William was born in 1850

Sophia was born in 1853

William (1) shifted his blacksmith business from Bendigo to Quartzville

On January 22, Mr William Sutherland (1) married Miss Sophia Gordon. The Rev Benjamin Drake conducted the service in the house of John Marsh (late of Cornishtown) in Cromwell. This dwelling may have been the Bridge Hotel which John Marsh owned. The witneses were John Marsh, his wife Emma, and one of their twin daughters, Jane Elizabeth.

William (2) was born at Quartzville on 01 June 1875

William (2) enrolled at Bannockburn school on 13 September 1880

Sophia Sutherland died on 5 April 1884 at Quartzville at the age of 31 years. She is probably buried in Cromwell. There is no record of this, but William Sutherland (Snr) was buried in Cromwell in 1918, and a note in the records indictes the burial as a re-opening.

In April 1887, William (1) shifted his business from Quartzville to Doctors Flat in Bannockburn. Dwelling #111 was constructed for the Smithy, and dwelling #112 was constructed as the Smithy house.

William Sutherland (2) joined his father as a blacksmith at the age of 20 years.

William Sutherland (2) married Jane Ritchie in 1899

William (2) left his fathers business in 1901 and went to work as a dredge hand.

Wiliam Sutherland (1) sold his blacksmith business in dwelling #111 and the Smiths house #112 to William Price

William Sutherland (1) moved to dwelling #13 where he lived with his son William (2)

William Sutherland (1) died on 1 Jan 1918, aged 68 years. He is buried in the Cromwell cemetery. Cemetery records show the burial as a re-opening so Mrs Sophia Sutherland may have been buried in this plot in 1884, although there are no records of this.