Jeanette B. (Sinclair) Sibley (1896 - 1986)

Born 31 Oct 1896 in Conway, Massachusetts

Wife of Merton Rice Lee — married 1918 in Conway, Massachusetts

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Biography

Jeanette was born in 1896. She is the daughter of Alexander Sinclair and Ophelia Bond. She passed away in 1986.

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• 1920 US Census: Conway, Franklin County, MA, 10 Jan 1920, Enumeration District 98, Sheet 4A. -Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: T625_698; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 98
• 1930 US Census: Conway, Franklin County, MA, 10 Apr 1930, Enumeration District 6, Sheet 4B. - Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2340639

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Research Notes

• In the 1900 US Census source this person is given as a male named Ralph C. In the 1910 US Census, this person is given as a female, Jeannette B. Very odd. Then, in the 1930 US Census she is found as her married name, Jeannette B. Lee, the daughter of Alexander Sinclair.
• See 1900 US Census source where this person is given as Male Ralph C. and that says he was born in Massachusetts in October of 1896. "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9R6-LVJ : Thu Apr 11 19:13:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Alexander Sinclair and Ophelia B Sinclair, 1900.
• See 1910 US Census source where she is given as 13yr old Jeannette B. and given as born in Massachusetts.
• See 1930 US Census where given as female, Jeannette B., she is given as 33yrs old and born in Massachusetts.
• See 1930 US Census source that gives her spouse as Merton R. Lee and says she 1st married at age 21yrs old.
• The 1900 US Census of Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this person given as a male; Ralph C. at the age of 3yrs old and given as born in Massachusetts in October of 1896. He is living there in Conway with his 41yr old father, Alexander Sinclair, his 41yr old mother, Ophelia and his two siblings; 10yr old Hazel I and 7yr old Ruth C.
• In the 1910 US Census of Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, this person is given as female, Jeannette B. at the age of 13yrs old and born in Massachusetts. She is living there in Conway on Ashfield Rd. with her 52yr old father, Alexander Sinclair and her two older sisters; 20yr old Hazel I. and 17yr old Ruth C.^[1]
• The 1930 US Census of Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts finds this Jeannette B. at the age of 33yrs old and given as born in Massachusetts. She is living there in Conway with her 31yr old husband, Merton R. Lee and their three children; 9yr old Merton D., 6yr old Marion and 1yr, 6-month old Eleanor. Also living in the household is this Jeannette's 71yr old widowed father, Alexander Sinclair.^[2]