If you can identify any of the faces in the panorama
photograph, please email the website administrator, admin@clansinclaircanada.ca.
Thanks to Lois Carson Boyce, Stephen Sinclair, Antonia Sinclair
and Kozy Tennant for their contributions to this article.
[Article last updated 17-Apr-2006]
Panorama Photograph
Western Canada member Lois Carson Boyce
of Richmond BC brought a panorama photograph labelled, "Sinclair
Clan, Centennial, July 1st 1920" to the 2005 CSAWC meeting.
The photograph is of about 150 attendees at a reunion marking
the 1820 arrival of their Sinclair ancestors in Canada.
Young Lois Carson, in a bonnet, is on her mother's knee.
Her family first settled in Lobo Township (near
London ON).
Lois's print of this panorama was 7½
by 33 inches. Stephen Sinclair of Sinclair Design had the
photo scanned - its digital representation above is just
535x122 pixels, to recognize the faces, you need
a higher resolution: 3400x781
or 6636x1524.
There are 153 people in this photo — for a 3400x758
copy with all the people numbered (Lois is #74), click here.
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Lobo Township Settlers
The Sinclairs of Lobo Twp. were immigrants from the county of Argyll,
Scotland. Antonia Sinclair of Buckhorn ON, whose family's roots
also go back to Argyll, has a booklet about the pioneers of
Middlesex Co. that lists, among the earliest settlers of Lobo Twp.:
- John Sinclair of Clacha Dubha, 1820. Children:
- Alex, Neil, Nancy (Mrs. Peter McVicar)
- Eliza (Mrs. Sinclair)
- Sarah (Mrs. Richardson)
- Kate (Mrs. Perry)
- Mary (Mrs. Donald McKinley)
- Margaret (Mrs. Dugald McArthur)
- John Sinclair, from Coire Buidhe, 1820. Children:
- Archibald, on the old farm,
- Lachlan
- Sarah (Mrs. Peter McVicar, Sarnia)
Lois, who was born 24 Nov 1918 on a farm near West Lorne ON,
is descended from Peter Sinclair of Coire Buidhe, one of John's
younger brothers.
Contacted through the Sinclair-Discussion
list, Lois's distant cousin Kozy Tennant explained that Coire Buidhe
was an ancient village in the Loch Awe Region of Argyll —
the village is gone but its location may be seen south of Loch Avich
at about coordinates 193420,713445 on Streetmap.co.uk.
The 1920 celebration marked the 1820 arrival from Scotland
of John's parents Sally McIntyre and Lauchlin Sinclair.
Married in Dalavich, Kilchrenen, Argyleshire, Scotland on
12 Jul 1787, Sally McIntyre and Lauchlin Sinclair
would have been in their 60s when they immigrated. Lauchlin,
whose father was another John Sinclair, lived on until 1836
and was buried in McLean's Cemetery, Caradoc Twp.,
Middlesex Co. ON.
While researching, Kozy came across the book, "Heritage
of Lobo 1820 – 1990" published in 1990 by the Lobo Township
Heritage Group, RR2 Ilderton, Ontario, Canada N0M 2A0. This book
notes that John Sinclair and his sister Sarah came to Canada
in 1819, and John started work on his homestead in Lobo while
Sarah stayed in Ancaster, then the rest of their family followed
in 1820 — except for John and Sarah's brother Lachlan,
a shepherd, who had died in Scotland. The crossing took three months
from Greenock [near Glasgow], and they transferred at Montreal
to smaller boats for the voyage to Little York, picking up Sarah
along the way.
John's homestead was Lot 6, Concession 6, Lobo. In June 1798
he had married Euphriamates (Effie) Johnson in Kilcalmonell, Argyll.
Effie's parents also immigrated to Middlesex Co. Kozy Tennant is
descended from their daughter Sarah — her daughter Effie Kennedy
was Kozy's great-grandmother.
For a map of Middlesex county showing the location of Lobo Township,
click here.
Please note that the project needs volunteer transcribers for Lobo Township
census data.
