Duncan SINCLAIR of Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT 1793
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Descendants of: Duncan SINCLAIR And: Isabel McLAREN (1767-1855) Married: 16 Feb 1793 Dull, PER, SCT Children | |----- Elspit SINCLAIR | bp 13 Apr 1794 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | |----- John SINCLAIR | bp 10 Oct 1795 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | m 18 Mar 1821 Anne STEWART | d 1835 aged 40yrs | |----- Christian SINCLAIR | bp 1 Feb 1797 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | m 20 Feb 1831 Gregor McGREGOR | d 23 Dec 1857 Comrie, PER, SCT | bu Churchyard at Monzie, PER, SCT | |----- Janet SINCLAIR | bp 6 Nov 1798 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | Alive in 1855 aged 58yrs | |----- Elizabeth SINCLAIR | d 1825 aged 25yrs | |----- Donald SINCLAIR also known as Donald Sinclair McLAGAN | bp 13 Feb 1801 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | m 3 Nov 1832 Catherine ANDERSON | d 5 Jul 1858 Perthshire, Scotland | Of Ruthven House | |----- Isabel SINCLAIR | bp 24 Oct 1803 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | d 20 Feb 1882 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | bu 22 Feb 1882 Sinclair Family Cemetery, Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | |----- Duncan SINCLAIR | bp 11 Mar 1805 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | m 18 Dec 1831 Margaret McDONALD | Alive 1855 aged 49yrs | |----- Margaret SINCLAIR | bp 7 Mar 1808 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | Alive 1855 aged 48yrs | |----- Ewen (Hugh) SINCLAIR | bp 2 Mar 1810 Tullicuil, Dull, PER, SCT | m 29 Mar 1836 Agnes SPIERS | d 11 Nov 1871 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | bu Wainuiomata Family Cemetery, Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | |----- Catherine SINCLAIR b c1813 m 17 May 1840 John McDONALD Alive 1855 aged 42yrs
Descendants of:
John SINCLAIR (1795-1835) And: Anne STEWART dau of James STEWART Married: 18 Mar 1821 Logierait, PER, SCT Children | |----- Duncan SINCLAIR | b 14 Apr 1822 | bp 16 Apr 1822 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Ann SINCLAIR | b 2 Sep 1823 | bp 3 Sep 1823 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Isabella SINCLAIR | b 17 Jul 1825 | bp 22 Jul 1825 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Elizabeth SINCLAIR | b 26 Jul 1829 | bp 2 Aug 1829 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- John SINCLAIR | b 26 Feb 1833 | bp 15 Mar 1833 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Hugh Alexander SINCLAIR b 21 Aug 1835 bp 13 Sep 1835 Logierait, PER, SCT m 5 Jun 1874 Ann McSWAN
Descendants of:
Duncan SINCLAIR (1805-) And: Margaret MACDONALD (1806-) Married: 18 Dec 1831 Logierait, PER, SCT Children | |----- Duncan SINCLAIR | b 13 Nov 1832 | bp 20 Nov 1832 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Donald SINCLAIR | b 27 Oct 1834 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Isabella SINCLAIR | b 2 or 3 Aug 1836 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Peter SINCLAIR | b 30 Sep 1839 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Elisabeth SINCLAIR | b 31 Jan 1842 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- John SINCLAIR | b c1844 Logierait, PER, SCT | m Margaret | |----- Margaret SINCLAIR | b c1846 Logierait, PER, SCT | |----- Robert Hugh SINCLAIR b 30 Jun 1850 Logierait, PER, SCT
