Hi Christine. Thanks for you timely response. > I am wondering if your family came from Clunell, > Lairg? All of the information that we have spells 'Clunell' as Cloenel. I am certain that it is the same place. > Janet and Donald married in Lairg on 14 March 1800. The children shown in the > register for them are: William, 21 February 1804; John, 22 June 1806; Hugh, > 22 August 1809; John, 15 March 1812; Roderick, 21 August 1814 and Donald, 12 > July 1817. These dates may be baptismal rather than birth. > The first John probably died as a baby. We also have a Jane, b. 1802, d. 1867 m. Donald Barclay. Also, we do not show a John and a Hugh, but rather a John Hugh, b. 1812, d. 1882, m. Eliz McDonald. > I am very interested in the marriage between James Sutherland and Ann > Gordon - did this take place in Sutherland? We have no information on the record of marriage for James and Ann Gordon. We have a reference of an earlier marriage for James to Catherine McDonald. James would have been 20 years old when they sailed to NS. What was the typical age of marriage back then? It is possible the marriage took place in Sutherland. Steve Sutherland Minneapolis, MN ICQ 6960958 AIM stevenpsut

Hello Steven No my family are not from Clunell. I did some work on Clunell while writing my Murray book. I just looked at the modern map of Lairg and believe it or not it is now written Claonel!! If you want to see where it is it is south west from Lairg just above Gruids. I have looked and do not see a marriage between James and Catherine McDonald. Men and women sometimes did marry young especially when they were about to emigrate. I think your John Hugh is the John, born 15 March 1812. There are very few children in the registers of Sutherland with a middle name. The earlier John probably died. It was quite normal to use the name again especially if it was a family name. I think there is every chance that the baby Hugh died also. I will keep your info close to hand and if I come up with anything further will be in touch. Christine -----Original Message----- From: Steven Sutherland [mailto:sksutherland@earthlink.net] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 2:09 PM To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: SUT- Sutherlands from Cloenel, Creich Parish, Sutherlandshire Hi Christine. Thanks for you timely response. > I am wondering if your family came from Clunell, > Lairg? All of the information that we have spells 'Clunell' as Cloenel. I am certain that it is the same place. > Janet and Donald married in Lairg on 14 March 1800. The children shown in the > register for them are: William, 21 February 1804; John, 22 June 1806; Hugh, > 22 August 1809; John, 15 March 1812; Roderick, 21 August 1814 and Donald, 12 > July 1817. These dates may be baptismal rather than birth. > The first John probably died as a baby. We also have a Jane, b. 1802, d. 1867 m. Donald Barclay. Also, we do not show a John and a Hugh, but rather a John Hugh, b. 1812, d. 1882, m. Eliz McDonald. > I am very interested in the marriage between James Sutherland and Ann > Gordon - did this take place in Sutherland? We have no information on the record of marriage for James and Ann Gordon. We have a reference of an earlier marriage for James to Catherine McDonald. James would have been 20 years old when they sailed to NS. What was the typical age of marriage back then? It is possible the marriage took place in Sutherland. Steve Sutherland Minneapolis, MN ICQ 6960958 AIM stevenpsut ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ ============================== Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.248 / Virus Database: 121 - Release Date: 4/11/01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.248 / Virus Database: 121 - Release Date: 4/11/01