I have written about Nellie in my other genealogy blog https://www.sutherland-swla.com . Her father, Isaac Sutherland, was one of the younger sons in a large Midwestern family. The Sutherlands had followed the frontier in the years after the Louisiana Purchase. They drove oxen from New York state to Indiana, then on to Illinois, and finally […]
Tag: Forgotten Children
Forgotten Children: Carrie McCann (1898-1913)
Mom always loved to list off the names of all of her aunts and uncles on her father’s side of the family. She knew their names and ages and spouses and all of her first cousins. But there was one name that was never mentioned. In fact, I don’t know if she knew of her […]