Descendants of:
Ewen (Hugh) SINCLAIR (1810-1871) And: Agnes SPIERS (1809-1878) Married: 29 Mar 1836 Edinburgh SCT Children | |----- Joseph Dickson SINCLAIR | b 24 Jan 1837 | bp 28 Feb 1837 Dundee, SCT | bu 13 Mar 1842 St Andrews, Cumberland, Sydney, NSW, AUS | |----- John SINCLAIR | b 11 Jun 1844 Wellington, NZ | m1 29 Jul 1868 Isabella WOOD | m2 2 Feb 1878 Louisa Henrietta Coendoz HILL | d 22 Jun 1925 Tauranga, BOP, NZ | bu 26 Jun 1925 Tauranga Presbyterian Cemetery, BOP, NZ | |----- Duncan SINCLAIR | b 19 Aug 1846 Lowry Bay, WTN, NZ | m 15 Sep 1872 Martha MOWLEM | d 20 Dec 1920 Tauranga, BOP, NZ | bu 22 Dec 1920 Tauranga Methodist, BOP, NZ | |----- Agnes SINCLAIR | b 19 Aug 1846 Lowry Bay, WTN, NZ | m 14 Feb 1868 John MOWLEM | d 4 Aug 1914 Palmerston North, MWT, NZ | bu 6 Aug 1914 Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North, MWT, NZ | Of Feilding aged 68yrs [Block 54 Plot 29] | |----- Elizabeth (Lizzie) SINCLAIR b Nov 1847 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ m1 24 Jan 1882 William ALEXANDER m2 1909 William MUNRO d 9 Nov 1919 Masterton, WRP, NZ | |--- John ALEXANDER | b 12 Feb 1883 | Of Sydney, NSW, AUS 1939 | |--- Hugh ALEXANDER b 26 Jul 1885
Descendants of:
Hugh Alexander SINCLAIR (1835-) And: Ann McSWAN b 1849 Stenish G., Rosshire Married: 5 Jun 1874 Ardersier, Inverness, SCT Children | |----- Lilly Ann SINCLAIR | b 1875 Ardersier, Inverness | |----- Isabella SINCLAIR | b 1878 Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |----- Donald McGregor SINCLAIR | b 1880 Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |----- Hugh SINCLAIR | b 1882 Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |----- William SINCLAIR | b 1884 Glasgow, Lanarkshire | |----- John SINCLAIR b 1889 Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Descendants of:
John SINCLAIR (1844-) And: Margaret Married: Children | |----- Annie SINCLAIR | b 1878 Monzie, PER, SCT | |----- Duncan SINCLAIR | b 1879 Monzie, PER, SCT | |----- Maggie McDonald SINCLAIR b 1882 Scone, PER, SCT
Descendants of:
John SINCLAIR (1844-1925) And: Isabel Jackson WOOD (1845-1875) Married: 29 Jul 1868 Children | |----- Catherine Elizabeth SINCLAIR b 7 Apr 1869 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ m 7 Jan 1896 Walter Lawrence Frederick CHAMBERS d 8 Oct 1957 Weir Crescent, Onerahi, NLD, NZ bu 10 Oct 1957 Onerahi Cemetery, NLD, NZ
Descendants of:
John SINCLAIR (1844-1925) And: Louisa Henrietta Coendoz HILL (1848-1937) Married: 2 Feb 1878 at residence of Rev. James PATERSON, The Terrace, Wellington, NZ Children | |----- Isabel Agnes SINCLAIR | b 14 Nov 1878 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | m 28 Jun 1900 Percy Knight WORTHINGTON | d 23 Mar 1934 Auckland, NZ | |----- John Hugh SINCLAIR | b 12 Feb 1880 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | d 19 Oct 1881 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | |----- Jeanne Spiers SINCLAIR | b 6 Mar 1881 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | m 16 Oct 1919 John Walter PEEK | cremated 20 Nov 1968 Tauranga, BOP, NZ | John: b 3 Aug 1888 Picton, MBH, NZ | |----- Tom Douglas SINCLAIR b 24 Apr 1882 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ m 17 Jan 1906 Gertrude Marcella McNAMARA d 12 Jun 1939
