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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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1839 -
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| Name |
William Edwards FINLAYSON |
| Born |
8 Apr 1839 |
Knockbain, Scotland |
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| Gender |
Male |
| General event |
He was the informant who was present at the death of his father in 1862. |
| Residence |
Residences :
* Census of 1841 & 1851 - Craigton Cottage
* 1861 census - no record - not with family so might have left home, married and/or migrated
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| Person ID |
I926 |
Alexander & Jessie |
| Last Modified |
1 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 |
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| Documents
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 | Census 1841 - Finlayson & Fraser households in Craigton Cottage FINLAYSON household
* David Finlayson, 25 yrs [c1816], farmer, born in this county
* May Finlayson, 35 yrs [c1806]
* Roderick Finlayson, 5 yrs [c1836]
* John Finlayson, 4 yrs [c1837]
* William Finlayson, 2 yrs [c1839]
* David Finlayson, 2 months [c1841]
* Jean Davidson, 15 yrs [c1826], female servant
FRASER household
* Capt John Fraser, 40 yrs [c1801], Navy
* Catherine Fraser, 25 yrs [c1816], born in this county
* Margaret Brodie, 20 yrs [c1821], female servant [1816]
* Jane Grant, 20 yrs [c1821], female servant
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 | 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 |
 | William Edwards Finlayson - born 8th April 1839 in Knockbain 8th April 1839 in Knockbain - David Finlayson Craigton Cottage and his spouse May MacKenzie had a son born who was baptized and and named William Edwards |
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