Brief Life History of Charles SINCLAIR
When Sen Charles SINCLAIR Weeks was born on 15 June 1893, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Wingate Weeks, was 33 and his mother, Martha A. Sinclair, was 38. He married Beatrice Dowse on 4 December 1915, in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lancaster, Coös, New Hampshire, United States in 1972. He died on 7 February 1972, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, Coös, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Saint Charles Weeks, "United States Census, 1920"
- Charles Sinclair Weeks, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Charles Sinclair Weeks, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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Name Meaning
English: variant of Wicks .
Americanized form of Norwegian and Swedish Vik .
History: This surname was brought to North America independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest on record is Leonard Weeks, who emigrated from Somerset, England, to Portsmouth, NH, some time before 1656. — William Weeks, recorded in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, MA, from 1653 onward, was probably a cousin or other relative of the John Wickes mentioned at Wickes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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