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Your connection with Scotland in the 1700s, and with pioneers in South Australia in the late 1800s
Jessie & Alexander GORDON - family tree & stories
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 1879 - 11 Jul 1950??
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| Name |
Oliver Hamilton FINLAYSON |
| Born |
14 Jul 1879 |
Alma, SA, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| General event |
Achievements :
* Oliver was a great musician. He was the conductor of the the Adelaide Competitive Choir in 1925 (ref : program notes) and was founder and conductor of the Adelaide Choral Society.
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Biography :
* Jeff Gordon remembers uncle Oliver used to make up ditties for family gatherings. |
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Death : Oliver died on 11th July 1950??? (aged 71 years) - two minutes before he was to conduct the Adelaide Choral Society in a radio broadcast. |
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Residence :
* Mostly in South Australia
* Maybe in Subiaco, WA in 1906 but later in Dulwich, SA |
| Notes for biography |
Conductor dies 2 min before broadcast: Mr Oliver H Finlayson, conductor of the Adelaide Choral Society, collapsed and died two minutes before he was due to conduct the choir in a broadcast over Station 5AN in a studio at Football House last night. He was 71.
After having taken the choir through its broadcast numbers, Mr Finlayson sat down five minutes before the time of the broadcast.
Three minutes later he collapsed.
He was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, where he was found to be dead.
The choir?s broadcast was cancelled and replaced by a session of recorded music.
Mr Finlayson, who lived at Union Street Dulwich, was conductor of the Adelaide Choral Society since he founded it more than 30 years ago.
As conductor of the choir he competed in many Ballarat competitions.
Mr Finlayson leaves a son, Mr Harold Finlayson, and a daughter, Mrs AG Anson, of Craighill Road, St Georges. (source: Newspaper cutting)
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| Notes for biography |
14 Feb 1908 |
HAMLEY BRIDGE - February 10th ? Presentations?
Mr. Oliver Finlayson, the hon. conductor of the Hamley Bridge choral company, which was successful at the Unley and Kapunda competitions in the choir section, was presented with a handsome gold medal, with an inscription thereon, and Miss Tamblyn who acted as pianiste for the company, was the recipient of a very nice dressing-case, The presentations were made at a social of members of the choir.
(Kapunda Herald, 14th February 1908, p3)
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| Occupation |
Occupations :
* Taylor
* Musician |
| Residence |
Residing in Union St, Dulwich at the time of his death. |
| Died |
11 Jul 1950?? |
| Person ID |
I919 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
11 May 2018 |
| Father |
David FINLAYSON, b. 25 Nov 1845, Craigton Cottage, Knockbain, Inverness, Scotland, UK , d. 10 Jun 1913, Owen, SA, Australia (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Ann SALTMARSH, b. 26 Sept 1850, Mt Pleasant, SA, Australia , d. 7 May 1904, Inverness House, Owen (Age 53 years) |
| Married |
23 Aug 1871 |
Lake Plains, SA |
- Residence of Henry Saltmarsh, Lake Plains.
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| Wedding |
MARRIED. Finlayson-Saltmarsh: On the 23rd August, at the residence of the bride's parents, by licence, by the Rev. R. Woolcock, Mr. D. Finlayson, of Alma, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Henry Saltmarsh, Lake Plains.
(source: South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, 28th August 1871, p4)
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| Family ID |
F119 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Finlaysons at Owen in 1893
Colin Semmler stated that the photo was taken about 1893 and they were David 48 yrs, Raymond 16, Ruby 5, Mary 43, Marie 10, Eveline 12, Ethel 18 and Oliver 14 yrs. For some reason, the two eldest children, Everard 19 and Florence 21, were absent at that time. The family are dressed up for a special occasion - what might this event be? |
 | Finlayson family - about 1950s - cropped
Uncertain identification as follows.
Back row - left to right - probably Raymond, Oliver & Everard.
Front - probably Marie, Ethel, Florence (or their mother, Mary) & Ruby. |
 | Finlaysons at Owen about 1898.jpg
Uncertain identity as follows.
Back row (left to right) - probably Oliver (or Raymond), David, Raymond (or Oliver) & Everard.
Front row - probably Marie, Ruby, Mary, Ethel (or Florence) & Florence (or Ethel).
The lattice indicates that this photo was taken in the same place as the other big family photo taken about 5 years earlier (1893) - probably in front of the family house in Owen.
The family are dressed up for a special occasion - what might this event be? |
 | Oliver Finlayson
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