Margaret Sinclair (1809–1885) • FamilySearch

Margaret Sinclair

28 January 1809–18 March 1885 (Age 76)
Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life 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, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 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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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

James Crawford

1807–1853

Margaret Sinclair

1809–1885

Marriage: 15 March 1828

Samuel Sinclair Crawford

1829–1893

Margaret Crawford

1844–

James S. Crawford Jr

1830–1922

Neil Crawford

1830–

Janet Crawford

1833–

John Crawford

1833–1895

John Crawford

1833–

Mary Crawford

1836–

David Crawford

1838–

William Crawford

1840–

Alexander Crawford

1840–

Isabella Crawford

1846–

John S. Crawford

1846–

Sarah Crawford

1846–

Agnes Crawford

1848–

Spouse and Children

James Crawford

Male1807–1853Male

Margaret Sinclair

Female1809–1885Female

MARRIAGE
15 March 1828
Gorbals, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

children

(15)

Samuel Sinclair Crawford

Male1829–1893Male

James S. Crawford Jr

Male1830–1922Male

Neil Crawford

Male1830–Male

Janet Crawford

Female1833–Female

John Crawford

Male1833–1895Male

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Parents and Siblings

Colin Sinclair

Male1788–1850Male

Mary Fluker

Female1788–Female

siblings

(4)

Niel Sinclair

Male1809–Male

Margaret Sinclair

Female1809–1885Female

John Sinclair

Male1811–1891Male

Mary Sinclair

Female1816–Female

World Events (8)

1811 · The Tron Riot

Age 2

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

Age 6

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Age 21

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

Sinclair

Margaret

1 Scottish (of Norman origin): name of a powerful Scottish clan, originally a habitational name from Saint-Clair-sur-Elle in La Manche or Saint-Clairl’Évêque in Calvados, so called from the dedication of their churches to St. Clarus ( see Clare 3).2 Jewish: Americanized form of some like-sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname.

Possible Related Names

Clare

Klar

Sources (3)

Margaret in entry for John Crawford and Catherine Ragan, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Margaret in entry for John S. Crawford and Frances Choudrick, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
Margaret S. in entry for James Crawford and Sarah E. Seaward, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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