In the 1851
census, Effie was listed as Euphemia Sinclair, 55, Widow, living with
her daughter Sarah's family on Concession 6 Lot 8 in Lobo while her son
Archibald, 28, farmed at Con 6 Lot 6 and the other John Sinclair, 67,
farmed at Con 6 Lot 9. There was also a Dougald Sinclair, 70, farming
at Con 8 Lot 3.
Note: Lobo Township is now part of Middlesex Centre.
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Invitation
The invitation to this celebration, sent by Morrison Sinclair
of Komoka ON, was the standard size (4¾ by 4½
inches). It appears here courtesy of Kozy Tennant, originally
of Ft Wayne Indiana, whose great-grandparents Effie Kennedy
and Issac Thompson received it — their daughter Isabel Thompson
Hollinger preserved it.
The invitation reads: "1820–1920 Centennial Celebration
of the landing in Canada of Lauchlin and Sally Sinclair will be held
on the farm upon which they originally settled Lot 24, Concession 7,
Caradoc Thursday, July 1st, 1920 Commencing at 9 o'clock a.m. You are
cordially invited to be present. Morrison Sinclair, Komoka, Ont.
Secretary of Committee R.S.V.P."
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Sally and Lauchlin's Family
Among her family history papers, Lois Carson Boyce has found
a family tree that includes material from Morrison Sinclair. Its
notes reference "The Pioneer Highland Settlements of the County
of Middlesex" (H. McColl, 1904) and "The Settlers of Lobo
Township" (D.J. Campbell, 1904), both printed in the London and
Middlesex Historical Society's Transactions - Part VIII, 1917. This
tree lists the senior Sinclairs:
- John Lauchlan Sinclair, baptized 12 Dec 1751 parish of Kilchrenan
and Dalavich, Argyll. Died 11 April 1836, Caradoc Township, Middlesex
County.
- Marion (Sally) McIntyre, baptized 16 Sep 1759 parish of Kilchrenan
and Dalavich, Argyll. Died 26&Jun 1854, Caradoc Township, Middlesex
County.
Lauchlin's birthplace was also referred to as Dalavich, Carriebuie.
Sally and Lauchlin were married 17 Jul 1787 in their home parish,
and had 8 children:
- Anne (Nancy) Sinclair, b. 1788 m. Hugh McPherson.
- Lachlan Sinclair b. 1789. He reportedly was a shepherd,
never married, and had died before the family emigrated in 1820.
- John Sinclair, 1791–1826, m. Effie Johnson 1797–1893.
He emigrated in 1819, taking his young sister Sally, and got his
homestead in Lobo Township.
- Mary Sinclair, 1795–1835, m. Duncan McLean.
(He remarried after her death.)
- Peter Sinclair, 1798–1873, m. (23 May 1833)
Nancy Sinclair [different family] 1812–1902. They had a son John
Sinclair, whose daughter Mary Jane Sinclair 1863-1934 married Samuel
Carson. Mary Jane and Samuel were Lois's grandparents, and her family
lived in the Dutton - West Lorne - Rodney area.
- Sarah (Sally) Sinclair, 1803–1896, m. Duncan McLean
[a different one]. She came over with John in 1819 when she
was 16. Lois remarks that at the time, you had to be 16 to get
a homestead.... but only men were eligible.
- Catherine Sinclair, b. 1807 m. 1835 Colquhoun Campbell.
- Duncan Sinclair, b. 1803 m. (1) Nancy McKeller,
(2) Susan McNulty.
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Reunion Attendees
Another of Lois Carson Boyce's finds was the "List of Those
Attending Clan Sinclair Centennial Reunion, Caradoc Ontario - July 1,
1920". Handwritten by Sally McKellar, the five-page list was sent
to Lois in 1974 by Mary McKellar Coutts — their fathers, John Oscar
McKellar and Peter Sinclair Carson, were cousins and both are in the Sinclair
Centennial Reunion picture.
Lois's cousin Bob Sinclair of Etobicoke Ontario numbered the people
in the photo, for the extended family's reference, and Stephen Sinclair
of Sinclair Design numbered the digital
photograph.
