The Sutherland Family

David Lyell Sutherland

Birth: 1884/5, in Pietermaritzburg, Natal

Married: Ruby Lawson in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Children:

Phyllis Agnes Sutherland (1915 - 1942)

Occupation: Clerk (South African Railways)

Death: 11 February 1949 at Entabeni Hospital, Ridge Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa, aged 64
The cause of death is listed as uraemia, myocarditis, hyperpiesia and broncho pneumonia, of duration 5 days.

Cremation: Stellawood crematorium, Durban, Natal, South Africa

Addresses:
1949: 100 Victoria Mansions, Esplanade, Durban, Natal (Natal Civil Records Deaths 1949 Durban film 007751210 image 434)

Sources:

Birth: Aged 64 at death in 1949 from death notice at Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1949 #506 film 007869132 image 621; place from death notice at Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1949 #506 film 007869132 image 621
Marriage: Death notice at Orange Free State Estate Files 1967 #1341 film 005198800 image 190 and Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1949 #506 film 007869132 image 621
Occupation: Death certificate at Natal Civil Records Deaths 1949 Durban film 007751210 image 434
Death: Death certificate at Natal Civil Records Deaths 1949 Durban film 007751210 image 434; death notice at Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1949 #506 film 007869132 image 621
Cremation: Death certificate at Natal Civil Records Deaths 1949 Durban film 007751210 image 434

Phyllis Agnes (Sutherland) Wright

Birth: 1915, in Transvaal, South Africa

Father: David Lyell Sutherland

Mother: Ruby (Lawson) Sutherland

Married: Norman Wright on 8 February 1941 in Durban, Natal, South Africa
Norman Wright is recorded as a bachelor, aged 25, born in the Transvaal. He is a switchboard attendant, resident at 40 Livingstone Avenue, Vereeniging. Phyllis Agnes Sutherland is recorded as a spinster, aged 25, born in the Transvaal. She is a clerk, resident at 9 Uleric Court, Rosettenville, Johannesburg. The marriage was witnessed by D. Wright and Dav. L. Sutherland.

Norman was born in 1915/6, in the Transvaal. He was a switchboard attendant in 1941, and in 1942 was employed by V. F. P. (Victoria Falls Power Company).
Addresses:
1941: 40 Livingstone Avenue, Vereeniging, Transvaal (Natal Civil Records Marriages 1941 Durban #4)

Occupation: Clerk

Death: 30 June 1942 at Joubert Park Nursing Home, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, aged 27
The cause of death is listed as cardiac failure, of duration two days, myomatous uterus of duration years and myomectomy post operative shock, of duration 5 days.

Burial: Braamfontein cemetery, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Addresses:
1941: 9 Uleric Court, Rosettenville, Johannesburg (Natal Civil Records Marriages 1941 Durban #4)
1942: 3 Jasmine Mansions, Vereeniging, Transvaal (Transvaal Probate Files 1942 #3032 film 007807180 image 1574)

Sources:

Birth: Aged 27 years and 3 months at death on 30 June 1942 from death notice at Transvaal Probate Files 1942 #3032 film 007807180 image 1574; place from Natal Civil Records Marriages 1941 Durban #4
Parents: Death notice at Transvaal Probate Files 1942 #3032 film 007807180 image 1574
Marriage: Natal Civil Records Marriages 1941 Durban #4; Norman birth from Natal Civil Records Marriages 1941 Durban #4; Norman occupation from Natal Civil Records Marriages 1941 Durban #4 and Transvaal Probate Files 1942 #3032 film 007807180 image 1574
Occupation: Natal Civil Records Marriages 1941 Durban #4
Death: Death certificate at Transvaal Civil Records Deaths 1942 Johannesburg $4981 film 007731538 image 1888; death notice at Transvaal Probate Files 1942 #3032 film 007807180 image 1574
Burial: Death certificate at Transvaal Civil Records Deaths 1942 Johannesburg $4981 film 007731538 image 1888

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