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  Margaret Sinclair b. 1900
Margaret Sinclair was born in Edinburgh in 1900 in a basement flat of a dilapidated tenement block, the third child of a dustman who was employed by the City Corporation.
Margaret Sinclair may be one of the first to attain the title of Saint from the factory floor.
Margaret Sinclair was buried at Kensal Green in North West London on 24th November, 1925 but, later on 22nd December, 1927 her remains were re-interred in a marble tomb at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Liberton, Edinburgh to which pilgrimages are taking place on Sundays 12th and 19th of September this year.
sinclair.quarterman.org /who/margaret_b_1900.html   (853 words)

  
 Margaret Trudeau -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Sinclair did not recognize him and she in fact thought little of their encounter but Trudeau was captivated by the carefree "flower-child" and would begin to pursue her.
Margaret resented Trudeau's constant work-related absences, and was forced to raise the three young children largely by herself.
The loss of her son was devastating for the vulnerable mother and Margaret suffered another mental breakdown that led to her second divorce.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/margaret_trudeau.htm   (682 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Margaret Sinclair
Margaret Sinclair Trudeau (born September 10, 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) was the wife of Pierre Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada.
The daughter of James Sinclair, a former Liberal member of the Parliament of Canada and fisheries minister, she attended Simon Fraser University where she obtained a degree in English literature.
Over time, the marriage disintegrated to the point that, as recounted in her book, Margaret had an affair with a U.S. Senator, believed by many to be Ted Kennedy who had visited the Trudeaus in Ottawa.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Margaret-Sinclair   (715 words)

  
 Independent Catholic News
The remains of Margaret Sinclair, a former factory worker and nun who died in 1925, have been exhumed from Mount Vernon cemetery in Edinburgh, and will shortly be re-interred in St Patrick's Church, the church she attended as a child, in The Cowgate, just off the City's Royal Mile.
Sinclair, the daughter of a dustman, was born into poverty in 1900, the third of nine children brought up in a basement flat in Blackfriars Street in Edinburgh, close to St Patrick's.
Sinclair was given the title Venerable Margaret Sinclair by Pope Paul VI in 1978.
www.indcatholicnews.com /nsct.html   (596 words)

  
 Sinclair
Sarah SINCLAIR Sarah was born 1814 at Beauly, Invernesshire, Scotland.
Isabel SINCLAIR Isabel was born 26 Jan 1820 at Inverness, Scotland.
Sybil Gertrude SINCLAIR Sybil was born 04 Mar 1882 at Bowmanville, Ontario.
members.shaw.ca /dimsdale/sin1.htm   (1547 words)

  
 Chapter Excerpt: A Trust Betrayed by Candace Robb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Margaret leaned away from the fire, toward the oil lamp on a small table at her side, preferring its steady light for the fine needlework.
Margaret pricked her finger for the third time and judged it best to put her work aside before she stained it with her blood.
Margaret and her servant had strung rope in the garden between two apple trees and hung out the bedding to air.
www.twbookmark.com /books/94/0892967080/chapter_excerpt11659.html   (3558 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Secret evidence of nun's jilted ex to go public
Margaret wrote letters on her mother's behalf to her father when he was away fighting in the First World War.
Margaret was originally buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, but in 2003 her remains were dug up and she was reburied in a vault in a side-chapel of St Patrick's Church, in South Gray's Close, near where she had lived.
Margaret became interested in religion at an early age and regularly attended mass at St Patrick's Church in the Cowgate and helped the elderly and homeless in the city's slums.
news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=2077752005   (1653 words)

  
 Margaret Sinclair
The body of Margaret Sinclair, a nun from Edinburgh, is to be exhumed from Mount Vernon cemetery and transferred to St Partick's Roman Catholic Church in the Old Town, where she was baptised.
DURING her lifetime Margaret Sinclair devoted herself to poverty and prayer, helping the poor and underprivileged, and fighting the cause of the underdog.
He is the principle promoter of Margaret's Cause - the case for her to be canonised - and has lobbied Pope John Paul II on several occasions.
www.rosslyntemplars.org.uk /margaret_sinclair.htm   (1139 words)

