back Street. Now a mason’s labourer.

1881 now in Leith in Quarry Hole Cottages see photograph below with his wife and growing family. His occupation now one of Carter.

1891 at 16 Murano Place in Leith and his occupation as Carter.

Jeannie Gordon seems to have been a colourful character

This was forwarded by cousin Sue Christie. A great find and we wonder what the whole story was. She seemed quite a lady. 42 Balfour Street was where Donald’s brother also lived.

CHILDREN of Donald Sutherland and Jane or Jeanie Gordon

1. MARGARET SUTHERLAND 1867-1912

Margaret Sutherland was born the day after her parents married in Elgin High Street on 27th April 1867. She married William Rennie 1864-1933 in the year 1899 in Edinburgh.
After their marriage they lived in the tenement 9 Greenside Place, where the Brattesani and Quilietti family were also.
William had been a stable boy ten years earlier and now he was a Carter.
They had several children,
ISABELLA RENNIE,
LOUISA RENNIE,
LEWIS RENNIE,
DAVID RENNIE
and ANNE or ANNIE RENNIE.

2. DAVID SUTHERLAND 1868-1926

LOVELY family portrait of David with his wife Mary Gordon Culbart 1872-1929. They married in 1890 at 3 Lorne Terrace in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh. They moved to Morrison Street and he found work as a Boot Riveter.
LOVELY family portrait of David with his wife Mary Gordon Culbart 1872-1929.

They married in 1890 at 3 Lorne Terrace in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh.
They moved to Morrison Street and he found work as a Boot Riveter.
Their children came along
JAMES SUTHERLAND 1891-1918,
JANE GORDON SUTHERLAND 1892-1906,
ELLEN BEATTIE SUTHERLAND 1893-1991.
EUPHEMIA CREASE SUTHERLAND 1898-1989.
DOROTHEA or DORA CULBERD SCOTT SUTHERLAND 1900-1984
LOVELY family portrait of David with his wife Mary Gordon Culbart 1872-1929. They married in 1890 at 3 Lorne Terrace in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh. They moved to Morrison Street and he found work as a Boot Riveter.
LOVELY family portrait of David with his wife Mary Gordon Culbart 1872-1929.

They married in 1890 at 3 Lorne Terrace in Abbeyhill, Edinburgh.
They moved to Morrison Street and he found work as a Boot Riveter.
Their children came along
JAMES SUTHERLAND 1891-1918,
JANE GORDON SUTHERLAND 1892-1906,
ELLEN BEATTIE SUTHERLAND 1893-1991.
EUPHEMIA CREASE SUTHERLAND 1898-1989.
DOROTHEA or DORA CULBERD SCOTT SUTHERLAND 1900-1984

ISABELLA SUTHERLAND 1870-1933

Isabella was born on 14th November 1870 at 107 Back Street, Bishopsmill, Elgin.
1891 Scottish Census STILL LIVING WITH THE FAMILY. No further information available

JESSIE ANN SUTHERLAND 1872-1875

DIED as a young toddler in Orchardfield Lane in Leith.

WILLIAM SUTHERLAND 1874-1933

William married Margaret or Maggie Wilson. They married in 1908 in Dennison in Glasgow. He joined the Navy in I have no further information on this line
Ship’s manifest

JAMES SUTHERLAND 1877-1956 – direct line Grandfather

http://www.quilietti.com/sutherland-james-1877-1956/
JAMES SUTHERLAND married ELIZABETH COLEMAN 1891-1936 – SEE SEPARATE PAGE
1891 Scottish Census
James attended the Industrial School at Liberton where he served five years in the reformatory. He had initially been admonished for the break in and stealing a tweed suit.
TROUBLED TIME for the young James Sutherland.
his death in 1956 at 5 Gilchrist’s Entry, Greenside, Edinburgh. His late wife Elizabeth Coleman was of Irish descent. They had a large family.http://www.quilietti.com/sutherland-james-1877-1956/

JANE ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND 1878-1910

Jane married Russell John Hopkins and they moved to Ontario in Canada. She died young after having three children with Russell of whom only one survived and that was Albert John Sutherland Hopkins.
Her death on the extreme right. The document has an incorrect date of her birth. She was only 32

JESSIE SUTHERLAND 1881-1922

Jessie went on to marry James Griffin whose family lived in the Canongate area of the City. They were married in 1900. The 1901 census sees the couple living in the Canongate. Her occupation as Laundress. They in turn had four children before Jessie died in 1922

DONALD SUTHERLAND 1885 – UNKNOWN possibly Canada

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