In the list transcribed below, an asterisk (*) indicates that
Lois and Bob, and a number sign (#) that Kozy can match the name
to a face in the panorama photograph. Numbers in that column on the right
refer to the numbered
photograph where Lois is the child in a bonnet sitting on her mother's
knee – in the second row near the right end, number 74.
If you can connect more names and faces, please email the
website administrator, admin@clansinclaircanada.ca.
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| Mrs. R. Hunter
| Wolseley, Sask.
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| 2.
| Mrs. Ed McLean
| Markinch, Sask.
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| 3.
| Mrs. G. M. Potter
| El Paso, Texas
| *85 Margaret (Collier) |
| 4.
| Sarah Sinclair
| Komoka, Ontario
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| 5.
| Earline Sinclair
| Bartonville, Ontario
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| 6.
| Robert W. Campbell
| Columbus, Michigan
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| 7.
| John Campbell
| Columbus, Michigan
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| 8.
| Kate Sinclair
| Dundas, Ontario
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| 9.
| Susan Sinclair
| Dundas, Ontario
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| 10.
| Mrs. J. D. Sinclair
| London, Ontario
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| 11.
| William Sinclair
| London, Ontario
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| 12.
| Marion E. Sinclair
| Bartonville, Ontario
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| 13.
| Mary E. Manning
| London, Ontario
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| 14.
| Effie Sinclair
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 15.
| Lachlan Sinclair
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 16.
| Anna McKeegan
| Detroit, Michigan
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| 17.
| Eliza Battstone
| Detroit, Michigan
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| 18.
| Olive Battstone
| Detroit, Michigan
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| 19.
| Verna Sutherland
| Wallaceburg, Ontario
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| 20.
| Edna Sutherland
| Wallaceburg, Ontario
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| 21.
| Mrs. Annie Sutherland
| Wallaceburg, Ontario
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| 22.
| Mrs. Clair Sutherland
| Wallaceburg, Ontario
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| 23.
| Ilene Sutherland
| Wallaceburg, Ontario
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| 24.
| John L. Sinclair
| Rodney, Ontario
| *61 [b.1837] 3rd gen. |
| 25.
| Mrs. J.L. Sinclair
| Rodney
| *105 (?) |
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| 26.
| Margaret Sinclair
| Rodney, Ontario
| *25 (?) [red-haired] |
| 27.
| Mrs. D. McDonald
| Adelaid, Ontario
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| 28.
| Rita McDonald
| Adelaid, Ontario
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| 29.
| Dorothy McDonald
| Adelaid, Ontario
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| 30.
| Violet McDonald
| Adelaid, Ontario
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| 31.
| Lachlan Campbell
| Jeddo, Michigan
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| 32.
| Mrs. Murray Scott
| Lambeth, Ontario
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| 33.
| Mrs. A. Wehlann
| Rodney, Ontario
| *134 Jenn (Sinclair) |
| 34.
| Isabell Anderson
| Oil Springs, Ontario
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| 35.
| Robert Sinclair
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 36.
| Annie Sinclair
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 37.
| Mrs. Warren Danialds
| Denfield, Ontario
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| 38.
| Alice Danialds
| Denfield, Ontario
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| 39.
| Ivy Manning
| London, Ontario
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| 40.
| Kate Anderson
| Oil Springs, Ontario
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| 41.
| Emma. G. Manning
| London, Ontario
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| 42.
| J. H. Anderson
| Oil Springs, Ontario
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| 43.
| Effie Anderson
| Oil Springs, Ontario
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| 44.
| Effie McVicar Milner
| Chatham, Ontario
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| 45.
| George Lawson Milner
| Chatham, Ontario
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| 46.
| Clara Lawson Milner
| Chatham, Ontario
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| 47.
| P.D. Milner
| Chatham, Ontario
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| 48.
| Robert Milner
| Chatham, Ontario
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| 49.
| J. A. Lawson
| London, Ontario
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| 50.
