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I'm trying to find any information about John Sinclair and His mother Catherine
I can't find the death of John Sinclair He was born 24th May 1874 in Keig Scotland his mum was Catherine Sinclair b 6 May 1853 I've run into a dead end
I don't know anything about his mother apart from her birth born Aberdeenshire, Scotland
I found 2 Catherine's in the 1881 census but they don't seem to fit
what can or where can I look next??
thankyou for any help
sandee
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Hi Sandee
Have you identified a range of possible death dates for John? Do you know whether he survived infancy/childhood, and has he been found in any census?
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Is that him listed as John S ADAMS (age 7) in Keig- grandson to John and Amelia SINCLAIR?
Maureen
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Was just going to say have you tried looking for a marriage for Catherine Sinclair looks like you have found him Maureen ...according to information on a tree that is the parents of Catherine Sinclair born 1853 Chapel of Garioch
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Only censuses I can find for Catharine are 1861 Crofts of Tulloch Aberdeenshire
John Sinclair 42 saw miller Fyvie
Amelia 32 chapel of Georie
John 10
Catharine 7
Amelia 4
George 2
David 8 mths.
She's left home by 1871 and is at Upper Balfour Tullynessle and Forbes as Kathrine Sinclair 16 born Keig general servant.Her brother George age 12 ag lab is also there for a William (age 45 born Tullynessle )and his mother Isabella Reid(age 75) farmer.
Going by that I'd go for her being at Waterside Farm in 1881 at Tullynessle again as a servant,age 27 from Oyne.
No sign of John but I assume Catherine would have married by 1891.
Ciderdrinker
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There is also a John Sinclair born 1875 Keig Aberdeenshire in the 1891 census working as a farm servant at Roadside Farm Tullyness & Forbes for a William Scott
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Your right 1881 census 3 South Bridge Old Machar
James Adams 32 mason journey man Kemnay
Catherine 27 Chapel of G.
John 8
Catherine 6
James 4
Alexander 2
Ciderdrinker
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Hello everyone
First I think?? [not confirmed yet] John and Amelia were Catherine's parents not John's parents tho we think John was illegitimate Catherine defiant was his mother I had John and Amelia names scribbled down with lots of ???? marks
Maureen were is it listed I have not seen that [I don't have access to Ancestry]
John was alive in 1891 He was at a place called Roadside farm so I know he was alive then
after that I lose him and cant find his mother
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First I think?? [not confirmed yet] John and Amelia were Catherine's parents
It seems so: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XBQV-H52
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thankyou oh wow I now have Amelia's last name I just don't know where to look I find all this technology very hard to get my head around
I know he John was at Roadside and It seems Catherine did marry James Adams
as John was around 18 when my grandfather was born John never married my gdfathers mother
she was left to raise him alone
I wonder what happened to John after 1891 tho
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1881 census at Crofts of Tulloch Aberdeenshire
John Sinclair b 1820 Fyvie aged 61 occupation Sawmiller
Amelia Sinclair b 1829 Chapel of Garioch age 52
Andrew Sinclair b 1871 Keig age 10
John S Adams b1874 Keig age 7 Grandson
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I think he's listed as John I ADAMS (age 26)-with mother Catherine in 1901
Aberdeen John Knox
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: 33 Powis Pl
Occupation: Mason
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The grandparents died 1882 for Amelia Davie at Crofts of Tulloch and 1884 for John at Tullynessie
The best place for searching for births /marriage /death is on Scotlands People
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Sorry for the dumb ? but would that mean he took on the name Adams after his mother married and dropped the Sinclair???
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I don't see a marriage on Scotlands People for Catherine and James adams ..and I don't think that is them on the 1881 census think the John mentioned there is the son of a Catherine Thomson born 1873 Aberdeen ..I think the best thing to do would be to get a copy of the birth certificate for John Sinclair 24/5/1874 to see if a fathers name is mentioned ... ???
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There is no father mentioned on the birth cert only the mother :(
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Just want to say thaks for the input from everyone I see ill have to do more tracking somehow to find where he goes from 1891 forward