When Mary Sinclair was born on 14 December 1787, in Unst, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Anthony Sinclair, was 24 and her mother, Andrina Paterson, was 22. She married Nichol Thomson on 8 December 1812, in Unst, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 13 October 1864, in her hometown, at the age of 76.
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The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
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Scottish and English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from Saint-Clair-sur-Elle (Manche), so called from the dedication of its church to Saint Clarus (see Clare 3).
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
History: The Scottish family Sinclair (see 1 above) came to southern Scotland in the twelfth century from Huntingdonshire with the de Morvilles. Descendants of these Sinclairs became earls of Caithness in the 15th century. The frequency of the surname in Caithness and Orkney is largely due to the adoption by tenants of the name of their overlord.
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