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Michael FINDLAY
(1795 –1847)
Helen McKINNON
(Abt 1806 –1884)
James JAFFREY
(1810 –1886)
Jean CRAIG
(1815 –1891)
William FINDLAY
(Abt 1838 –1874)
Penelope Galt JAFFREY
(Abt 1836 –1905)
James Jaffrey FINDLAY
(1864 –1953)

 

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1. Mary McDougall IMRIE

James Jaffrey FINDLAY 1
  • Born: 21 August 1864, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • Marriage (1): Mary McDougall IMRIE about 1883 in prob Ayrshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 19 August 1953, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at age 88 2
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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He worked as a blacksmith on 5 April 1891 in Coatbridge, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Coatbridge, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

James Findlay     Head       30   Dundonald, Ayrshire          Blacksmith
Mary Findlay      Wife       27   Strathbungo, Renfrewshire
Jane Findlay      Daughter    6   Irvine, Ayrshire
William Findlay   Son         1   Old Monkland, Lanarkshire
Alexander Imrie   Boarder    25   Newlands, Lanarkshire        Carter
John Paterson     Boarder    19   Kilmaronock, Stirlingshire   Blacksmith

  • He immigrated in 1898 to Canada. 3
  • He appeared on the 1901 Census of Scotland on 31 March 1901 in Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland.

James Findlay      Head            37   Dundonald, Ayeshire       Blacksmith
Mary Findlay       Wife            39   Govan, Renfrewshire
Jeanie Findlay     Daughter        16   Irvine, Ayrshire          Dressmaker (apprentice)
William Findlay    Son             11   Coatbridge, Lanarkshire   Scholar
Penelope Findlay   Daughter         9   Holytown, Lanarkshire     Scholar
Mary Findlay       Daughter         6   Holytown, Lanarkshire     Scholar
Ellen Findlay      Daughter         2   Holytown, Lanarkshire
Georgina Findlay   Daughter         4   Holytown, Lanarkshire
George Imrie       Father-in-law   72   Dundonald, Ayrshire       Carter (retired)

  • Departure: travelling on the steamship "Pomeranian" to Canada, before 22 April 1904, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 4
  • Arrival: travelling on the steamship "Pomeranian" from Glasgow, on 22 April 1904, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 4
  • Departure: travelling on the steamship "Grampian" to Canada, before 11 July 1908, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 4
  • Arrival: on the steamship "Grampian" leaving from Glasgow, on 11 July 1908, in Québec, Québec, Canada. 4
  • He worked as a blacksmith in 1911 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • He appeared on the 1911 Census of Canada in 1911 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.

James Findley      Head       Aug  1864   46   Scotland   blacksmith
Mary Findley       Wife       Oct  1862   48   Scotland
William Findley    Son        Sept 1889   21   Scotland   blacksmith
Mary Findley       Daughter   Nov  1894   16   Scotland
Georgina Findley   Daughter   Feb  1897   14   Scotland
Helen Findley          Daughter   Mar  1899   12   Scotland
Jamesina Findley   Daughter   Jan  1902    9   Scotland
Matthew Morrison   Lodger     ?    1890   21   Scotland

  • He resided at Merryton Farm in Buttress, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1914.
  • He appeared on the 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta in 1916 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. James Findley       51
    Mary Findley       53
    William Findley       26
    Georgina Findley       19
    Helen Findley       17
    James Ina Findley       14

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James married Mary McDougall IMRIE, daughter of George IMRIE and Jane LIGGAT, about 1883 in prob Ayrshire, Scotland.1 (Mary McDougall IMRIE was born on 18 October 1862 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland and died on 26 November 1938 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Ancestry.com, British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.) Original data: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency: P.O. Box 9657, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9P3.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006). Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.
  4. Ancestry.com, Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865 –1935 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008). Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Passenger Lists, 1865 –1935. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG76, T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542.


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