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Elizabeth Sinclair[edit]

Can anybody help me find some genealogical information on the three sons of Elizabeth Sinclair? I am having troubke since Elizabeth Sinclair is a pretty common name.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:00, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like none of them had children. George died at sea with his father in 1846; James was "an invalid" and apparently died unmarried and childless; Francis Sinclair (1833–1916) married twice but seems to have had no children. More on Francis Sinclair Jr. here.--Cam (talk) 14:21, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When was James born and when did he die? And when was George born?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And here's the family tree, although it omits the sons, only listing the daughters: Niihau#Sinclair-Robinson_family_tree. Presumably they are omitted due to their lack of issue. StuRat (talk) 03:51, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's on her article too. That's why I asked about the sons.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I found dates for George (1820–1846) and James (1825–1873) on ancestry.com, perhaps not a reliable source in the Wikipedian sense.--Cam (talk) 12:42, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yellow River[edit]

Was the Yellow River really a tributary of the Yangtze River in the 13th and 14th century? [1]

According to Yellow_River#Medieval_times, for a while it drained into a lake, which drained into the Yangtze. But the claim is flagged ^{[citation needed]}. Seems plausible enough to me, especially considering our article references several other documented changes in course. It seems to have been a rather dynamic river. SemanticMantis (talk) 22:02, 8 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]