From the Heritage Mississauga website: Born in Armagh, Ireland, Edward Sutherland went to Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and first served with the 102nd Regiment of Foot. He spent four years in Bermuda and North America with the Regiment and was put on half pay from 1818 to1824. During this time, it is believed that he took a walking and sketching trip across Europe. He later served again in Bermuda and North America with the 92nd Regiment of Foot between 1824 and 1829. On July 6th , 1826, Edward Sutherland married Christiana Coffin in Plymouth. In 1833 he was appointed Town Major in Cape Breton.
We know that in 1836, Captain Sutherland visited the Clarkson area, for the trials of this trip were related in the newspaper Toronto Courier. Captain Sutherland had taken his steamer, The Traveller, through 15 miles of 2 inch thick ice from Niagra on route. It was necessary for the party to stop in the middle of Lake Ontario to inspect the ship and the Captain and crew walked around on the ice during the inspection (The Story of Port Credit, Betty Clarkson). This trip may have inspired Captain Sutherland as twenty years later he moved to Clarkson with his seven children; his wife had died four years earlier in 1852. Edward purchased "Bush's Inn", a former inn and coach house, and renamed it "Woodburn". The house still stand on Clarkson Road South. It was here that he first introduced both strawberry and raspberry cultivation to the area. Clarkson would eventually become the "Strawberry Capital of Ontario".
The commercial success of fruit farming in Clarkson expanded throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1915, a sign was erected at the Clarkson Railway Station that stated, " Through this station passes more strawberries than any other station in Ontario". Edward was an accomplished artist; in Russell's "Early Engravers in Canada" he is described as a 'Topographical Water Colour artist who exhibited mainly marines and coastal landscapes'. Edward, who may have been given artistic training while in the military, was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists from 1872-5, and exhibited with the society in 1873.
Many of Edward's children were artistic as well. His daughter, Fanny Sutherland, was a Royal Canadian Artist who mostly painted portraits and court scenes. A portrait of Lucy Harris painted by Fanny Sutherland is on display at Benares Historic House. The Sutherland family was connected to the Harrises of Benares as Christiana Sutherland, the daughter of Edward and Christiana, was the mother of Mary Magrath. Mary Magrath married Arthur Harris in 1881. As a gift, Edward painted a landscape that include a tree with the initials of the Arthur and Mary. Edward died at his daughter Isobel's home in California in 1885
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sutherland-1037
https://www.watercolourworld.org/painting/view-sydney-cape-breton-hardwood-hill-tww02ac9e
We know that in 1836, Captain Sutherland visited the Clarkson area, for the trials of this trip were related in the newspaper Toronto Courier. Captain Sutherland had taken his steamer, The Traveller, through 15 miles of 2 inch thick ice from Niagra on route. It was necessary for the party to stop in the middle of Lake Ontario to inspect the ship and the Captain and crew walked around on the ice during the inspection (The Story of Port Credit, Betty Clarkson). This trip may have inspired Captain Sutherland as twenty years later he moved to Clarkson with his seven children; his wife had died four years earlier in 1852. Edward purchased "Bush's Inn", a former inn and coach house, and renamed it "Woodburn". The house still stand on Clarkson Road South. It was here that he first introduced both strawberry and raspberry cultivation to the area. Clarkson would eventually become the "Strawberry Capital of Ontario".
The commercial success of fruit farming in Clarkson expanded throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1915, a sign was erected at the Clarkson Railway Station that stated, " Through this station passes more strawberries than any other station in Ontario". Edward was an accomplished artist; in Russell's "Early Engravers in Canada" he is described as a 'Topographical Water Colour artist who exhibited mainly marines and coastal landscapes'. Edward, who may have been given artistic training while in the military, was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists from 1872-5, and exhibited with the society in 1873.
Many of Edward's children were artistic as well. His daughter, Fanny Sutherland, was a Royal Canadian Artist who mostly painted portraits and court scenes. A portrait of Lucy Harris painted by Fanny Sutherland is on display at Benares Historic House. The Sutherland family was connected to the Harrises of Benares as Christiana Sutherland, the daughter of Edward and Christiana, was the mother of Mary Magrath. Mary Magrath married Arthur Harris in 1881. As a gift, Edward painted a landscape that include a tree with the initials of the Arthur and Mary. Edward died at his daughter Isobel's home in California in 1885
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sutherland-1037
https://www.watercolourworld.org/painting/view-sydney-cape-breton-hardwood-hill-tww02ac9e
From the Heritage Mississauga website: Born in Armagh, Ireland, Edward Sutherland went to Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and first served with the 102nd Regiment of Foot. He spent four years in Bermuda and North America with the Regiment and was put on half pay from 1818 to1824. During this time, it is believed that he took a walking and sketching trip across Europe. He later served again in Bermuda and North America with the 92nd Regiment of Foot between 1824 and 1829. On July 6th , 1826, Edward Sutherland married Christiana Coffin in Plymouth. In 1833 he was appointed Town Major in Cape Breton.