| Elva Orr
| Strathroy
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| 51.
| Clayton Orr
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 52.
| Mrs. C. Hill
| Delaware, Ontario
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| 53.
| James Salters
| Palmerston, Ontario
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| 54.
| Mrs. Robert Milner
| Chatham, Ontario
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| 55.
| Mrs. James Salters
| Palmerston, Ontario
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| 56.
| Charles McDonald
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 57.
| Olive McDonald
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 58.
| Hazel McDonald
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 59.
| Angus McDonald
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 60.
| Duncan Sinclair
| Komoka, Ontario
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| 61.
| Archie Sinclair
| Caradoc, Ontario
| * |
| 62.
| John O. McKellar
| Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
| *145 [tall man, bow tie] |
| 63.
| Royden McCallum
| Rodney, Ontario
| *126 |
| 64.
| Mrs. Hy Dennis
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 65.
| Henry Dennis
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 66.
| Graham Dennis
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 67.
| William Dennis
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 68.
| Duncan L. McDonald
| Adelaid, Ontario
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| 69.
| Robert E. McDonald
| Adelaid, Ontario
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| 70.
| Dr. H. H. Sinclair
| Walkerton, Ontario
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| 71.
| Mrs. H. H. Sinclair
| Walkerton, Ontario
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| 72.
| John Sinclair
| London, Ontario
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| 73.
| Mrs. J. Sinclair
| London, Ontario
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| 74.
| Mrs. A. Sinclair
| Tilsonburg, Ontario
| *88 Ethel (Boyer) [1885-1967] |
| 75.
| Oliver Sinclair
| London, Ontario
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| 76.
| Mrs. Sam Carson
| West Lorne, Ontario
| *90 Mary Jane (Sinclair) |
| 77.
| Mrs. J. Graham
| Rodney, Ontario
| *151 Mae (Carson) [1888-ca.1989] |
| 78.
| Catharine Graham
| Rodney, Ontario
| * |
| 79.
| Archie A. Sinclair
| Tilsonburg, Ontario
| *152 [ca.1852-] |
| 80.
| Sam Carson
| West Lorne, Ontario
| *123 Samuel Willis Carson |
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| 81.
| Peter Sinclair Carson
| West Lorne, Ontario
| *122 [1891-1954] |
| 82.
| Mrs. P. Carson
| West Lorne, Ontario
| *73 Florence (Harris) |
| 83.
| Marion Carson
| West Lorne, Ontario
| *26 [1914-1996 (Wright)] |
| 84.
| Lois Carson
| West Lorne, Ontario
| *74 [b 24 Nov 1918 (Boyce)] |
| 85.
| Pamely Graham
| London, Ontario
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| 86.
| Irene Graham
| London, Ontario
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| 87.
| J. A. Graham
| London, Ontario
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| 88.
| Mrs. J. A. Graham
| London, Ontario
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| 89.
| J.S. Shaw
| Glencoe, Ontario
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| 90.
| Mrs. J.S. Shaw
| Glencoe, Ontario
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| 91.
| Alex Stuart
| Glencoe, Ontario
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| 92.
| Mrs. Alex Stuart
| Glencoe, Ontario
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| 93.
| Merva Stuart
| Glencoe, Ontario
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| 94.
| Muada Stuart
| Glencoe, Ontario
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| 95.
| Margaret A. Houston
| Walkerton, Ontario
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| 96.
| Mrs. J. W. Rose
| Markinch, Sask.
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| 97.
| Jean Rose
| Markinch, Sask.
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| 98.
| Mrs. D. A. McLean
| London, Ont.
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| 99.
| Jean McLean
| London, Ont.
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| 100.
| Marion McLean
| London, Ont.
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| 101.
| Babe McLean
| London, Ont.
