Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Sinclair was born on 20 October 1793, in Cascumpec, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, her father, John S. Sinclair, was 23 and her mother, Rachel Mackay, was 11. She married Robert Gordon about 1813, in Prince Edward Island, Canada. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lot 6, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1881. She died on 9 April 1881, in Lot 5, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, at the age of 87, and was buried in Old Dock Presbyterian Cemetery, Alberton, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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- Margrit Gordon in household of Archibald Gordon, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Margaret Sinclair Gordon, "Find A Grave Index"
- Pegy Sinclair in entry for William Gordon, "Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885"
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1843
Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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