Jessie Sinclair

Jessie Sinclair 

Born: 12 May 1896, Scarborough 

Father: George Sinclair (b. 1871)

Mother: Charlotte Sinclair (b. 1871)

Brothers: Francis Gordon Sinclair (b. 1901)

Sisters: Amy Maud Sinclair (b. 1898) [LDTC 1920], Joyce Sinclair (b. 1910) – is likely ‘Mary Joyce Gardiner’ and was informally adopted.          

In 1901 – 

She is at 76 St. John’s Road, Scarborough. Her father is listed as ‘House Joiner’. Jessie, her mother and her sister, Amy, are unlisted.

In 1911 –  

She is at 62 Gordon Street, Scarborough. Jessie, her mother, her siblings, Amy and Francis and her grandmother, Emma Atkinson (b. 1842), are unlisted. Mary Joyce Gardiner (b. 1911) is listed as ‘Nurse Child’. 

In 10/15 – 

PT at Springfield Junior Council, Sheffield.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1915.

In 10/17 – 

Appointed to Park Council, Sheffield.

In 1921 – 

She is at 72 Onslow Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Carpenter and Joiner’. Jessie and her sister, Amy, are listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her brother, Gordon, is listed as ‘Clerk’. Her mother and sister, Joyce, are unlisted.

In 1939 – 

She is at 157 Hibbert Road, Walthamstow. Jessie is listed as ‘Trained Certified Teacher’. 

d.         6 January 1981, Waltham Forest 

SINCLAIR, Jessie of 137 Hibbert Road, London E17 died 6 January 1981. Administration with Will London 23 January £18,990