Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Sinclair was born on 28 January 1809, in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Colin Sinclair, was 20 and her mother, Mary Fluker, was 20. She married James Crawford on 15 March 1828, in Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1809 and Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. She died on 18 March 1885, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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- Margaret Crawford in household of James Crawford, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Margaret Sinclar, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Sinclair, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1811 · The Tron Riot
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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