Re: Washington State Sinclairs and reply to Annie Laurie

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osaltsandy@thurston.com I am going to try your own address so as not to
clutter up the whole Sinclair Net with our  cousin connection.  It was
exciting to hear of your complete list of our ancestors!!  I think you have
recieved the Westford info from others on the net but if not I could fill
it in, Sandy Alexander Sinclair of Olympia WA














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> From: Laurie Sinclair <laurie.sinclair@ucr.edu>
> To: sinclair@zilker.net
> Subject: Washington State Sinclairs
> Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 9:52 AM
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> Hi Sandy (Alexander) Sinclair!
> 
> My great grand father is Joseph Sinclair, who is (I think) the brother of
> your grandfather Alexander, which makes you and I "cousins!"  What
exactly
> is the get together in Westford?  I would love information on when,
where,
> etc.  Perhaps my family could attend!  I don't know if you got my recent
> e-mail about my lineage, but I will forward it to you later on in this
> e-mail.  This explains our relationship!
> 
> Also, Toni, how can I obtain a copy of "The Sinclairs of Roslin,
Caithness
> and Goshen?"  Is is a published book?  Also, is it the same publication
as
> the "The Descendants of Alexander in Shurery?"  I would be very
interested
> in obtaining a copy (or copies) since this is about my direct line. 
Thanks,
> 
> Sandy, here is my previous message forwarded:
> 
> My name is Annie Laurie Sinclair (after the scottish song), and I am new
to
> this list.  I have some family history that you may be able to use...
> 
> ...From Roslin in Scotland, a branch of the Sinclair family went to
> Caithness and it was from there that the Sinclairs came to Canada and the
> U.S.A. in 1818.  The family is identified as the Sinclairs of Shurery,
> which is the name of the place in Caithness from which they came.  The
head
> of the Caithness family had the title of Earl of Caithness.  James
> Sinclair, the 16th Earl died in New York in 1881, and John Sutherland
> Sinclair, the 17th Earl of Caithness, lived at, or had a ranch, called
> Berriedale at Lacota, North Dakota.  He was a member of the House of
> Representatives in the thirties.
> 
> My immediate family can conveniently be identified with the Sinclairs of
> Shurery, through William Sinclair of Shurery who was born in 1721.  He
had
> six children and his second son was Alexander, born February 16, 1759.
> 
> Alexander left Scotland in 1816 and sailed for America, landing in
Halifax,
> Nova Scotia.  In 1819 he moved with his family to Goshen, Nova Scotia. 
He
> died in 1841.  John, 2nd son of Alexander Sinclair, lived on a lot beside
> his father's.  He married Elizabeth MacKenzie in 1825 and they had the
> following children:
> 
> Alexander, born Oct. 23, 1826 -(Sandy, is this your grandfather?)
> William,      "	Nov. 5, 1828
> John-Thomas   "	Aug. 11, 1830
> Robert Angus  "	July 4, 1832
> Daniel        "	May 17, 1834
> Simon         " May 8, 1836
> James         " June 9, 1838
> Hugh-Kenneth  " Oct 17, 1840
> Isabel        " Feb. 10, 1843
> Ebenezer      " June 9, 1845
> Joseph        " May 28, 1847
> Henry         " Mar. 12, 1851
> 
> Joseph, 10th son of John Sinclair married, in May, 1877, Jessie M.
Forbes.
> They had four children:  Kirtley, John William Eldridge, Gertude and
Karl.
> Joseph Sinclair moved to Yakima, Washington in 1879.  He was a
> lieutenant-colonel in the army.  He died in 1895.
> 
> John W. E. Sinclair, the 2nd son of Joseph, married Una Dell Davidson May
> 22, 1910.  They had two children, Edith, and Eldridge Wayne, who is my
> father!
> My father is married to Joan (Gillison) Sinclair, and they live here in
> Riverside, California.  My two sisters live in Los Angeles. My brother,
> Eldridge Wayne Sinclair Jr. passed away (car accident) in 1986, but left
> one more Sinclair descendant, Jessica, born in January 1987.
> 
> A. Laurie Sinclair
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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