Where we SINCLAIRs started out--the Sinclair Castle in Caithness, Scotland. These photos are from a trip my parents took to Great Britain some 20 years ago.
On the back of the photo on the left, my mother wrote on the back of the photo:
"SWS stands for Sir William St. Clair, who repaired the castle. An earier Sr. William Sinclair had restored it in 1580. It dates from the thirteenth century. There is a ghost--fair Rosamund."
Mom wrote on the back of the photo on the right:
"Ruins of the watch tower. Rosslyn was one of the string of castles along the border which kept watch towers to search out possible attacks. A light in the tower was a signal picked up by the others and so a string of lights gave warning."

Col. William Stanley Sinclair, his wife Mary Van Alstyne,
with their four children (left to right):
Loraine, Albert, Van and William (Buzz) Stanley SINCLAIR, Jr. (ca. 1915)

Mary Lufkin Van Alstyne Sinclair, in 1918, with Loraine and Buzz

Home of Albert Alfred Van Alstyne on Broadway, Galveston, Texas.

Loraine Phoebe Bartholomew (Mrs. William Henry Sinclair), grandmother of "Buzz," Albert, Van, and Loraine SINCLAIR (ca. mid 1800's)

William Henry Sinclair (husband of Loraine Phoebe Bartholomew), grandfather of Buzz, Albert, Van and Loraine SINCLAIR (ca. mid 1800's)

The O. A. Bartholomew house, Jonesville, MI (sometime in 1800's). It was restored and still in existence in 1986.

William H. SINCLAIR (54 years old), surrounded by his sons
Louis (17 years old)(left), Stanley (14 years old) (second from left), and Harry (22 years old)(right). The boys were in a military school in Houston, Texas.
The photograph was taken by Paul H. Naschke, 420 - 22nd Street, Galveston, Texas, in June 1892.

Catherine Lufkin Van Alstyne, Buzz's grandmother; lived on 29th and Broadway, Galveston, Texas

William H. SINCLAIR. On the back of the photo is written, "Uncle Will Sinclair, Buzz's grandfather, Wm. H. Sinclair." "MAYBE" is written in my mother's handwriting.

Phoebe Loraine Bartholomew

(l-r) Frances Ellen Bartholomew (Mrs. Durand) and Phoebe Loraine Bartholomew (Mrs. Sinclair), sisters

Ione Hawks Sinclair, wife of Van SINCLAIR, b. Feb 23 19__? (about 1905-1907) Kansas. Married Van Jul 4, 19__ (about 1942 or 1943) in Honolulu. (from handwritten note in Sinclair records)

William ("Buzz") Stanley Sinclair, Jr., fishing, probably in Oregon.

William ("Buzz") Stanley Sinclair, Jr., "playing" with a shark in Galveston Bay, Galveston, Texas. This is a photo from The Galveston Daily News newspaper article (July 4, 1981) about him; for a period of years, Buzz did catch live sharks for the SeaArama that once was located in Galveston. Please refer to two Galveston, TX, newspaper articles that give a bit of insight into my "Crocodile Dundee" father.

William ("Buzz") Stanley Sinclair, Jr., standing--most probably on the Galveston beach of the Gulf of Mexico--with his catch of the day. Galveston News," 1955.

William ("Buzz") Stanley Sinclair, Jr. (b. 1913) as a young child.

William S. SINCLAIR ("Buzz")

Van Sinclair, brother of Buzz Sinclair

Mary Van Alstyne Sinclair and son Van Sinclair

Mary Lufkin Van Alstyne Sinclair

Mary Lufkin Van Alstyne, graduation

Mary Lufkin Van Alstyne

Mary Lufkin Van Alstyne, in 1898

Mary Lufkin Van Alstyne Sinclair, 1918

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