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Margaret Fordyce Sutherland 1840 – 1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: BEF 10 JAN 1840

Birth Location: Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Death Date: 24 JUL 1920

Death Location: 11a St Magnus Street, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Father: Gilbert Sutherland

Mother: Bruce Morrison

Spouse(s): William Fordyce

Children(s): John Fordyce, William Fordyce, Alexander Fordyce, George Fordyce, Margaret Fordyce

In 1840, Margaret Fordyce Sutherland entered the world in Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland, born to Gilbert Sutherland and Bruce Morrison. Margaret Fordyce Sutherland married William Laurence Fordyce, and had children including John Robert Fordyce, William Fordyce, Alexander Brown Fordyce, George Clark Fordyce, Margaret Jane Stobbie Fordyce. Margaret Fordyce Sutherland passed away in 1920 in 11a St Magnus Street, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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  • In 1840, Margaret Fordyce Sutherland entered the world in Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland, born to Gilbert Sutherland and Bruce Morrison.
  • Margaret Fordyce Sutherland married William Laurence Fordyce, and had children including John Robert Fordyce, William Fordyce, Alexander Brown Fordyce, George Clark Fordyce, Margaret Jane Stobbie Fordyce.
  • Margaret Fordyce Sutherland passed away in 1920 in 11a St Magnus Street, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Margaret Sutherland's Ancestors

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Margaret Sutherland
1840 – 1920
Birth Place: Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Sutherland
1806 – 1865
Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Bruce Morrison
1806 – 1892
Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Grandparents
Gilbert Sutherland
1771 – 1856
Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Mary Nicolson
1776 – 1841
Cruster, Shetland Islands, Scotland
William Morrison
1760 – 1837
Shetland Islands, Scotland
Catherine Leask
1765 – 1836
Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Sutherland's Descendants

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Margaret (Fordyce) Sutherland (BEF 10 JAN 1840 – 24 JUL 1920) m. William (Laurence) Fordyce (6 FEB 1839 – 29 DEC 1909)
  1. 1. John (Robert) Fordyce (2 JAN 1875 – 11 JUL 1892)
  2. 2. William Fordyce (5 FEB 1877 – BEF 1977) m. Isabella (Collen) Kay (1882 – BEF 1982)
    1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Fordyce (23 NOV 1906 – BEF 2006)
  3. 3. Alexander (Brown) Fordyce (13 MAR 1879 – 22 JUL 1896)
  4. 4. George (Clark) Fordyce (30 JUL 1881 – 10 FEB 1956) m. Sarah (Helen) Paton (7 JAN 1885 – 2 JAN 1917) m. Grace Robertson (20 MAR 1884 – AFT 1956)
    1. 1. Margaret (Williamina) Fordyce (11 DEC 1906 – BEF 2006)
    2. 2. Helen (Jane) Fordyce (25 JAN 1908 – 3 FEB 1965) m. Andrew Smith (27 JUN 1915 – 18 SEP 1985)
      1. 1. Alan (Fordyce) Smith (27 AUG 1948 – ) m. Caroline (Grace) Gifford (30 JAN 1954 – )
        1. 1. Ian Smith (1974 – )
        2. 2. Brian Smith (1977 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Fordyce (4 AUG 1910 – 30 OCT 1996) m. Henry (Robert) Stuart (2 JUN 1908 – 1936)
      1. 1. Doreen (Fordyce) Stuart (14 JAN 1936 – ) m. William (Anderson) Pearson (1931 – )
        1. 1. Graham (William) Pearson (24 MAY 1961 – )
        2. 2. Roy (Stuart) Pearson (19 JUN 1964 – ) m. Sarah (Anne) MacKenzie (18 DEC 1962 – )
        3. 3. Carol Pearson (JAN 1969 – 16 DEC 1988)
    4. 4. Catherine (Sinclair) Fordyce (1 OCT 1913 – BEF 2013) m. William Pickford (ABT 1913 – BEF 1995)
      1. 1. George Pickford (AFT 1933 – 1995)
      2. 2. Kay Pickford (AFT 1934 – )
    5. 5. George Fordyce (19 MAR 1916 – 21 MAR 1916)
  5. 5. Margaret (Jane Stobbie) Fordyce (22 SEP 1884 – 16 JAN 1965) m. John (Thomas Williamson) Irvine (12 JUL 1877 – 4 JUL 1942)

Margaret Sutherland's Timeline

2 Records

1840
BEF 10 JAN 1840
Birth of Margaret Fordyce Sutherland in Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
1920
24 JUL 1920
Age 80
Death of Margaret Fordyce Sutherland in 11a St Magnus Street, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
11a St Magnus Street, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: BEF 10 JAN 1840
    Event Place: Brough, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 JUL 1920
    Event Place: 11a St Magnus Street, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland

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