Caroline Edwards Jane McKenzie 'Carry' FINLAYSON

1849 -

• Name	Caroline Edwards Jane McKenzie 'Carry' FINLAYSON
  Nickname	Carry
  Born	19 Apr 1849	Knockbain, Scotland
  	Craigton Cottage
  Gender	Female
  Notes for biography	We think that Carry and Caroline are the same person. We have only two pieces of information about Carry and two about Caroline:- 1. Carry is named in the 1851 census as a 5 year old (with David also a 5 year old in that census). If she was David's twin, who we know was born in 25th November 1845, they would have been 5 years old at census time if the census was held in the earlier part of that year. 2. Carry was mentioned in David's letter when he visited 8 Southside Place Inverenss, in 1901. 3. Caroline is named as a 12 year old in the 1861 census. 4. Caroline's OPR for 19th April 1849. Research:- * We have not been able to find a a separate OPR for Carry. * Maybe her registered name was not Carry, but something quite different. We have searched all Finlaysons born in between 1830 and 1850 - regardless of first name - but nothing matches. * David and Carry were probably not twins. David's birth is registered and it would be expected that, if they were twins, the parents would have baptized them at the same time and they would be recorded next to each other on the OPR record - but nothing found. It is not likely that the parents would have baptized and registered one twin and not the other - especially as they were consistent with baptizing all their other children. * If Carry was born in 1845 with David, why was she left off the 1861 census? And if Caroline was born in 1849, why was she left off the 1851 census? These anomalies are resolved if in fact there was a simple error in the 1851 census - Carry's age should have been noted as 2 instead of 5 years. * Then it makes sense that there was one girl named Caroline, but nicknamed 'Carry', born in 1949.
  Residence	Residences : Carry's brother, David, refers to her in his letter in 1901. She visited him in 8 Southside Place Inverness for at least a week - so Carry she was probably living some distance from this house (ie too far away to come to visit each day). She would have been 51 years old at the time.
  Person ID	I1728	Alexander & Jessie
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	David FINLAYSON,   b. 1 Dec 1811, Dochmaluag, Fodderty, Scotland, UK ,   d. 2 Dec 1862, Craigton Cottage, North Kessock, Scotland  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Marjory McLennan 'May' MCKENZIE,   b. 1806, Knockbain, Ross Shire, Scotland, UK ,   d. 8 Apr 1866, Craigton Cottage, Knockbain, Ross Shire, Scotland, UK  (Age 60 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1834	Knockbain, Scotland
  Family ID	F313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Census 1861 - Finlayson & Fraser households in Craigton Cottage - part 1 (see also part 2).pdf FINLAYSON household (part of Craigton Cottage with 5 windows) * David Finlayson, head, 47 yrs [c1814] gardener, born Fodderty * Marjory Finlayson, wife, 56 yrs [c1805], born Knockbain * Margaret Finlayson, daughter, 18 yrs [c1843], unmarried, born Knockbain (from the second part of the census) * David Finlayson, son 15 yrs [c1846], scholar, born Knockbain (from the second part of the census) * Caroline E F McK Finlayson, 12 yrs [c1849], scholar, born in Knockbain (from the second part of the census) * Note: The older boys, Roderick 25 ys, John 24 yrs & William 22 yrs, would have left home by 1861. They should show up within another household for this census - or maybe some migrated? FRASER household (section of Craigton Cottage with 10 windows) * Catherine Charles Fraser, head, 46 yrs [c1815], widow of Capt in Royal Navy, born Knockbain * John E Fraser, son, 16 yrs [c1845], student in Kings College London, born Inverness * Millicent May Fraser, daughter, 14 yrs [c1847], scholar, born Knockbain * Carolina McK Fraser, daughter, 10 yrs [c1851], scholar, born Knockbain * Roderick Willm Fraser, son, 7 yrs [c1854], born, born Knockbain * Affleck??? Alen Fraser, son, 5 yrs [c1856], born Edinburgh * Robert G Fraser, son, 2 yrs [c1859], born Knockbain * Jane McKenzie, aunt, 70 yrs [c1791], lady, born Contin * Roderick McK Edwards, brother, 35 yrs [c1826], HM Bengal Civil Service, born Inverness * Jane Grant, domestic servant, 45 yrs [c1816], unmarried, Arderseir * Isabella McIvor, domestic servant, 26 yrs [c1835], unmarried, Ross-shire Strathconnan??? * Margaret McIntosh, domestic servant, 51 yrs [c1810], unmarried, Yarmouth, England
  		Census 1851 - Finlayson household in Craigton Cottage.jpg FINLAYSON household * David Finlayson, head, 37 yrs [c1814], gardener, born Fodderty * May Finlayson, wife, 44 yrs [c1807], born Knockbain * Roderick Finlayson, son, 15 yrs [c1836], scholar, born Knockbain * William Finlayson, son, 13 yrs [c1838], scholar, born Knockbain * Margaret Finlayson, daughter, 8 yrs [c1843], scholar, born Knockbain * David Finlayson, son, 5 yrs [c1846], born Knockbain * Carry Finlayson, daughter, 5 yrs [ERROR - should be Caroline aged 2 yrs c1849], born in Knockbain * Jane Beaton, house servant, 16 yrs [c1835], born Inverness * Note that John E, who would have been 14 years old [c1837], was not home at the time of the census. Maybe he was away, perhaps at boarding school?, for education which later led him to become a teacher. FRASER household * John Fraser, head, 58 yrs [c1793], Captain ret on 1/2 pay, born Inverness * Catherine C Fraser, 36 yrs [c1815], born Knockbain * James Fraser, son, 8 yrs [c1843], scholar, born Knockbain * John Edwards Fraser, son, 6 yrs [c1845], scholar, born Knockbain * Millicent Mary Fraser, daughter, 4 yrs [1847], at home, born Knockbain * Caroline M Fraser, daughter, 5 months [c1851], born Knockbain * Margaret McIntosh, house servant, 46 yrs [c1805], unmarried, born Suffolk Yarmouth * Jessie Grant, house servant, 35 yrs [c1816], unmarried, born Inverness Ardersier??? * Sally Harper, house servant, 26 yrs [c1825], unmarried, born Cromarty * Nanny Denoon, house servant, 48 yrs [c1803], unmarried, born Inverness
  		Census 1861 - FINLAYSON household in Craigton Cottage - part 2 See part 1 for details
  		Caroline Edwards Jane MacKenzie Finlayson - born 19th April 1848 in Knockbain David Finlayson at Craigton Cottage and his spouse Marjory MacKenzie had a child born to them upon 19 April [1848] and was baptized by the Revd H?? Williamson named Caroline Edwards Jane MacKenzie.