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| 102.
| Duncan McLean
| Bury, Quebec
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| 103.
| Mrs. D. McLean
| Bury, Quebec
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| 104.
| Delmar McLean
| Bury, Quebec
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| 105.
| Duncan N. Sinclair
| Sarnia, Ontario
| *127 [ca.1857-ca.1924] |
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| 106.
| Mrs. D.N. Sinclair
| Sarnia, Ontario
| *41 Elizabeth "Betsy" (Prout) |
| 107.
| Howard Sinclair
| Sarnia, Ontario
| *38 [1893-1969] |
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| 108.
| D.G. Sinclair
| Creighton Mines, Ont.
| *3 Garfield Sinclair (1890-1953) |
| 109.
| Mrs. D.G. Sinclair
| Creighton Mines, Ont.
| *83 Bertha Laurine (Suhler) |
| 110.
| Laurine Sinclair
| Creighton Mines, Ont.
| *2 [b1918] (Lalonde) 5th gen. |
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| 111.
| Edna Sinclair
| Bartonville, Ontario
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| 112.
| D.B. Sinclair
| Rodney, Ontario
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| 113.
| Mrs. Neil Sinclair
| Bartonville, Ontario
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| 114.
| Neil Sinclair
| Bartonville, Ontario
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| 115.
| Archie McLean
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 116.
| Jennie McLean
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 117.
| Duncan McLean
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 118.
| John Sinclair
| Rodney, Ontario
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| 119.
| Warren Danialdo
| Lobo, Ontario
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| 120.
| Elmer Orr
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 121.
| Mrs. E. Orr
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 122.
| Robert Orr
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 123.
| Mrs. Eliza Bolton
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 124.
| Nettie Sinclair
| Komoka, Ontario
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| 125.
| Thomas McGregor
| Longwoods, Ontario
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| 126.
| Mrs. T. McGregor
| Longwoods, Ontario
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| 127.
| Ivan McGregor
| Longwoods, Ontario
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| 128.
| Florence McGregor
| Longwoods, Ontario
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| 129.
| Jean McGregor
| Longwoods, Ontario
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| 130.
| E. M. Hobson
| Rodney, Ontario
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| 131.
| Mrs. E. M. Hobson
| Rodney, Ontario
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| 132.
| Mrs. Lindie Munro
| Rodney, Ontario
| *112 Eliza Melinda (Sinclair) |
| 133.
| Byron Munro
| Rodney, Ontario
| *111 |
| 134.
| Gordon Munro
| Rodney, Ontario
| *150 |
| 135.
| Mrs. E. M. Jury
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 136.
| John Dennis
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 137.
| John Graham
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 138.
| Ada Kerswell
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 139.
| Charles Kerswell
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 140.
| S.A. McKellar
| Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
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| 141.
| Sara McLean
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 142.
| Bert McLean
| Strathroy, Ontario
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| 143.
| Duncan McLean
| London, Ontario
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| 144.
| Nancy Sinclair
| Caradoc, Ontario
| *64 [1852-1952] |
| 145.
| Mary Ann Sinclair
| Caradoc, Ontario
| *97 [1859-1902] 3rd gen. |
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| 146.
| Archie M. Sinclair
| Caradoc, Ontario
| *63 [1846-1932] Quaker |
| 147.
| John D. Sinclair
| London, Ontario
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Lois Carson Boyce adds, "In checking over this list
bear in mind I was reading from a handwritten listing. As well,
the listing was quite probably prepared from a hand written
attendance record."
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Additions
In the picture, but not on Sally McKellar's list:
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| 148.
| Jack W. Carson
| West Lorne, Ontario
| *78 [ca.1885-ca.1952] |
| 149.
| Morrison Sinclair
| Komoka, Ontario
| 138 [b1896] |
| 150.
| Gus Wehlann
| Rodney, Ontario
| *135 |
| 151.
| Belle (Sinclair) Kelly
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| *50, 4th gen. |
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Morrison Sinclair of Komoka, who was secretary of
the 1920 reunion committee, was identified by his family members.
At right is another 1920 photo of him from a different source.
Isn't there a family resemblance between Morrison
Sinclair and the piper? (In the reunion photo, the piper is seated
on the ground in front, number 21.) If you can identify the piper,
or other attendees at this reunion, please contact the website administrator.
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