Born in Scotland in 1860, he came to Canada in 1880 but moved at some point to Chicago, Illinois. He returned to Canada in 1911 and worked in general contracting as proprietor of the Sutherland Construction Company until retirement around 1929-1930.
He was married twice, first to Jane Magee (c1862-1895) with whom he had two children: Catherine Linton Sutherland (1889-1977, wife of Clive Jeffrey Macleod) and John Nicholson Sutherland (1891-1987). With his second wife Helen Jane McIvor (1878-1958) he had three children: George McIvor Sutherland (1903-?), Helen Sutherland (1908-?), and Robert Nicholson Sutherland (1913-?). The family lived at 178 Cathedral (c1911), 115 Machray (c1916), and 38 Guelph Street.
He died at Santa Monica, California on 4 April 1943 and was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park at Glendale, California.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Sutherland Construction Company
Birth registrations [Catherine Linton Southerland, John Nicholson Sutherland], Cook County [Illinois] Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922, Ancestry.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Birth registration [Robert Nicholson Sutherland], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1916 and 1921 Canada censuses, Ancestry.
Marriage registration [Catherine Linton Sutherland, Clive Jeffery Macleod], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [John Nicholson Sutherland, Ruth Olive Heath], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 7 April 1943, page 15.
Obituary [Catherine Macleod], Winnipeg Free Press, 19 February 1977, page 50.
John Sutherland, FindAGrave.
Helen Jane Sutherland, FindAGrave.
We thank Larry Macleod for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 October 2023
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