  
 DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
John Sinclair, the eldest son of Mary Ann Henderson and her husband, John Sinclair, a carpenter, was born in Olrig, Caithness, Scotland, on 18 September 1843.
Sinclair found employment in Christchurch as a carpenter, working on the main staircase of the Canterbury Provincial Council chambers, and on the toll bridge at Saltwater Creek.
Sinclair also designed the bell tower used to summon the men to work at 7 a.m.; the bell is now in Cheviot's Knox church.
www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=2S25&related=false   (598 words)

  
 An ordinary working girl
Here in our own archdiocese our thoughts of course turn toward the Venerable Margaret Sinclair - and the jubilee of hers which we will be celebrating in the year 2000 namely the centenary of her birth.
As you the friends of the Venerable Margaret gather here at Mount Vernon and in St Patrick's year by year I know that you do not need to be reminded of the life of the Venerable Margaret herself.
Whether we consider her in family life, or in school, as an ordinary working girl or as a sister in a Poor Clare convent, or finally as a patient in a sanatorium where she died, we are presented with a spectacle of outstanding holiness.
www.catholic-ew.org.uk /briefing/9710/9710006.htm   (1344 words)

  
 sinclair
Henry Sinclair is reputed to have been born about 1345, and was proclaimed Lord of Rosslyn upon the death of his father in 1358.
Later the same year, Henry Sinclair is reputed to have sailed on to Rhode Island where he built the mysterious Newport Tower, which is also said to have been built by the Vikings in the 11th century and by Portuguese explorers in 1511.
Sir William Sinclair was Sheriff of Edinburgh 1266, 1288-90; of Haddington 1264-90; Linlithgow 1264-90; Dumfries 1288; and Justiciar of Galwythie 1288-89.
www3.sympatico.ca /robert.sewell/sinclair.html   (2852 words)

  
 Clan Sinclair Australia
Margaret was succeeded as President of CSA in 2001 by her mother, Jean Sinclair Stokes, who served in the position until May 2005.
Margaret is busy raising her children, Richard and Rachel, as well as working full time as a highly regarded genealogist.
In 2004 Margaret was rewarded for her genealogy research of Prince Henry Sinclair with a fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a unique honour.
home.vicnet.net.au /~clansinc   (612 words)

  
 Holy Weblog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Margaret Sinclair, a factory worker who became a nun, cared for Edinburgh slum dwellers in the early 20th century.
Patrick Lynch went out with Margaret for around two years and testified in her favour.
Father Richard Reid, an expert on Margaret Sinclair at St Patrick's Church on the Cowgate, where she is buried, pored over the documentary evidence.
www.holyweblog.com /2005/10/dumped-for-jesus.htm   (218 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | Sir Jimmy backs saint calls
Her body is to be moved to a church in the heart of Edinburgh's historic old town in what is seen as part of the process towards her becoming a saint.
One of nine children, Margaret Sinclair was brought up in poverty in a two-roomed Edinburgh basement.
Margaret Sinclair's body is buried in Edinburgh's Mount Vernon cemetery, but will be moved to a side chapel of St Patrick's Church in The Cowgate.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3060395.stm   (449 words)

  
 Sutherland SINCLAIR
After his second wife died, Sutherland Sinclair registered a Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement to care for his children in the event of his death.
Sutherland's youngest son (George Wade Sinclair) was presumably named after this person, so he must have been a close friend/colleague.
(Margaret CALLANDER was born about 1827 and died on 11 Oct 1864 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.) The cause of her death was phlebitis.
www.users.zetnet.co.uk /dms/lsfamily/lesliesmith/483.htm   (331 words)

