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John Sinclair (1827–1906) was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane. ==Personal life== John Sinclair was born at Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 8 December 1827,〔 the son of John Sinclair and Jane Smith.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Free Family History and Genealogy Records — FamilySearch.org )〕 John Sinclair married Jane Kelman in Brisbane on 11 August 1857.〔Queensland Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages〕 They had several children (most of whom died in infancy):〔 * Jessie Jane Sinclair, born about 1859, married to George Robert Townsend on 23 February 1881〔("Mrs George Townsend" ), The Brisbane Courier, Tuesday 1 August 1933, page 14〕〔(''Marriage'' ), The Brisbane Courier, Monday 28 February 1881, page 2.〕 * John Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 10 May 1860, died 9 January 1863 * Christine Swan Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 2 April 1862, died in Brisbane on 7 January 1863 * Margaret Callander Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 18 December 1863 * James Swan Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 12 August 1865 * Jane Kelman Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 17 January 1867, died in Brisbane on 4 April 1867 * Matilda Maria Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 21 February 1869, died in Brisbane on 4 May 1869 His wife Jane died in Brisbane on 11 February 1872.〔 Tragically, two of the children who survived infancy died as young adults. His daughter Margaret died in Brisbane on 10 August 1886 aged 22 years from a cold that escalated into diphtheria.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TFoenander.com: The Best Search Links on the Net )〕 His son James died six months later; he drowned while droving cattle across Kyabra Creek at Euroongoola Station in Western Queensland on 27 Feb 1887 aged 21 years.〔Toowong Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions - Queensland Family History Society Inc.〕〔〔(The Brisbane Courier ), Tuesday 15 March 1887, page 4〕〔(Death of James Swan Sinclair ), The Brisbane Courier, Saturday 2 April 1887, page 4〕 On 14 January 1888 in Brisbane, John Sinclair married again to Constance Isabel Georgina Geoghegan, the daughter of Thomas Geoghegan and Margaret Maria Hebden.〔 They had two children:〔 * Arthur John Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 29 October 1888, married Rosa Gertrude Chuter on 16 Nov 1911 * Hazel Jean Sinclair, born in Brisbane on 13 April 1892, married John Lionel Barry on 3 June 1913 His second wife Constance died at their home, Delholm, Kangaroo Point on 21 May 1893.〔 Having lost both wives, John Sinclair spend his later years in poor health, living at his home, Delholm, at 393 Main Street, Kangaroo Point, attended by a housekeeper, a groom and a male nurse.〔Commonwealth Electoral Rolls (Queensland) 1903 - Queensland Family History Society Inc.〕〔 John Sinclair died at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane on 5 May 1906 aged 79 years〔 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery, together with his second wife Constance and his two of his adult children Margaret and James.〔〔〔(Sinclair John ) Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Sinclair (mayor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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