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Personal data William Sinclair 

  • He was born on April 18, 1833 in Aberdeen, Scotland.
    Name: William Sinclair
    Birth Date: 18 Apr 1833
    Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    Death Date: 17 Nov 1883
    Death Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    Cemetery: Nellfield Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland Has Bio?: N URL:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107247463/william-sinclair
  • Profession: in the year 1881 Master Wholesale Druggist.
  • Resident:
    • on September 4, 1868: 14 Rosemount Place, Aberdeen, Scotland.
    • in the year 1871: 2 Dee Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland.
      Name: Catherine B Sinclair Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839 Relationship: Wife Spouse's Name: William Sinclair
      Gender: Female Where born: Aberdeen, aberdeensh Registration Number: 168/2 Registration district: Old Machar
      Civil parish: Old Machar County: Aberdeenshire Address: 2 Dee Place ED: 18 Household schedule number: 188
      Line: 24 Roll: CSSCT1871_35 Household Members Age Relationship William Sinclair 37 Head Catherine B Sinclair 32 Wife Isobel Sinclair 2 Daughter Barbara Mcpherron 30 Servant
    • in the year 1881: 163 Skene Street, OLd Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
      Name: William Sinclair Age: 47 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Relationship: Head Gender: Male Where born: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Registration Number: 168/2 Registration district: Old Machar Civil parish: Old Machar
      Town: Aberdeen County: Aberdeenshire Address: 163 Skene St Occupation: Master Wholesale Druggist ED: 10
      Household schedule number: 350 Line: 13 Roll: cssct1881_52 Household Members Age Relationship William Sinclair 47 Head Isobal Sinclair 12 Daughter Edmond Sinclair 9 Son George W Sinclair 8 Son
      Katherine E Sinclair 5 Daughter Jane Paterson 22 Servant Jane Taylor 18 Servant
  • He died on November 17, 1883 in Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, he was 50 years old.
    Name: William Sinclair
    Birth Date: 18 Apr 1833
    Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    Death Date: 17 Nov 1883
    Death Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    Cemetery: Nellfield Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    Has Bio?: N
    URL:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107247463/william-sinclair
  • He is buried November 1883 in Nellfield Cemetary, Aberdeen, Scotland.
    William Sinclair
    BIRTH 18 Apr 1833
    Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    DEATH 17 Nov 1883 (aged 50)
    Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    BURIAL
    Nellfield Cemetery
    Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland
    MEMORIAL ID 107247463 · View Source
  • This information was last updated on October 12, 2021.

Household of William Sinclair

He is married to Catherine Maitland.

They got married on October 15, 1867 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, he was 34 years old.

Name: Katherine Blackie Maitland
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1867
Marriage Place: Saint Nicholas,Aberdeen,Aberdeen,Scotland
Spouse:
William Sinclair
FHL Film Number: 6035516

Notes about William Sinclair

Parents William Sinclair 1809–1887 Isabella Black 1805–1881 Spouse & Children Catherine Blackie Maitland 1836–1880
Isabel Sinclair 1868– Edmond Sinclair 1871–1937 George William Sinclair 1872–1933 Katherine Elizabeth Sinclair 1876–1951 Spouse Ann Sinclair 1834–

William Henry SINCLAIR
Birth: Apr 18 1833 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death: Nov 17 1883 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents: William SINCLAIR, Isabella BLACK
Wife: Katherine Blackie MAITLAND
Children: Katherine Elzabeth SINCLAIR, Isabel SINCLAIR, George William SINCLAIR, Edmond SINCLAIR
Siblings: Barbara Janet SINCLAIR, George William SINCLAIR, Isabella SINCLAIR, John SINCLAIR, Mary SINCLAIR, Mary Elizabeth SINCLAIR, Robert Murray SINCLAIR, Thomas Spark SINCLAIR

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Birthday April 18, 1833

  • The temperature on April 18, 1833 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken veel bui. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1833: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 2 » Captain James Onslow, in the Clio, arrives at Port Egmont to reassert British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
    • January 3 » The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
    • January 13 » United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
    • February 6 » Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
    • April 1 » The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin.
    • December 18 » The national anthem of the Russian Empire, "God Save the Tsar!", is first performed.

Day of death November 17, 1883

  • The temperature on November 17, 1883 was about 4.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
    • May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
    • August 12 » The last quagga dies at the Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • August 27 » Eruption of Krakatoa: Four enormous explosions destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
    • October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
    • October 4 » First run of the Orient Express.


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