Kirkman Finlay

KIRKMAN FINLAY

Merchant in Glasgow: Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

Kirkman Finlay is the son of James Finlay, merchant in Glasgow. He was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 1 April 1796, having been admitted in right of being the younger son of an existing burgess and guild brother. Glasgow Burgesses: 200

Genealogy

1. Wikipedia: Kirkman Finlay
2. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. Edited by Sir Bernard Burke. Volume I (Harrison, London, 1879). page 562

RESEARCH NOTES

From Scotland's People Old Parish Registers - Marriages

• 07/09/1795 marriage or banns of: Kirkman Finlay to Janet Struthers in the parish of Glasgow

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

Possible list of 11 children of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers from 1st:14/07/1796 James Finlay to last: 01/11/1816 Caroline Finlay

• 14/07/1796 birth or baptism of James Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 19/12/1797 birth or baptism of John Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 03/12/1799 birth or baptism of Thomas Kirkman Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 03/07/1801 birth or baptism of Robert Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 03/07/1801 birth or baptism of Robert Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony
• 20/08/1803 birth or baptism of Hannah Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 28/09/1803 birth or baptism of Hannah Anna Findlay, daughter of Kirkman Findlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony
• 11/01/1805 birth or baptism of Abigail Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 27/02/1805 birth or baptism of Agnes Abigail Findlay, daughter of Kirkman Findlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony
• 20/07/1806 birth or baptism of Alexander Strut Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony
• 28/07/1806 birth or baptism of Alexander Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 18/04/1808 birth or baptism of Janet Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 21/04/1808 birth or baptism of Janet Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony
• 29/07/1809 birth or baptism of Adeliza Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony
• 29/07/1809 birth or baptism of Adeliza Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 19/07/1812 birth or baptism of Kirkman Finlay, son of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 20/08/1812 birth or baptism of Kirkman Finlay, (U) [son or daughter] of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony
• 02/10/1816 birth or baptism of Caroline Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Glasgow
• 01/11/1816 birth or baptism of Caroline Finlay, daughter of Kirkman Finlay and Janet Struthers, in the parish of Barony

From Scotland's People - Census 1841

1841 census: living in Dunoon And Kilmun, Argyll

• Kirkman Finlay, male, aged 68 [born about 1773]
• Janet Finlay, female, aged 65 [born about 1776]
• Adaliza Finlay, female, aged 30 [born about 1811]

From Scotland's People - Old Parish Records - Deaths and Burials

04/03/1842 death or burial: Kirkman Finlay, male, aged 69 [born about 1773], died in the parish of Glasgow

From William Henry Hill handwritten Manuscript p29 - copy in The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow

[WHH-REF:91] Thomas Grahame, Writer in Glasgow, second son of [WHH-REF:87] was born on 30th 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 wikipedia - Kirkman Finlay

From History of Parliament - Finlay Kirkman 1773 to 1842

From The University of Glasgow Story - Kirkman Finlay of Castle Toward

From wikipedia - Castle Toward

Image from a painting by John Graham Gilbert ©The University of Glasgow Story (Public Domain) wikipedia The cotton merchant Kirkman Finlay of Castle Toward (1773-1842) Kirkman Finlay