Brief Life History of Archibald
When Archibald Sinclair was born in 1878, in Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Sinclair, was 28 and his mother, Catherine McNaughton, was 28.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Archd Sinclair in household of Malcolm C Mcphail, "Scotland Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Archibald Sinclair - Government record: birth-name: Archibald Sinclair
Parents and Siblings
1850–1881 Male
1850– Female
Siblings (4)
1869– Female
1872– Female
1878– Male
1880– Male
World Events (8)
1878 · Collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank.
Age 0
1884
Age 6
1913 · Leith dockers strike 1913
Age 35
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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