  
 [[ St. Patrick's Parish - Edinburgh ]]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Archbishop also formally blessed the new shrine of the Venerable Margaret Sinclair, which marks her final resting place after the transfer of her remains from Mount Vernon cemetery, Edinburgh, 6th October 2003, in a private ceremony.
The remains of the Venerable Margaret Sinclair, Sister Mary Francis of the Five Wounds, were transferred from Mount Vernon Cemetery, Edinburgh, to St Patrick's on 6th October 2003.
The centre-piece of the shrine is the marble slab which was the original covering of the Venerable Margaret Sinclair's grave at Mount Vernon, with new sculpting representing the face of Margaret Sinclair.
www.stpatricksparish.co.uk /church_tour.html   (635 words)

  
 Another Mister Sloane - AllAlias Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Meanwhile, Dr Sinclair meets Sloane II, who claims that he's been collecting Rambaldi prototypes for 35 years and wants Sinclair's help in putting together a machine described in a manuscript that he shows her.
Sinclair points out that sometimes that things we most want to be true aren't.
Sinclair tells him that she can't do that, but Sloane II tells Carter, his #2, to “motivate her.”
allalias.com /guide/index.php/Another_Mister_Sloane   (1324 words)

  
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Margaret Sinclair outlines the educational provision for refugees and Catherine Whibley discusses staff training programmes.
Margaret Sinclair, Senior Education Officer in charge of the Education Unit at UNHCR headquarters, spent several years advising on field operations in UNHCR's vocational training and income generating activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Margaret Sinclair can be contacted at the Education Unit, UNHCR, P O Box 2500, CH1211 Geneva 2 Depot, Switzerland; Fax (4122) 739 73 71; or Email sinclair@unhcr.ch.
www.fmreview.org /rpn212.htm   (1462 words)

  
 Jamie Sinclair Family Australia: Fifth Generation
The life of SIDNEY SINCLAIR prepared by his daughter Shirley Wetherspoon (Sinclair) 25th Nov 2000 Sydney Sinclair, known all his life as Sidney, was born 16.01.1901 at Hernani and died 07.09.1964.
Sid was the 4th child of Arthur John Sinclair (born 1868 - died 1943) known as "Foley" and Helena Williamson (born 1 875 - died 1954) known as "Nellie" and brother to Herbert, Daniel, and Dulcibella.
Shirley Margaret SINCLAIR was born August 15, 1937.
users.tpg.com.au /users/barrymor/jamies/D0/I0004196.HTM   (1120 words)

  
 McHardy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
She was married to Donald SINCLAIR on 27 Dec 1872 in Scotland, Craighill-St. Cyrus.
Elspet MCHARDY was born in 1845 in Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Ballater.
Elspet MCHARDY was born in 1880 in Scotland, Banffshire, Inveravon.
4dw.net /5andra/McHardy/McHFO/d19.htm   (947 words)

  
 Breast Cancer Alliance, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Co-chairs Michele Haertel, Margaret Sinclair and Cathy Sutton, along with Board liaison Gloria O'Connell, are well on their way to ensuring that the 2004 Annual Benefit Luncheon, once again generously sponsored by Neiman Marcus for an unprecedented 9th year, is a huge success.
Margaret spent her early career in the radio broadcasting industry.
Margaret, her husband and their three children have lived in Greenwich for 20 years.
www.breastcanceralliance.org /events/benchairs.asp   (370 words)

  
 BBC - collective - margaret sinclair
margaret sinclair's reviews and conversations are linked to from this page.
Links to other pages that margaret sinclair publishes on Collective will appear here.
margaret sinclair's latest weblog entry will appear here.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/U1241952   (330 words)

  
 Smith
In 1851 they were living at "West Bryans Colliery" at Newbattle in Midlothian with their sons Charles, John and William and their daughters Jane and Margaret.
John, a collier, was born in Lasswade, Midlothian c.1812 to John Smith, a miner and Catherine Ross.
He and his wife Margaret Sinclair were by then living in Boswell Street in Leith.
www.geocities.com /elnalexjoe/Smith.html   (356 words)