Descendants of:
Duncan SINCLAIR (1846-1920) And: Martha MOWLEM (1842-1935) Married: 15 Sep 1872 At the residence of Rev. James PATERSON, The Terrace, Wellington, NZ Children | |----- Hugh Gordon John SINCLAIR | b 31 Oct 1872 | m 1899 Martha Elizabeth CROFT | d Jul 1947 | |----- Duncan Henry Hibbs SINCLAIR | b 16 Oct 1874 Courtenay Place, Wellington, NZ | bu 1927 Te Puke Cemetery | Farmer, Te Puke | Also buried at Te Puke: James SINCLAIR 1918 & Mary M. SINCLAIR 1934 | | | |--- Roderick McLeod SINCLAIR | m 1939 Clarice Elsa MOULDEY | Clarice d c1984 | | |----- Agnes Martha SINCLAIR | b 15 Jan 1876 | m 1908 John LOUISSON | |----- Alice Maude SINCLAIR | b 18 Feb 1879 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | m 1911 Frederick Thomas D'ANVERS | |----- Edith May SINCLAIR | b 18 Feb 1879 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | m1 1900 Walter GRACE | m2 1926 Carl August BIERRE | |----- Norman Herbert Stanley SINCLAIR | b 29 Dec 1880 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | m 1914 Margaret Mary (Peg) HOLDEN | d 1960 | |----- Harold SINCLAIR | b 29 Dec 1880 Wainuiomata, WTN, NZ | |----- Leonard George Herston SINCLAIR b 1883 bu 25 Jun 1891 Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North, MWT, NZ [BLock 57 Plot 4]
Descendants of:
Hugh Gordon John SINCLAIR (1872-1947) And: Martha Elizabeth CROFT Married: 1898 Children | |----- Duncan Ewen MacLagan SINCLAIR | m Hazel Dorothy BOWATER | d 27 Aug 1979 | bu 27 Aug 1979 Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North, MWT, NZ | Ministry of Works overseer, 473 Church Street, aged 79yrs [Block 59 Plot 52] | Hazel: d 16 Jan 1972 | | | |--- Ewen MacLagan SINCLAIR | d 11 May 1979 | bu 15 May 1979 Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North | Surveyor, 5 Hardie Street, aged 52yrs | Area P Block 5 Plot 55 (Lawn) | | |----- Leonard George Herston SINCLAIR | b 11 Apr 1902 Ashurst, MWT, NZ | m 1929 Grace Tyrie McDOUGALL | d 10 Jan 1986 Waipu, NLD, NZ | Grace: Dau of Hugh McDOUGALL | | |----- Living
Alexander Turnbull Library MS 89-362 Bounty Immigration Index - photocopy of microfilm entry held in the correspondence papers of Christobel Grace Amuri Tunnington Additional observations added in brackets Name: Hugh SINCLAIR Occupation: Hotel Keeper (in Dundee - can manage stock) Religion: Presbyterian Age: 28 years last 5th March Read and Write: Yes (State of bodily health, strength and probable usefulness: Good health) Native Place: Parish of Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland Father: Duncan Henderson (*), Farmer same place Mother: Isabel McLERNE (Remarks: No complaints) (*) Hugh's father's name may well have been Duncan Henderson SINCLAIR Wife: Agnes SINCLAIR Occupation: Cook Religion: Presbyterian Age: 27 years - (in) August, 1838 Read and Write: Yes Native Place: Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland Father: James SPENE, innkeeper, same place (could read SPEIRS) Mother: Margaret RODGERS Children: Joseph Dickson SINCLAIR, 2 years on 24 Jan 1839 (State of bodily health, strength and probable usefulness: Very Good) Remarks: Engaged by Sir J. JAMISON, Regent Vilea Ship: Lady Kennaway 12 Aug 1838 Volume 7 Reel 2654 Name: Hugh SINCLAIR Native Place: Perthshire Occupation: Farm Overseer Age: 28 Marital Status: Wife aged 27 and one boy. Read and Write: Both Religion: Presbyterian Remarks: Engaged by Sir J. JAMISON of Regent Vilea for £80 per year with rations (Remarks: No complaints)
