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- Esther married James Sutherland a druggist in Glasgow in November 1855. In 1860 they had 2 children. In 1869 Mr. Southerland was in Cincinatti.
Esther Minto married James Sutherland 22 November 1855 Glasgow. He was the son of James Sutherland, builder, and Elizabeth McColl Sutherland. They had 5 children all born in Glasgow. About 1869 James Sutherland went to Cincinatti, Ohio and Esther, his wife, went there at some point. Hewever, she came back, apparently alone. (Unknown if the 5 children went to US)
The IGI says Birth: Sutherland, Thomasina May - born 1 May 1870, Glasgow, parents James Sutherland and Esther Minto
BIRTH GLASGOW: 1870: Born 1870 1st May, 5 AM, 24 Raglan Street, Glasgow, Thomasina May Sutherland, Illegitimate - Father: Thomas Sutherland, oil and colour merchant; Mother: Esther Minto, wife of James Sutherland, mercantile clerk who she states is not the father of the child and further that she did not see him from 22nd November 1868 to November 1869. Thomasina's parents - Esther Sutherland, mother and Thomas Sutherland, father - 19 St. James Street, Kingston, Glasgow. Thomas Sutherland was Esther's brother-in-law. He was 25 and 1871 and she was 40 - the stuff of a Victorian Melodrama.
DEATH: 1870 Glasgow: James Sutherland, coal master's clerk, married to Esther Minto, died 1870 6 August, 24 Raglan Street, Glasgow, poisoning by Sulphuric Acid - 5 hours (meaning it took 5 hours for him to die) - NO INQUEST HELD
Marriage 1871 Glasgow - this marriage was actually ILLEGAL - 1871 3rd May - Hopetoun Place, Glasgow - Thomas Sutherland, 28, commercial traveller, bachelor 40, married Esther Minto, 32, widow, (cousins-in-law) - William Robertson, minister - Witnesses Peter Ritchie and Maggie Ritchie
In 1871 you were not allowed to marry your dead brother's widow; they lied about their relationship and about their ages.
1871 Census Glasgow, St George's Parish, 35 Raglan St. - George Rollo, mason, and his wife, Christina, had adopted Thomasina (11 months old) - the Rollo's had a daughter, Charlotte aged 11, of their own. The Rollo's were neighbors of Esther's on Raglan Street and they appear to have taken Thomasina into their home. She was with them in 1881 when they were in Edinbugh and in 1891 when they were back in Glasgow. She was calling herself Thomasina S. Rollo and she was 21. Lost track of after 1891 Census.
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