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Photograph, Deborah Mercer, née Sinclair, c.1832-1906
... Mrs Henry Boyd Mercer... Mercer née Sinclair Mrs Henry Boyd Mercer Old Lintonian ...
Deborah Sinclair, a daughter of Jos. Sinclair and his wife Jane (née Cook), married Henry Boyd Mercer in 1859, and they had six children - Jane, Henry, William, Hugh, Emma and Elizabeth.
In the 1870s Henry Boyd Mercer purchased farm land at Spring Vale (now Pittong). The property was known as "The Pines".
Photograph is part of Old Lintonian Collection ; No. 59Sepia photograph of a well dressed lady seated with hands on lap. (Mounted photograph cropped to show head and shoulders only.)deborah mercer née sinclair, mrs henry boyd mercer, old lintonian collection