1841 Census Duntmine, Logierait, PER, SCT Janet SINCLAIR, 56yrs, Crofter, b Perthshire, SCT Mary SINCLAIR, 17yrs, b Perthshire, SCT John SINCLAIR, 15yrs, b Perthshire, SCT
1841 Census Duntmine, Logierait, PER, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, 35yrs, Farmer, b Perthshire, SCT Margaret SINCLAIR, 30yrs, b Perthshire, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, 8yrs, b Perthshire, SCT Bell SINCLAIR, 4yrs, b Perthshire, SCT Peter SINCLAIR, 1yr, b Perthshire, SCT Christy STEWART, 17yrs, Female servant, b Perthshire, SCT
1841 Census Wester Aberfeldy Bank Street, Logierait, PER, SCT Ann SINCLAIR, 35yrs, Lab, b Perthshire, SCT Isabella SINCLAIR, 15yrs, b Perthshire, SCT Elisabeth SINCLAIR, 10yrs, b Perthshire, SCT John SINCLAIR, 7yrs, b Perthshire, SCT Hugh SINCLAIR, 5yrs, b Perthshire, SCT
1851 Census 5 Duntruime?, Logierait, PER, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, Head, 45, Agricultural Labourer, b Dull, PER, SCT Margaret SINCLAIR, Wife, 44, Agricultural Labourer's wife, b Dull, PER, SCT Donald SINCLAIR, Son, 16, scholar, b Logierait, PER, SCT Belle SINCLAIR, Dau, 14, scholar, b Logierait, PER, SCT Peter SINCLAIR, Son, 12, scholar, b Logierait, PER, SCT Elisabeth SINCLAIR, Dau, 9, scholar, b Logierait, PER, SCT John SINCLAIR, Dau, 7, scholar, b Logierait, PER, SCT Margaret SINCLAIR, Dau, 5, b Logierait, PER, SCT Robert Hugh SINCLAIR, Son, 9mo, b Logierait, PER, SCT
1861 Census Index: Parkneuk, Collace, PER, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, Head, 56yrs, Farmer of 66 acres, b Dull, PER, SCT Margt SINCLAIR, Wife, 54yrs, Farmer's wife, b Dull, PER, SCT Isabella SINCLAIR, Dau, 21yrs, Domestic servant, b Logierait, PER, SCT John SINCLAIR, Son, 16yrs, Ploughman, b Logierait, PER, SCT Margaret SINCLAIR, Dau, 13yrs, Domestic servant, b Logierait, PER, SCT Robert SINCLAIR, Son, 10yrs, Scholar, b Logierait, PER, SCT
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 27 Jul 1864 To road contractors and sawyers. To be let by tender, the widening of four points on the Wainuiomata Hill Road. Also, the sawing of about twelve thousand feet of timber. Specifications to be seen at the house of Mr H. Sinclair, Wainuiomata Valley. Tenders to be addressed to the Chairman of the Wainuiomata Board of Wardens, and to be sent in not later than 11 o'clock a.m., on the 1st day of September next. Wainuiomata Valley 27 July 1864.
New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian 8 Mar 1865 To road contractors. Tenders will be received by the Wainuiomata Board of Wardens for the formation of two miles of new road down the Wainuiomata Valley, commencing at or near the Wainuiomata river and extending to the South. Contractors may either tender for one mile or the whole distance. Plans and specifications to be seen at the house of Mr H. Sinclair, Wainuiomata Valley. Tenders to be addressed to Mr Grace, Chairman of the Board, and sent in on or before Saturday, the 18th inst., by 12 o'clock, at noon. Also to be let by tender. The making of various portions of new road up Moore's Valley. Specifications to be seen at the house of Mr H. Sinclair. Tenders to be addressed as above. Wainuiomata Valley 4th March 1865.
