Sutherland, Mary Ann (1864–1948)

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Sutherland, Mary Ann (1864–1948)

New Zealand farmer and landowner. Name variations: Mary Ann Sinclair. Born Jan 29, 1864, at Pirinoa, southern Wairarapa, New Zealand; died Oct 21, 1948, in Featherston, New Zealand; dau. of Donald and Katherine (McCallum) Sinclair; m. Donald Sinclair Sutherland (shepherd), 1895 (died 1927); children: 3.

Purchased brother's share in Sinclair and Te Whaiti holdings, which included Whatarangi coastal station (late 1890s); inherited additional land from father (1914); accumulated and controlled additional vast holdings of land throughout area.

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 3).

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