Brief Life History of Marjory
When Marjory Sinclair was born on 22 April 1889, in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Sinclair, was 30 and her mother, Mary McGregor, was 19. She lived in Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1901.
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- Marjory Sinclair in household of James Sinclair, "Scotland Census, 1901"
- Legacy NFS Source: Marjory Sinclair - Government record: birth-name: Marjory Sinclair
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World Events (8)
1890 · Opening of the Forth Railway Bridge.
The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge across the Firth of Forth river in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of Edinburgh City Center. It is considered as a symbol of Scotland and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was opened on 4 March and was the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world until 1919. It is still in operation.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1924
First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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