  
 McColm.ca - New Research by Harold McColm
She was christened as Helen McComb, father John McComb, mother Margaret Sinclair, (IGI).
William McColm was born March 29, 1818, christened on April 12, 1818 in Ayr, Ayreshire as William McComb, father John McComb, mother Margaret Sinclair.
The parents of Margaret Sinclair, John's wife, were readily found in the IGI and Scottish Church records.
ca.geocities.com /memccolm@rogers.com/harold.html   (876 words)

  
 Jenny Lind School
For a part of the time at Jenny Lind School, my teacher was my mother, Margaret Sinclair Hofstetter, who had also gone to school there.
Her father, James Monroe Sinclair was, probably the most famous of the long list of teachers who taught there for the many years of the school's existence.
Margaret Sinclair Hofstetter, daughter of Monroe Sinclair is in the top row, 3rd from the left.
www.goldrush.com /~hofs/Jenny_Lind_School.html   (631 words)

  
 Little, Ross, and related families: VA - NC - AR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Margaret HOLLY was born on 7 Sep 1841 in Anson Co. NC.
Luke SINCLAIR and Mary HOLLY were married on 3 Aug 1856 in Union Co. NC.
Lillie SINCLAIR, Cora L. Nancy HOLLY was born on 10 Sep 1831 in Anson Co. NC.
www.hal-pc.org /~happy/surname/b25.htm   (1954 words)

  
 Overview of Margaret Sinclair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Born in a poor tenement in Edinburgh, Sinclair was the daughter of a dust-man who worked for the City Corporation.
She was educated at St. Anne's School in the Cowgate and went on to study at the Atholl Crescent School of Domestic Economy.
Sinclair was buried at Kensal Green in NW London, but her remains were brought home to Edinburgh in 1927, being re-interred at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Liberton.
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1296.html   (252 words)

  
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B: 3 Mar 1842 Father: James FIRTH Firth And Stenness, Orkney, Mother: Margaret SINCLAIR Scotland Ann FIRTH (F).........................
B: 9 Oct 1855 Mother: Margaret FIRTH Kirkwall And St. Ola, Orkney, Scotland Catherine Curseter FIRTH (F)..........
FIRTH Firth And Stenness, Orkney, Scotland Margaret FIRTH (F)....................
www.cursiter.com /txt-exe-files/Firth.txt   (6046 words)

  
 Margaret Sinclair as child and young woman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Margaret was born May 11, 1908, attended Jenny Lind School, Linden High School because it was much nearer to Jenny Lind than Calaveras High School, and lastly, San Jose State Normal School.
Margaret taught in a number of schools in Calaveras and San Joaquin Counties, including Murphys, Evergreen, Jenny Lind, Valley Springs, Linden, Chartville, and a school down on the Calaveras River near the Escalon Bellota Road whose name I think was Douglas School.
When my Grandfather, Monroe, was killed in 1936, my Grandmother and Uncle moved to Stockton and we moved into their house, the one where Margaret was raised.
www.goldrush.com /~hofs/MargaretSH.html   (474 words)

  
 sinclair01
Sir William Sinclair of Roslin (a 1264, Sheriff of Edinburgh)
BE1883 (Orkney) shows that Margaret was daughter of the William who married Isabella of Strathearn.
William Sinclair of Longformacus (d temp King David who r.
www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/ss4as/sinclair01.htm   (438 words)

  
 Scots pray for a miracle for 'Patron of the Unemployed'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Archbishop Keith O'Brien, standing at the tomb of the Venerable Margaret Sinclair, has appealed to Scottish Catholics to pray for a miracle which could be attributed to the former factory girl who died a member of the Poor Clare Community in London, 77 years ago.
More than 400 people from various dioceses in Scotland travelled to Edinburgh last Sunday to take part in the annual pilgrimage to honour Margaret and to mark the Golden Jubilee of the start of the Apostolic Process to have her canonised.
In 1978, Pope Paul VI declared Margaret as "Venerable".
www.cathnews.com /news/209/133.html   (211 words)

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