Sutherland Family, Sandside, Graemsay, Orkney - Circa 1904
From left to right:
Standing: Catherine, Samuel, Agnes, James, Hughina, Daniel, Henrietta
Sitting: Isabella Ann, Samuel, Mary (nee Lyon), Mary
Front: Clara, Betsy, Jane-Anne
| Young people in photograph | Married partners in future | Children from the marriages | Where they lived in future | Occupation of male partner |
| Catherine | Magnus Ritch from Windywalls, Graemsay | Agnes; Leslie; Samuel; Gladys; Irene | Bay View, Stromness, Orkney | Captain - Merchant Navy |
| Samuel | Hilda Gladys from Newcastle | Donald; Sheila; Gloria; +1? | Newcastle | Ship's carpenter |
| Agnes "Addie" | Jim Johnstone from Longhope, Orkney | Cameron; Gordon; Dennis | Canada - mid? | Joiner |
| James | Minnie Scott from Harray, Orkney | Donald | Australia - east side | Dentist |
| Hughena - worked in munitions in war | Danny Anderson from Harray area, Orkney | No children - married late in life | Harray, Orkney | Tailor in Gorn's Kirkwall |
| Daniel | Liza Williamson from Shetland - lighthouse family | Margaret; Stuart; Laurence | Sandside Farm, Graemsay | Farmer |
| Henrietta | James Linklater from Fillets, Graemsay | Henrietta (Reta); Mary; Nora; Brenda; George; | Fillets, Graemsay | Farmer |
| Isabella Ann "Bella" | Charles Ritch from Wiindywalls, Graemsay | Charles; Anna | Sunnyside, Stronmess, Orkney | Captain - Merchant Navy |
| Parents: Samuel & Mary | Mary Lyon from Clett, Graemsay | Sandside, Graemsay | Farmer | |
| Mary "May" | William Ritch from Windywalls, Graemsay | Catherine; George; Clara; Elsie | Windywalls, Graemsay | Farmer |
| Clara | Isaac Mowat from Horn, Graemsay | Nancy | Horn, Graemsay | Farmer |
| Betsy | Hugh Thomson lighthouse keeper - 3rd generation | James Duncan (Duncan); Hugh | Lighthouses in Scotland - retired to Stromness | Lighthouse Keeper |
| Jane Ann | Not married | Sandside then Horn, Graemsay | Worked on farms | |
| Alexander Sutherland, brother of Samuel, and Wife Maggie Sinclair live in lower floors of Sandside house with 11 children!! Betsy; Alexina; Alexander; James?? | ||||
Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Harald Thomson for this information.