Portrait of Elizabeth Jane Sutherland (née Johnston), first president of the Stroud Women's Institute, from Stroud Tweedsmuir History, volume 4. The photo was taken c. 1920. Elizabeth Jane and her husband Robert Alexander had eight children, all born on their family farm. Grandfather John Johnston cleared the farm - all but 5 acres out of 100 acres - until 1944, when sale took place. Jean (later Jean Hand) was youngest of 5 boys, 3 girls. Their children were William, Donald, Agnes, Wilfred, Margaret, Gordon, Fraser, and Jean. Daughter Margaret (later Mrs. Andrew) lived in Maple (1976). Son Fraser married Bernice Margaret Jennet of Thornton (daughter of Miller and Elizabeth Jenett). Fraser and Bernice operated a dairy farm on the north half of lot 14, concession 9 before selling the farm in 1993 and retiring. They had four sons: Colin, John, Gordon, and Robert. Mrs. Jean Sutherland (born 29 October 1869) died on 8 October 1946.
