Hi Chris, Several years ago I looked into this Sinclair family in DC. My great-grandmother was Mary Sinclair - according to the back of a picture. My great-grandfather, John Thomas Riston was from the DC area. My Mary Sinclair's maiden name is still unknown, but I did find that Rosanna Lyles married George St. Clair. They had a daughter Mary A. An index of marriages for DC shows that a Alice M. St. Clair married James W. W. Plant on Apr. 18, 1863. Thinking that M. could be Mary I found the family in the 1880 census, where they have a daughter named Rosanna. Not conclusive evidence, but gives cause to wonder. By 1880 my great-grandfather was a widower, which proved Alice M. couldn't be my great-grandmother. Elberta Riston Ramos AZ ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:20:30 -0400 From: Chris Watson <genealogist@erols.com> Subject: [WashDC] Researching St. Clair & Sinclair in DC To: washingtondc-l@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <460AEA2E.8050206@erols.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Does anyone have any information or know where I could find information about the "Sinclair Hotel." George SINCLAIR, b. 1809 in DC, wife Rosanna (she later a furniture dealer after George died), was a "Tavern Keeper" there in the 1850 Fed. Census. Looking for location or any information. George died between the 1850 and 1860 censuses, and the family apparently changed the name to St. CLAIR. Rosanna appears with the children in the 1860 census under StClair. George's father was apparently an R. SINCLAIRE, in DC in the 1930 Census. Anyone have any information or ideas on this family? Chris Watson ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html