Mary Jane (Watson) Sinclair (1872-1958) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Mary Jane Sinclair formerly Watson

Born 17 Aug 1872 in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Daughter of George Henry Watson

and Ann Jane (Gay) Watson

Sister of John Booth Watson, Edward Henry Watson, George William Watson, James Nathaniel Watson, Arthur Thomas Watson, Margaret Ann (Watson) Harder, Elizabeth (Watson) Pryce, Charlotte (Watson) Bourchier, Emily (Watson) Warland, Christopher Watson, Alfred Watson, Alice (Watson) Kavanagh, Ellen Ada (Watson) Nelson, Unnamed Infant Watson, Herbert Lindsay Watson, Isabel (Watson) Eldershaw and Grace Helena (Watson) L'Estrange

Wife of Samuel Patrick Sinclair — married 13 Aug 1898 (to 4 Mar 1943) in Berry, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Mother of Myrtle Jane (Sinclair) Layton, Frank De Lyle Sinclair, Harry Sinclair, James Alexander Sinclair, Edith Emily (Sinclair) Blake, George Sinclair, Samuel Lindsay Sinclair and Arthur Thomas Sinclair

Died 9 Jul 1958 at age 85 in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Mary Jane Watson was born at Jamberoo (registered at Kiama) in 1872. She was the daughter of George Henry Watson and Ann Jane Gay.^[1]

Mary married Samuel Patrick Sinclair in 1898, registered at Berry. (Kangaroo Valley weddings were usually registered in Berry.)^[2]

Mary passed away on the 9th of July 1958.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Sources

↑ NSW BDM: Birth 11585/1872 WATSON MARY JANE, father GEORGE HENRY, mother JANE, KIAMA
↑ NSW BDM: Marriage 5160/1898 SINCLAIR SAMUEL P, WATSON MARY J, BERRY
↑ New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958, Retrieved from Ancestry.com.au. Name: Mary Jane Sinclair, Residence Place: Lismore, Death Date: 9 Jul 1958
↑ NSW BDM: Death 23158/1958 SINCLAIR MARY JANE, father GEORGE HENRY, mother ANN, LISMORE
↑ Ryerson Index. Obituary: SINCLAIR Mary Jane, died: 09JUL1958, aged 85, late of Lismore, published: Northern Star (Lismore) 10JUL1958.
Obituary: SINCLAIR Mary Jane, late of Lismore, published: Northern Star (Lismore) 12JUL1958
Funeral notice: SINCLAIR Mary Jane, Funeral 10JUL1958, late of Lismore, published Northern Star (Lismore) 10JUL1958

Maternal and paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Fran Willoughby and her second cousin Greg Watson. Their most recent common ancestors are their great grandparents George Henry Watson and Ann Jane Gay. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 224 cM across 13 DNA segments.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:

~25.00% 50.00% Fran (Sinclair) Willoughby : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Red1Light
~12.50% Greg Watson : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A523281 [compare]
~12.50% Mark Sinclair : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JQ1062107 [compare], Ancestry member msinclair748761
~6.25% Kathleen (Watson) Cobcroft : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A897487 [compare], Ancestry member kathcobcroft
~1.56% Danny Stapleton : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A383771 [compare], Ancestry member Stapfam_1
~0.78% Julie (Crofts) Rourke : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A255909 [compare], Ancestry member jrourke1961
~0.78% Ray Smith : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A031220 [compare], Ancestry member rayz1948