Evening Post 30 Aug 1865 p3 Public Notice, Crown Lands Office, Wellington 30th August 1865. Notice is hereby given, that the Block of Land contained within the following boundaries, viz:- North, by John Sheerin's selection of 60 acres, by D. Hughey's and E. and J. Russells' applications for 5s land in the Hutt District, and by Sections Nos. 63, 55, 37 and 35, in the Upper Mungaroa Block; East, by a line from Section No. 35, Upper Mungaroa Block, to Section No. 73, Wainuiomata District; South-west, by land purchased by H. Sinclair, and thence by a line to the eastern boundary of Section No. 3, Lowry Bay; and West, by the boundary of W. Fitzherbert's selections, and by Section No. 42, Hutt District, excepting Sections Nos. 28,29,30,31,32 and 33, Wainuiomata District - will be open for purchase and selection at this office on and after Wednesday, the 27th day of September next, under the Land Regulations of the Province of Wellington. A plan of the land is open for inspection at this office. Wm. Holmes, For the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Evening Post 15 Oct 1867 p2 Mr G. H. Vennell held a land sale today at the stores of Mr Edward Pearce, and disposed of the following property. A block of land in the Wainuiomata District, containing 300 acres, to Mr Sinclair for 700 pounds. An acre on Tinakori Road, with dwelling-house thereon, fenced in, was purchased by Mr Sinclair for 525 pounds; and Mr Cattle bought 1808 acres in the Rangitumu Block, Wairarapa, at the rate of 5s 6d per acre.
Evening Post 15 Feb 1868 p2 Mr Charles O'Neill, C.E., returned on Wednesday from an exploration of a line for the Wairarapa railway by the Wainuiomata. It having been reported to the committee that a line by this route would be easier, shorter, and less expensive than by any other route, they immediately gave instructions to have the same examined and reported upon, and we consider that the committee acted wisely in taking the steps, for certainly it is satisfactory to know that they are most anxious that the best line shall be chosen between Wellington and the Wairarapa Districts. As Mr O'Neill is busy preparing plans and sections of the line just explored, his report will not be laid before the committee for a day or two, but we have gathered that although some parts of the line will be comparatively easy, other parts will be very expensive. The report, however, will show the details of the whole line. Mr O'Neill was accompanied by Mr Sinclair, an old settler in the Wainuiomata, and who kindly volunteered to pioneer the way. The party left Mr Sinclair's house on Thursday, 6th inst., and got to Mr Burling's at Lake Wairarapa on Sunday evening, where they were very hospitably received by Mr Burling. On Monday the distance from Mr Burling's to Featherston was measured for the purpose of completing the whole length. We think the committee will now come to a decision about the route, and at once proceed with the surveys of the whole line, for the season is fast passing on, and the sooner we have the plans ready to send home the sooner will we have the capital raised, we therefore trust the committee will not lose a day in getting in the subscriptions for the survey, as the people look to them to be in earnest in the matter.
Daily Southern Cross 31 May 1869 p3 Dr Hector, who visited the Wainuiomata Valley, Wellington, on Saturday, May 22, informs the Independent that Messrs Sinclair and Grace have succeeded in discovering what they believe to be the reef which is the source of the specimens which have from time to time been picked from the bed of the stream and sent to the Museum for analysis, one of which yielded notable traces of gold. The reef is of blue quartz, full of mundic, and weathering to a rusty rotten quartz that looks promising. It has been found on the slope of the hill in such a position as to preclude the idea of it being only a loose block.
Evening Post 5 Jun 1869 p4 The same journal says [the Independent], with reference to the late discovery of detached quartz boulders in the Wainuiomata Valley, that, since then, a main reef has been discovered in the vicinity of Orongorongo. A number of specimens have been brought into town and given to Dr Hector, for analysis. The result has not yet been ascertained. The Doctor and some friends, accompanied by J. C. Crawford, Esq., will proceed to the valley to day to inspect the locality. We may say that this reef is not in the immediate vicinity of that previously tested. This is in the Orongorongo Valley, well up in the mountain gorge, while the other was near Mr Sinclair's residence.
