Thomas Sinclair

1828 - 1868  (39 years)

• Name	Thomas Sinclair  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	9 Jul 1828	Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland   [9, 10]
  Baptism	14 Sep 1828	Dunrossness, Shetland   [11, 12]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jul 1868	Guildford, Western Australia
  	Cause: Diarrhoea
  Burial	7 Jul 1868	Guildford, Western Australia
  Person ID	I763	Robinson Taylor
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	George Sinclair,   b. 5 Nov 1804, Skelbery, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 30 Mar 1888, Hillock, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Bain,   b. 12 Jun 1803, Cunningsburgh, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 22 Aug 1886, Hillock, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	13 Nov 1827	Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Mainland,   b. 3 Jan 1826, Garthsbanks, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 7 Jul 1915, Layton Street, Esperance, WA, Australia (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1851	Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland   [13]
  Children	1. James Sinclair,   b. 30 May 1861, Hughsbrake, Hillock, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 28 Aug 1925, Mt Lawley, Western Australia, Australia (Age 64 years)  [natural]   2. Mary Sinclair,   b. 28 Oct 1858, Hughsbrake, Hillock, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 15 Feb 1891, Albany, Western Australia, Australia (Age 32 years)  [natural]   3. Margaret Ann Sinclair,   b. 9 Jul 1856, Hughsbrake, Hillock, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 17 Aug 1933, North Perth, Western Australia (Age 77 years)  [natural]   4. Jessie Mainland Sinclair,   b. 2 Apr 1852, Hughsbrake, Hillock, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 6 Feb 1933, Salvation Army Eventide Home, Fremantle, WA, Australia (Age 80 years)  [natural]   5. George Thomas Sinclair,   b. 17 Mar 1867, Greenmount, Perth, Western Australia, Australia d. 30 Oct 1917, Meekatharra, Western Australia (Age 50 years)  [natural]   6. Laurence Sinclair,   b. 2 Jan 1854, Hughsbrake, Hillock, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland d. 9 Feb 1923, Esperance, Western Australia, Australia (Age 69 years)  [natural]   7. Julia Sinclair,   b. 17 Oct 1864, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia d. 26 Sep 1866, Western Australia, Australia (Age 1 year)  [natural]
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2025
  Family ID	F199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Sinclair Mainalnd passenger arrival list 12 Dec1963 Tartar Fremantle WA
  		Record Transcription_ Australia Deaths & Burials, 1816-1980 _ findmypast.com
  		Sinclair Mainland passenger lists page 1
  		Sinclair Mainland passenger lists page 3

  
  

• Notes

  1841 Census resident at Hillock, Dunrossness. 1851 Census resident at Hughsbrake, Dunrossness According to Erickson, R. (ed.) The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre-1829-1888, UWA Press, Nedlands. Arrived with wife and 5 children as warder on Tartar 12.12.1863, nominated by brother John Sinclair of Water Police, Fremantle. Albany - Israelite Bay. This is not entirely accurate as he probably never went to either Albany or Israelite Bay, dying in Guildford 1868 before is family moved to the south of WA

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Tony Gott, Shetland Genealogy, (Name: Name: Name: Online database;;;), I90357. [S78] Erickson, R. (ed.), The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre-1829-1888, UWA Press, Nedlands. [S67] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Thomas Sinclair [S26] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for Margaret Ann Sinclair https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=100140205972&indiv=try [S26] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for Thomas Sinclair https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=322112726699&indiv=try [S82] Ancestry.com, Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Western Australian Pioneer Index, 1841-1905. Record for Julia Sinclair https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1779&h=5931967&indiv=try [S206] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Margaret Ann Cook https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60528&h=173149266&indiv=try [S38] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Margaret Ann Sinclair https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=2540443&indiv=try [S258] Scotland, Parish Births and Baptisms 1564-1929. [S259] British Civil Service Evidence of Age, (Name: Society of Genealogists;). [S258] Scotland, Parish Births and Baptisms 1564-1929, OPR 3/3. [S261] National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Registers Birth 003/Dunrossness, Sandwick and Cunningsburgh, (Name: ScotlandsPeople; Date: 23 February 2024;). ThomasSinclairBaptismScotlandsPeople_OPR003_000_0030_0042Z [S30] IGI Marriages and Deaths, Cited in Gott.