Notes on Edward James Sinclair

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Name: Edward Jas Sinclair
Date of Birth: 4 Sep 1877
Gender: Male
Birth County: Victoria
Father's Name: Archebald Sinclair
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Maunder
Roll Number: MS929_31

1881 Census of Canada View Census
Edward James Sinclair
Male
Other Information:
Birth Year <1877>
Birthplace O.
Age 4
Occupation
Marital Status
Ethnic Origin Scottish
Head of Household Arch Sinclair
Religion Methodist Canada
Source Information:
Census Place Fenelon, Victoria North, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375879
NA Film Number C-13243
District 130
Sub-district B
Division 1
Page Number 49
Household Number 202

1900 United States Federal Census - View Census
Name: Edward J Sinclair
Home in 1900: Hamilton, Pembina, North Dakota
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
BirthPlace: Canada
Relationship to head-of-house: Son
Father's name: Arch??
Mother's name: Mary A
Race: White
Immigration year: 1892

Saskatchewan Homestead Index
File Number 759754
Name Sinclair, Edward James
Part SE
Section 16
Township 5
Range 5
Meridian W2

Scanned from a tin plate photo
Envelope says:
Ed Sinclair on left
Can anyone tell me who the other person is?


Back of photo says:
Ed Sinclair
Pehaps about 1905

1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces of Canada - View Census
Name: Edward Sinclar
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 28
BirthPlace: Ontario
Family Number: 116
Relation to Head of House: Head
Province: Saskatchewan
Sub-District Description: Townships 4, 5, 6 In Ranges 4, 5, 6 West of The 2nd M
Sub-District: 9
Page: 13

Manitoba Vital Records
Groom's Last Name: Sinclair
Groom's given Names: Edward
Bride's Last Name: Drummond
Bride's Given Names: Selina
Date of Marriage: 12/25/1907
Place of Marriage: Victoria
Registration Number: 1907,002638
Registration Date:

1911 Census of Canada - View Census
Name: Edward Sinclair
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 31
Birth Date: September 1879
BirthPlace: Ontario
Family Number: 148
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouses's Name: Selina
Tribal: Scotch
Province: Saskatchewan
District: Assiniboia
District Number: 207
Sub-District Number: 6
Census Year: 1911
Page: 18

SINCLAIR: Edward & Cecile
Edward Sinclair was born to Archibald and Mary Ann Sinclair at Lindsay, Ontario, September 4, 1878. Later he moved with his parents to Cavalier, North Dakota.
In 1903 he took up a homestead on the south-east 1/4 16-5-5. In 1905 Sinclair was opened and Cecile Drummond of Holland, Manitoba became the first teacher. In 1907 Edward and Cecile were married.
Ed and Cecile moved to Bienfait where Ed ran a poolroom. Later they took up residence in Roche Percee where he owned a dance hall. He also looked after the park and owned a mine along the river bank. A flood in 1948 destroyed the dance hall and the organ in it went floating down the river. It was ruined so Ed made a cupboard out of it. The hall was torn down and never replaced.
Ed was quite a handyman. He made himself a dumb waiter out of two culverts, which he let down into the ground for keeping his food cool.
Cecile died in 1941 and was buried at Bienfait. Ed lived in Roche Percee until the mid sixties. He lived in Blue Lodge at Weyburn and later went to a nursing home in Regina where he died at the age of eighty-four. He was buried at Riverside cemetery in Regina.
Ed and Cecile had no children. Ed loved children and was pleased when we named one of our sons Edward. There was someone to carry on his name. Dan and I and the children used to visit him once or twice a year. We usually packed a picnic lunch and visited him on his birthday.
Many people spoke well of him. He was Uncle Ed to everyone Submitted by Chris Sinclair to
"Poet's Corner"
Pages 899 & 900


Back of photo says:
October
Uncle Ed Sinclair is so different in appearance.
This is the Blue-Bird Lodge in Weyburn
He was real gay and anxious to have this taken
Poor old dear didn't actually know us tho.

Thanks to Fern for the above photos.

More About Edward James Sinclair
Family: No Family
Burial: 21 Mar 1967 Lot a, Plot 6, Block 66A, Riverside Cemetery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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