Evening Post 18 Aug 1869 p3 The United Tradesman's Gold Mining Company (Registered) I, the undersigned William James, hereby make application to register the United Tradesman's Gold Mining Company (Registered) under the provisions of the Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865; and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is to the best of my belief and knowledge true in every particular, namely:- 1. The name and style of the company is the "United Tradesman's Gold Mining Company (Registered)". 2. The place of intended operations is at Wainuiomata, in the Province of Wellington. 3. The nominal capital of the company is 180 pounds, in 18 eighteen shares of ten pounds each. 4. The amount paid up is thirty nine pounds. 5. The name of the Manager is William James. 6. The office of the company is at Lambton Quay, in the City of Wellington. 7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:= Residents of Wellington holding 1 share: Edwin Hillard Crease, William James, George Denton, William McLean, Thomas John Mountain, James Barlow, James Barber, Benjamin Poulson, Thomas Whitehouse, Charles E. W. Willeston, James M. Batham, John Richards, George Hall, Thomas Spencer, George Cook, George Maslim. Resident of Wainuiomata holding 1 share: Hugh Sinclair Dated 18 Aug 1869. Witness to signature W. M. Bannatyne, Justice of the Peace
Evening Post 25 Jan 1871 p3 Hutt Market, Wednesday, 1st February. Mr James Smith has been instructed by Mr Hugh Sinclair and others to sell, at the new Stock Yards of Mr N. Valentine, 40 head prime fat cattle, 10 working bullocks with yokes, bows and chains complete, 157 fat sheep, 10,000 feet sawn timber, horses and sundry cattle. Sale of timber at 12 o'clock sharp, stock immediately after luncheon at 2 o'clock. Butchers and Graziers will consult their interests by attending this important sale.
1871 Census Gwan, Monzie, PER, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, Head, 64yrs, Farmer 100 acres arable, b Perthshire John SINCLAIR, Son, 26yrs, Farmer 100 acres arable, b Perthshire Eliza SINCLAIR, Dau, 23yrs, b Perthshire Margaret SINCLAIR, Dau, 20yrs, b Perthshire Alex McGUAN, Servant, 11yrs, Herd, b Perthshire
Daily Southern Cross 20 Nov 1871: Southern Telegrams November 14: Mr Hugh Sinclair, of Wainuiomata, found dead. Supposed to have perished from cold.
Evening Post 15 Feb 1872 Marriage On the 15th inst., by the Rev. James Paterson, Duncan, second son of the late Hugh Sinclair, of Wainuiomata, to Martha, only daughter of Henry Hibbs Mowlem, of Carlton, Melbourne.
Evening Post 28 Dec 1878 Death On the 28th December, Agnes Sinclair, widow of the late Hugh Sinclair, of Wainuiomata, aged 70 years.
1881 Census 3 Braid St, Glasgow St George, LAN, SCT Hugh Alexander SINCLAIR, Head, 45yrs, Storeman, b Aberfeldy G., Perthshire Ann SINCLAIR, Wife, 32yrs, b Stenish G., Rosshire Lilly Ann SINCLAIR, Dau, 6yrs, scholar, b Arderrer, Invernesshire Isabella SINCLAIR, Dau, 3yrs, b Glasgow, Lanarkshire Donald McGregor SINCLAIR, Son, 1yr, b Glasgow, Lanarkshire
1881 Census Groan Farm, Monzie, PER, SCT John SINCLAIR, Head, 37yrs, b Logierait, PER, SCT Farmer of 134 acres of which 106 are arable employing 2 boys & 1 girl Margret SINCLAIR, Wife, 36yrs, b Fowlis Wester G, PER, SCT Ann I. SINCLAIR, Dau, 3yrs, b Monzie, PER, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, Son, 2yrs, b Monzie, PER, SCT William STEWART, Boarder, 25yrs, Shepherd, b Fortingall, PER, SCT Agnes HENDERSON, General servant, 19yrs, b Dunning, PER, SCT William H. KECKITTS, Farm servant, 19yrs, b Logiealmond, PER, SCT George HALL, Farm servant, 16yrs, b Kinnoull, PER, SCT