We know that in 1836, Captain Sutherland visited the Clarkson area, for the trials of this trip were related in the newspaper Toronto Courier. Captain Sutherland had taken his steamer, The Traveller, through 15 miles of 2 inch thick ice from Niagra on route. It was necessary for the party to stop in the middle of Lake Ontario to inspect the ship and the Captain and crew walked around on the ice during the inspection (The Story of Port Credit, Betty Clarkson). This trip may have inspired Captain Sutherland as twenty years later he moved to Clarkson with his seven children; his wife had died four years earlier in 1852. Edward purchased "Bush's Inn", a former inn and coach house, and renamed it "Woodburn". The house still stand on Clarkson Road South. It was here that he first introduced both strawberry and raspberry cultivation to the area. Clarkson would eventually become the "Strawberry Capital of Ontario".
The commercial success of fruit farming in Clarkson expanded throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1915, a sign was erected at the Clarkson Railway Station that stated, " Through this station passes more strawberries than any other station in Ontario". Edward was an accomplished artist; in Russell's "Early Engravers in Canada" he is described as a 'Topographical Water Colour artist who exhibited mainly marines and coastal landscapes'. Edward, who may have been given artistic training while in the military, was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists from 1872-5, and exhibited with the society in 1873.
Many of Edward's children were artistic as well. His daughter, Fanny Sutherland, was a Royal Canadian Artist who mostly painted portraits and court scenes. A portrait of Lucy Harris painted by Fanny Sutherland is on display at Benares Historic House. The Sutherland family was connected to the Harrises of Benares as Christiana Sutherland, the daughter of Edward and Christiana, was the mother of Mary Magrath. Mary Magrath married Arthur Harris in 1881. As a gift, Edward painted a landscape that include a tree with the initials of the Arthur and Mary. Edward died at his daughter Isobel's home in California in 1885
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sutherland-1037
https://www.watercolourworld.org/painting/view-sydney-cape-breton-hardwood-hill-tww02ac9e
We know that in 1836, Captain Sutherland visited the Clarkson area, for the trials of this trip were related in the newspaper Toronto Courier. Captain Sutherland had taken his steamer, The Traveller, through 15 miles of 2 inch thick ice from Niagra on route. It was necessary for the party to stop in the middle of Lake Ontario to inspect the ship and the Captain and crew walked around on the ice during the inspection (The Story of Port Credit, Betty Clarkson). This trip may have inspired Captain Sutherland as twenty years later he moved to Clarkson with his seven children; his wife had died four years earlier in 1852. Edward purchased "Bush's Inn", a former inn and coach house, and renamed it "Woodburn". The house still stand on Clarkson Road South. It was here that he first introduced both strawberry and raspberry cultivation to the area. Clarkson would eventually become the "Strawberry Capital of Ontario".
The commercial success of fruit farming in Clarkson expanded throughout the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1915, a sign was erected at the Clarkson Railway Station that stated, " Through this station passes more strawberries than any other station in Ontario". Edward was an accomplished artist; in Russell's "Early Engravers in Canada" he is described as a 'Topographical Water Colour artist who exhibited mainly marines and coastal landscapes'. Edward, who may have been given artistic training while in the military, was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists from 1872-5, and exhibited with the society in 1873.
Many of Edward's children were artistic as well. His daughter, Fanny Sutherland, was a Royal Canadian Artist who mostly painted portraits and court scenes. A portrait of Lucy Harris painted by Fanny Sutherland is on display at Benares Historic House. The Sutherland family was connected to the Harrises of Benares as Christiana Sutherland, the daughter of Edward and Christiana, was the mother of Mary Magrath. Mary Magrath married Arthur Harris in 1881. As a gift, Edward painted a landscape that include a tree with the initials of the Arthur and Mary. Edward died at his daughter Isobel's home in California in 1885
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sutherland-1037
https://www.watercolourworld.org/painting/view-sydney-cape-breton-hardwood-hill-tww02ac9e
Gravesite Details
Major Edward B Sutherland is buried on top of the hill behind the Milburn family home in Pozo, CA. There is a cement marker made by Edward's great-grandson Ralph Milburn, marking the spot.
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