Sinclair/ Wallace New Zealand

[DonHutton38]

Hello Dianne,

The ship which brought my ggg uncle Andrew Hepburn (1801 - 1873) and 1st cousin 4 times removed George Sinclair (1800 - 1875) to Otago in 1857 was the "George Canning." Several other members of the related Hepburn and Sinclair families and spouses were also on this ship including my great grandfather William Hepburn (1834 - 1887) and my 3x great grandfather James Paterson (c1776 - 1861).

It was George's daughter Mary (1836 - 1936) who married John Wallace in Dunedin in 1861, not Mary Murray Sinclair (c.1873 - 1913) who was a single woman. James Spencer Hepburn Wallace (1877 - 1916) was the 7th of 9 children of Mary & John.

I have more information about the Sinclairs and Hepburns researched in the years since I last contributed to Rootschat. It would be easier by normal email if you're interested in more details.

Don Hutton

[dreeves]

Thanks for replying Don. I would be interested in your  citations for this info as my father alway said his great grandmother was Mary Murray Sinclair. I’ve got her living from1839-1936.It would be good to continue by email. I’ve only just joined Rootschat so am not sure how we communicate by email as we don’t reveal that do we?
Dianne

[sarah]

Hi Dreeves welcome to RootsChat.

You can contact Don by replying to the thread just as you have done so there is no need to give away email addresses. If the information concerns living folk then you can send don a PM.

Regards

Sarah