Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2014 August 8

= August 8 =

Elizabeth Sinclair
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)


 * 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)
 * When was James born and when did he die? And when was George born?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * And here's the family tree, although it omits the sons, only listing the daughters: Niihau. Presumably they are omitted due to their lack of issue. StuRat (talk) 03:51, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * It's on her article too. That's why I asked about the sons.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 04:24, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 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)

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


 * According to Yellow_River, for a while it drained into a lake, which drained into the Yangtze. But the claim is flagged . 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)