Mary Mowat (1837–1857)
Mary Sinclair (1857–1915)

Teacher. Daughter of John Mowat, quarry labourer, and his wife Mary. Born in St Andrews, Orkney. Married James Leask Sinclair in Orkney in 1857. Emigrated to New Zealand, 1865; resided in Auckland and Wellington. Had four children in Britain, and more in New Zealand; a son died on voyage to New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland Weekly News 15 June 1915

Census returns of Scotland 1861 (The National Archives of Scotland: Kirkwall and St Ola 10/13)

Saint-Clair 1898

Scotland statutory marriages 021/1 Kirkwall and St Ola (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 10 October 2022)