Marriage Register St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington From transcript at www.stjohnsinthecity.org.nz Date: 24 Jan 1882 Place: Revd James Paterson Bridegroom: William Alexander, 45yrs, Contractor, b Kippen, Stirlingshire Usual and present residence: Masterton Son of John Alexander, farmer and Catherine Alexander (nee McOwat?) Bride: Elizabeth Sinclair, 33yrs, b Wellington Usual residence: Wellington Present residence: Palmerston Dau of Hugh Sinclair, Farmer, and Agnes Sinclair (nee Spiers)
1891 Census 111 Garscube Rd, Glasgow, LAN, SCT Hugh A. SINCLAIR, Head, 55yrs, Oil & Colour Storeman, b Dunkeld, Perthshire Ann SINCLAIR, Wife, 43yrs, b Stornoway, Rosshire Lily A. SINCLAIR, Dau, 16yrs, b Ardersier, Invernesshire Isabella SINCLAIR, Dau, 13yrs, scholar, b Glasgow, Lanarkshire Hugh SINCLAIR, Son, 9yrs, scholar, b Glasgow, Lanarkshire William SINCLAIR, Son, 7yrs, scholar, b Glasgow, Lanarkshire John SINCLAIR, Son, 2yrs, b Glasgow, Lanarkshire Margaret McLEAN, Visitor, 21yrs, Nurse, b Stornoway, Rosshire
1891 Census Private House, Arngask, Fife, SCT John SINCLAIR, Head, 46yrs, Agricultural Labourer, b Logierait, PER, SCT Margaret SINCLAIR, Wife, 45yrs, b Fowles Wester, PER, SCT Annie SINCLAIR, Dau, 13yrs, scholar, b Monzie, PER, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, Son, 10yrs, scholar, b Monzie, PER, SCT Maggie McDonald SINCLAIR, Dau, 7yrs, scholar, b Scone, PER, SCT
New Zealand Mail 8 Jan 1892 p16a Taranaki. Report on Ngaire school picnic and later orchestral society concert. Mr Chambers sang, Master Douglas Sinclair gave recitation.
New Zealand Mail 8 Jul 1897 p30b Accident to Mrs Christina Brown, proprietress of the Ngaire sawmill.
New Zealand Mail 7 Oct 1897 p6b Land Board: HGJ Sinclair applied to transfer section 8, block 4, Tiriraukawa. The Board informed him that if he showed he was unable to hold the section it would favourably consider his request. Mrs J. Sinclair's application to transfer section 83, block 7, Mangahau, to TH and DR Wilson was approved, provided the transferees were aware of the terms of the lease.
New Zealand Mail 16 Mar 1899 p37d The Rimutaka Deviation. The Wainuiomata route by D. Sinclair, County Engineer, Pohangina. One column.
Evening Post 28 Mar 1899 p5 The Rimutaka Deviation - how the present route came to be selected, the other proposed routes, the Wainuiomata route impracticable. The Wainuiomata Route Tested ... a report from the surveyor to the Minister, dated 17th Jan 1871 states that "agreeably with your instructions, I called on Mr Hugh Sinclair for the purposes of examining a route to the Wairarapa discovered by his sons." ... On the Sinclairs going over the route (in 1871) with Mr Rochfort, it was found at one part of the Wairongomai River that the ranges presented the problem of a sudden drop of 900ft, which there was no way of avoiding. Mr Sinclair said that he had never seen that part of the range before, or he would not have put the Government to the expense of exploring the route, and expressed himself as quite satisfied that it was impracticable. The altitudes recorded by Mr Rochfort on the Wainuiomata route were the following:- Summit level between Hutt and Wainuiomata, 567ft above the sea; Mr Sinclair's house, 253ft; six miles and a half up Wainuiomata, 744ft; summit level between Wainuiomata and the Orongorongo, 1485ft; confluence of the two branches of the Orongorongo, 976ft; watershed between the Orongorongo and Wairongomai, 1130ft; and at the junctions of the first and second streams flowing into the Wairongomai, 250ft and 205ft respectively. From these figures it will be seen that a line via Wainuiomata must solve the engineering problem of climbs of 1495ft and 1130ft, not counting the minor grades of 976ft and 567ft. The present summit tunnel has a height of 1144ft. Another fatal objection to the Wainui route is that it winds its way laboriously over mountain and dale (mostly mountain) away to the south towards the sea, making the journey many miles longer, instead of shorter.
