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Archibald McCallum “Archie” Sinclair

Birth	:	1858 Anderson, Perth County, Ontario, Canada
Death	:	3 Dec 1933 Milk River, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Burial	:	Milk River Cemetery, Milk River, Lethbridge Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.1442000, -112.0658700
Description	:	FARMER, LAND INVESTOR AND INDEPENDENT BANKER "Archie" Sinclair was born in Anderson, Perth Co., Ontario, near settlement of Saint Marys. He was son of Scottish immigrant settlers, Moses Sinclair and Sarah (Sally) McCallum there . His family moved from their comfortable Ontario farm to the "boomtown" of Hannaford, Griggs Co., Dakota along with several other relatives and their families at the time of opening of the western prairies. Large tracts of "virgin" lands became available as the railroads pushed west and cheap land seemed to offer future development. Archie grew up on a large farm... Read More	FARMER, LAND INVESTOR AND INDEPENDENT BANKER "Archie" Sinclair was born in Anderson, Perth Co., Ontario, near settlement of Saint Marys. He was son of Scottish immigrant settlers, Moses Sinclair and Sarah (Sally) McCallum there . His family moved from their comfortable Ontario farm to the "boomtown" of Hannaford, Griggs Co., Dakota along with several other relatives and their families at the time of opening of the western prairies. Large tracts of "virgin" lands became available as the railroads pushed west and cheap land seemed to offer future development. Archie grew up on a large farm there. He married Lucy Bell Merryman of St. Albans, Maine, whose family had also moved into the Dakota wheatlands during the landboom there. Archie acessed family investment funds to open and develop a large private agricultural bank in this area. The family developed a comfortable life in the "new West". Their three sons were raised there : Gerald Archibald, Ardell Erroll, and Douglas Graeme. While the boom town of Hannaford expanded around the turn of the 20th century, Archie's Bank of Hannaford expanded too. He specialized in farm mortgages to the influx of regional settlers; later Archie became President of the same bank. He was also active in the Hannaford Presbyterian Church. Then came the long agricultural price contractions in world agricultural markets following World War I; Archie and his family were forced to liquidate and return to Canada- they moved to new land holdings in Alberta to start afresh. The family settled in Milk River, in the Lethbridge area. Archie soon died and is buried here. According to the local obituaries, he was known as an honest and well-respected community member that stoically survived some difficult economic times. The agricultural economic Depression lasted well after World War II in many rural areas of the agricultural West -this long Depression hit the western US settlers particularly hard but did not spare Canadian farmers. Obituary in the Lethbridge Herald (Dec 8, 1933) announces Archie Sinclair's burial in the Milk River Village Cemetery.∼ALBERTA DEATH REGISTER #406-748 Lethbridge Herald December 9, 1933 MILK RIVER MAN IS LAID TO REST ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, FORMER BANK PRESIDENT in N.D. PASSES - taught and farmed in North Dakota - came to Canada in 1908 - survived by his widow, the former Lucy Labelle Merryman and their sons: Gerald, Ardelle Douglas - also survived by his sister, Sarah Jean Sinclair - interred in the Milk River Village Cemetery

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Archibald McCallum “Archie” Sinclair's memorial is located at: Milk River Cemetery, Milk River, Lethbridge Census Division, Canada.
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Archibald McCallum “Archie” Sinclair death on 3 Dec 1933 in Milk River, Lethbridge Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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Latitude: 49.1442000
Longitude: -112.0658700

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Lucy Belle Merryman Sinclair

(1865 - 1949)

Siblings

Duncan Sinclair

(1847 - 1912)

Children

Douglas Graeme Sinclair

(1898 - 1935)

Gerald Archibald Sinclair

(1901 - 1958)

Ardelle Erroll Sinclair

(1903 - 1970)

Flowers:

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