SINCLAIR, James ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Other names for James were SINCLAR, James and SINCLER, James.²

   User ID: M235.

  General Notes:

"SINCLAIR
JAMES
JAMES SINCLAIR/ANN YATES
M
25/04/1825
163/ 30 18
Ordiquihill"

from Births and Baptisms

The 1851 census recorded James Sinclar as an agricultural labourer at Goosepoole, Methlick parish, in Aberdeenshire. He was recorded as 25 years of age, and was a married man with three small children, aged 5 years and under.

The 1861 census recorded James Sincler living with his wife, five children, and three boarders, at Little Mill in Ellon parish Aberdeenshire. He was recorded as a ploughman by occupation.

The 1871 census for Udny parish Aberdeenshire recorded James Sinclair, a farm servant with his wife Jean and their two daughters Ann and Eliza, living at Mill of Torry. A boarder, Andrew Boyes aged 15 years, also lived in the household.

James Sinclair, a "crofter of 8 acres all arable", and his wife Jane were recorded by the 1881 census for Belhelvie parish, Aberdeenshire, living at Smiddy Burn Croft.

"SINCLAIR
JAMES
67
1893
174/ 1
Belhelvie"

from Index of Deaths

When Jane Sinclair died in 1899 in Nigg, her death certificate recorded her as a "pauper widow of James Sinclair crofter". ^{3 4 5 6 7}

James married Jean HARDIE, daughter of William HARDIE Farmer, and Fiddler and Jean BARBER, on 5 June 1845 in Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ (Jean HARDIE was born on 10 July 1824 in Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, baptised on 14 February 1831 in Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died 23 December 1899 at 6.55 am in 17 Burnbanks, Nigg, Kincardineshire, Scotland ^{4 8}.). The cause of her death was valvular heart disease over years and syncope.

  Marriage Notes:

"HARDIE
JEAN
JAMES SINCLAIR/
05/06/1845
221/ 40 330
Methlick"

from Index of Marriages ¹