Re: Are there French St. Clairs?

["Privateers" <Privateers@privateers.org>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Privateers <Privateers@Privateers.org>
To: <CMelahn@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: Are there French St. Clairs?


> there are a few St Clairs and Sinclair in Normandy and in Paris in Alsace
> there are Sinclairs that consider themselves German.  In olden days the
best
> German makes of Swords was a Sinclair and the type of basket hilt sword is
> called a "Sinclair" In the West Indies the prefered spelling is St Clair
in
> Port of Spain Trinidad St Clair is the best residential area most of the
St
> Clairs there are black but they consider themselves French Martiniqe has
> both St Clairs and Sinclair
some e-mails below
Archibald Sinclair  a;sinclair@wanadoo.fr   Saint th..., FR
             Archibald Sinclair  a.sinclair@wanadoo.fr   Saint Th..., FR
             Bret Sinclair  lordbretsinclair@hotmail....   NANTES, FR
             Catherine Sinclair  catherine.sinclair@wanado...   Revigny-...,
FR

             Jeffrey Sinclair  larkraven@wanadoo.fr   Oppede, FR
             Kenneth Sinclair  cults@yahoo.com   Limeil B..., FR
             Kenneth Sinclair  ken.sinclair@wanadoo.fr   Limeil-b..., FR
             Kenneth Sinclair  sebrof@msn.com   Limeil B..., FR
             Kenneth Sinclair  100675.751@compuserve.com   Limei..., FR
             M Sinclair  sinclair9@yahoo.com   edmonton, FR
             Michele Sinclair  michele.sinclair@wanadoo....   Paris, FR
             Patrick Sinclair  psinclair@wanadoo.fr   Villepre..., FR
             Patrick Sinclair  patsinc@hotmail.com   Montpell..., FR
             Paul Sinclair  psinc@msn.com   Angers, FR
             Paul Sinclair  paul.sinclair@wanadoo.fr   Angers, FR
             Paul Sinclair  paul.sinclair2@wanadoo.fr   Angers, FR
             Paul Sinclair  polery@hotmail.com   paris, FR
             Philippe Sinclair  labehottiere@msn.com   Brionne, FR
             Romain Sinclair  sinclair-international-ai...   Paris, FR
             Norman Sinclair-baines  100700.1137@compuserve.co...
Evran..., FR
 Merle St. Clair   meclair@yahoo.com    Paris, FR


>
> regards
>
> Sinclair
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CMelahn@aol.com>
> To: <sinclair@jump.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 6:41 AM
> Subject: Are there French St. Clairs?
>
>
> >
> > With our recent discussions of the St Clair sur Epte areas of France, I
> was
> > wondering, are there families in France today with the surname St.
Clair?
> > Does anyone know?  Any subscribed to this list?
> >
> > Beyond this, could someone provide an historical sketch of St. Clairs in
> > France?  Or perhaps the vast majority moved across the channel to
England
> and
> > Scotland, leaving few, if any, in Normandy?
> >
> > Finally, what about North America?  Any St. Clair descendants out there
> that
> > consider themselves French rather than Scottish or English?  I know I
have
> > seen references to St. Clairs that were considered French--one early
> settler
> > in Nebraska, for example.
> >
> > Best to all,
> > Chris
> > [ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@jump.net.
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>

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