Hannah Anna Grahame

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 20 August 1803 birth or baptism of Hannah Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers [child 5], in the parish of Glasgow
• 28 September 1803 birth or baptism of Hannah Anna Findlay, daughter of Kirkman Findlay and Janet Struthers [child 5], in the parish of Barony

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• 21 April 1823 marriage or banns of Hannah Finlay to Thomas Graham, in the parish of Glasgow
• 21 April 1823 marriage or banns of Hannah Finlay to Thomas Graham, in the parish of Barony

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

Possible list of 3 children of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay from first: 14 December 1826 Janet Finlay Graham to last: 3 January 1830 Hannah Graham

• 14 December 1826 birth or baptism of Janet Finlay Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay [child 1], in the parish of Barony
• 28 April 1828 birth or baptism of Helen Geddes Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay [child 2], in the parish of Barony
• 3 January 1830 birth or baptism of Hannah Graham, daughter of Thomas Graham and Hannah Finlay [child 3], in the parish of Barony

From "William Henry Hill handwritten manuscript, Page 29 88 James Grahame 89 Robert G 90 Matilda G 91 Thomas G 92 Janet Finlay G 93 Helen Geddes G 94 Anne G 95 Thomas Donald 96 Helen D.jpg"

[WHH-REF:91] Thomas Grahame, Writer in Glasgow, second son of [WHH-REF:87] was born on 30 January 1792. He married firstly on [blank] Hannah Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay of Castle Toward by whom he had issue viz: Janet Finlay Grahame [WHH-REF:92], Helen Geddes Grahame [WHH-REF:93] and Hannah Grahame [WHH-REF:91/a] born [blank] died unmarried.

From Mrs Alice Clara Grahame (1864-1954) – Glasgow Museums Art Donors Group

Thomas Grahame married Hannah Finlay of Castle Toward in 1823 with whom he had three daughters. Hannah died in 1834.

Hannah Finlay (1803-1834) was the eldest daughter of Kirkman Finlay (1773-1842). After the death of his father in 1790, Kirkman Finlay took over the running of his father’s business James Finlay & Co, Glasgow Merchants. He moved into the new business of cotton spinning and owned mills in Ayrshire, Stirlingshire and Perthshire. By 1810 he was the largest exporter of cotton yarn to Europe and managed to evade Napoleon’s wartime blockade. He was Lord Provost of Glasgow 1812-15 and 1818 and MP for Clyde Burghs 1812-1819.As well as Castle Toward in Argyll the Finlays had a town House in Queen Street Glasgow. Hannah was the first wife of Thomas Grahame of Whitehill Whitehill House, near 35 Finlay Drive, Glasgow G31 2QY 55.860043, -4.218424 and died at the age of 31.