{"id":686,"date":"2020-10-01T13:17:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T12:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=686"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:05:57","slug":"margaret-finlayson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/margaret-finlayson\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Finlayson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Margaret Finlayson<\/strong>, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 3 October 1835, daughter of George Finlayson and Margaret Anderson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret is possibly a House Servant in Limekilns, Fife on the 1851 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret Dick<\/strong>, born in Dunfermline, Fife c.1860.<\/p>\n\n\n

Margaret’s birth appears not to have been registered.<\/p>\n

On her marriage record her father’s name is given as John Dick, Mason (reputed father).<\/p>\n

Margaret married Archibald Ramage<\/a> (b. Moss-side Cottage, Beath, Fife on 14 May 1861), son of Margaret Blackwood and Robert Ramage,<\/a>\u00a0in Priory Lane, Dunfermline on 2 July 1882.<\/p>\n

Margaret and Archibald are at 75 Netherton Street, Dunfermline on the 1891 Census and at 150 Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on the 1901 Census.<\/p>\n

Archibald died in the Cottage Hospital, Dunfermline on 28 July 1910, age 49. His usual address is 150 Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline.<\/p>\n

Margaret died at 164 Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline on 16 May 1929, age 69.<\/p>\n\n\n

LATER LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret is possibly a House Servant in Rose Street, Edinburgh on the 1861 Census. Her place of birth is given as N.K. – i.e., not known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret married John Coldstream McFarlane (b.c.1839), Joiner, son of Robert McFarlane and Elizabeth Sanderson in the Canongate, Edinburgh on 18 November 1862.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret and John are in North Berwick on the 1871 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret, now widowed, is in Baker Street, Stirling on the 1881, 1891 and 1901 Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret and John had three children:<\/p>\n\n\n

Elizabeth McFarlane<\/strong>, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian on 23 September 1865.<\/p>\n

Georgina McFarlane<\/strong>, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian on 18 January 1870.<\/p>\n

John McFarlane<\/strong>, born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire on 15 September 1872.<\/p>\n\n\n

DEATH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret died at 84 Baker Street, Stirling, Stirlingshire on 18 July 1901, age 65.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Margaret Finlayson, born in Dunfermline, Fife on 3 October 1835, daughter of George Finlayson and Margaret Anderson. Margaret is possibly a House Servant in Limekilns, Fife on the 1851 Census. CHILDREN Margaret Dick, born in Dunfermline, Fife c.1860. Margaret’s birth appears not to have been registered. On her marriage record her father’s name is given […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/686"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514,"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/686\/revisions\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}