Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Sinclair was born on 28 February 1897, in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Sinclair, was 38 and his mother, Mary McGregor, was 27. He died in 1897, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Peter Sinclair - Government record: birth-name: Peter Sinclair
Parents and Siblings
1858– Male
1871–1898 Female
Siblings (3)
1889– Female
1893– Female
1897–1897 Male
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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