Evening Post 18 Sep 1900 According to the latest files of Sydney papers, Trooper Duncan Sinclair, of Palmerston North, who is serving with the Australian Bushmen in South Africa, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. It will be remembered (says the Manawatu Standard) that a few days ago we stated that he had been specially mentioned in Lieut.-General Baden-Powell's despatches, and doubtless the promotion is the result of that General's recommendation.
1901 Census Arngask, Perthshire, SCT John SINCLAIR, Head, 57yrs, Crofter, b Dull, PER, SCT Margaret SINCLAIR, Wife, 55yrs, b Logiealmond, PER, SCT Anne SINCLAIR, Dau, 23yrs, Stillroom Maid Dom, b Logiealmond, PER, SCT Duncan SINCLAIR, Son, 20yrs, Joiner, b Logiealmond, PER, SCT
New Zealand Mail 6 May 1903 p32a Palmerston North. Mr and Mrs Duncan Sinclair leave Palmerston tomorrow on a visit to the Old World. They propose going to Canada and then across to England and the Continent, after which Mr Sinclair will in all probability pay a visit to Africa. During the course of their tour Mr and Mrs Sinclair will be accompanied by their son Norman.
New Zealand Mail 12 Aug 1903 p55a Palmerston North. Mr D Sinclair, late engineer to the Pohangina County Council, writing to a friend in Dannevirke from Cowley, ?inchos Creek, Alberta, Canada, says:- "We are having a real nice trip; so far good mild weather all the way, which has been very enjoyable."
New Zealand Mail 16 Mar 1904 p25b Palmerston North. Mr and Mrs D. Sinclair, who left Palmerston North ten months ago on a visit to America and England, returned to this town on Wednesday evening. Their two sons, Duncan and Harold, are still in South Africa. Mr Harold Sinclair was married recently, and has settled in Pretoria.
Evening Post 13 Dec 1909 Mr Duncan Sinclair, son of Mr D. Sinclair, of Terrace End, is expected to return to the Dominion after an absence of ten years by the Tongariro, due in Wellington to-morrow. Mr Sinclair went through the South African campaign. His father and mother are in Wellington to meet him and his wife.
Evening Post 23 Dec 1909 Mr Duncan Sinclair, son of Mr Donald Sinclair, of Palmerston North, who has been eight years in South Africa, returned by the Manuka yesterday. He was in the New South Wales Bushmen's Contingent, and was decorated for bravery in the war. He has since been engaged in the farming and pastoral industry in South Africa.
Evening Post 10 Aug 1914 Last week the death took place, in Palmerston North, of Mrs Mowlem, widow of the late Captain Mowlem. She was 68 at her death, and had been ill some time. Mr Duncan Sinclair, of Palmerston, was her twin brother, and they were the first white children born at Wainuiomata.
Evening Post 1 May 1915 The death occurred at Palmerston North on Friday last of Mrs J. S. Watchorn, wife of one of the most widely known and popular residents, and daughter of Mrs Duncan Sinclair. The deceased, who was fifty years of age, had been suffering from a severe illness for a long time. The funeral on Sunday afternoon was attended by residents from all parts of the district and many floral tributes were sent. At the graveside members of All Saints choir, of which Mr Watchorn is the oldest member, sang the hymn "The Day Thou Gavest."
2nd Division Roll of the NZ Expeditionary Force Reserve Duncan Henry Sinclair, farmer, Kerikau, 4 children (Class E)
Northern Advocate 9 Oct 1957 page 16 column 1 On 8 October 1957 Catherine Elizabeth Chambers died at her daughter's residence at Weir Crescent, Onerahi aged 88 years. A service will be held in Christ Church 10.15am [Thursday 10 October] leaving afterwards for Onerahi Cemetery.