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John Sinclair 1842 – 1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1842

Birth Location: Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland

Death Date: 13 June 1881

Death Location: Waverley, New Zealand

Father: James Sinclair

Mother: Annie Jackson

Spouse(s): Helen Cornwall

Children(s): Annie Sinclair, James Sinclair, Robert Sinclair

1842 marked the beginning of John Sinclair's life in Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland, to parents James Sinclair and Annie Jackson. Eventually, John Sinclair married Helen Eliza (Ellen) Cornwall, and they welcomed Annie Sinclair, James William Sinclair and Robert Giles Sinclair. John Sinclair passed in 1881 at Waverley, New Zealand.

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Parents

James Sinclair
1820 – 1857
Birth Location: Unst, Shetland, , Scotland
JS
Annie Jackson
1821 –
Birth Location: Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Helen Cornwall
1850 – 1932
Birth Location: Motueka, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand
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Children(s)

Annie Sinclair
1872 – 1943
Birth Location: Waverly, New Zealand
AS
James Sinclair
1875 – 1956
Birth Location: Waverley, New Zealand
JS
Robert Sinclair
1879 – 1943
Birth Location: Waverley, South Taranaki District, Taranaki, New Zealand
RS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1842
    Event Place: Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, 1851 Scotland Census, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Parish: Hoy and Graemsay; ED: 3; Page: 1; Line: 940; Year: 1841, Parish: Unst; ED: 1; Page: 3; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1851_3; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1872
    Event Place: New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1841
    Event Place: Hoy and Graemsay, Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Hoy and Graemsay; ED: 3; Page: 1; Line: 940; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1851
    Event Place: Unst, Shetland, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Unst; ED: 1; Page: 3; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1851_3; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 13 June 1881
    Event Place: Waverley, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Waverley, South Taranaki District, Taranaki, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
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