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William Finlayson (churchman)

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Finlayson joined The Register in 1861 and became head reporter 1866, a proprietor in 1877 and editor in 1878. He resigned in 1899 due to ill-health and went to England. There he was appointed resident reporter until retiring and returning to Adelaide in 1908, dying seven years later. As an editor he
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with Samuel Sleep. He leased a nearby property of 164 acres from the South Australian Company, which he farmed while living in a cottage in Adelaide. By 1853 he had built a substantial residence "Helenholm" (frequently "Helenholme"), named for his wife, and in 1855 converted his land title to
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MARRIAGES. AMBROSEβ€”FINLAYSON. β€” On 30 March, at the residence of the bride's father, Carrington-street, by the Rev, Jacob Abbott, William Ambrose, of Mannum, to Helen Harvey, second daughter of Mr. William
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In October 1895, he donated around 2 acres of land at Mitcham for the benefit of the destitute elderly, on which the 'Andrews Homes' were built, using money left by Mrs E.W. Andrews of Glenelg.
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DEATHS. FINLAYSON.β€”On 3 August, at 78, Partridge-street, Glenelg, Jessie Grace, daughter of the late William and Helen Finlayson (formerly of "Helenholm." Mitcham). In her 81st year.
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Frederick William Finlayson (1881– ) married cousin Dorothy Jean Finlayson (1893 – ) on 12 August 1914. Dorothy was a daughter of Ebenezer Finlayson (see below).
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when the company went strictly wholesale around 1870. He sold that business to Crawford & Co. around 1890 to concentrate on his mining interests.
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Emily Laura "Emmie" Finlayson (1867–1956) married William Cormack Calder (c. 1870 – 2 November 1923) on 29 March 1898. Calder was with
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William Finlayson married Helen Harvey (born Edinburgh 1811 – 20 October 1884) before leaving for Australia. They had nine children:
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Frank Arthur Finlayson (1864 – 11 October 1895), a talented cricketer, was involved in a tragic cricketing accident in 1885 at the
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He married again in 1884, to the widow Elizabeth "Edith" Bowen, nΓ©e Burford (c. 1832 – 28 January 1900), eldest daughter of
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for the Rev. Allan W. Webb which became one of the most popular in Adelaide. He was appointed deacon of the Zion Chapel in
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DEATHS. FINLAYSON.-On 2 October, Ebenezer Finlayson, the youngest son of the late Pastor William Finlayson, aged 64 years.
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Ethel Mona Finlayson (26 May 1890 – 6 February 1977) Gordon Patterson Blackmore on 5 March 1913. Gordon was a grandson of
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and nursed him in his last years. Burford died in 1925. If true, this could only mean that Finlayson married a third time.
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Albert Clement Finlayson (1876–1920) married C(aroline) Ethel Fitch (1879–1958) on 25 April 1907. She was a daughter of
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He married Elizabeth Cornish (1842–1880) c. 1862 and moved to the city in 1877. They had eight children, including:
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Dorothy Jean Finlayson (1892 – ) married cousin Frederick William Finlayson (1881– ) on 12 August 1914 (see above).
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and in 1871 was appointed co-pastor, serving the churches in Pulteney Street, George Street and another at
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church meeting was held in July or September 1838 at his cottage in Rundle Street (later the site of
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He married Sarah Anne Richardson (c. 1842 – 8 February 1875) in 1862; they had two daughters:
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He was one of the founding members of the first Congregational Church under the leadership of
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He married Alice Shoobridge (ca. 1847 – 6 June 1933) on 20 March 1878. They had a son
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inhabitants, but never saw one, though no doubt their progress was being closely observed.
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He was a regular and prominent participant in YMCA midday prayer meetings for 35 years.
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He married Emily Hambly Nickels ( – 1917) on 10 December 1879. by whom he had two sons:
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and even while young was a keen churchgoer. He ran a Sunday-school in George Street,
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Somehow his missionary ambitions failed to materialise. He found employment with the
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which resulted in the death of another player, Ernest A. Stow, a son of
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Our First Hundred Years. The Baptist Church of South Australia
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Finlayson: a family of Scottish Pioneers of South Australia
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Baptist Union, Adelaide 1937 cited in 278:Elizabeth Mary Christina "Bessie" Finlayson 213:According to one report, his widow married 948:21 November 1900 p.7 accessed 24 July 2011 859: 857: 753:– via National Library of Australia. 547:18 December 1897 p.7 accessed 24 July 2011 477:http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36379159 384:South Australian Literary Societies' Union 1003:19th-century Australian Baptist ministers 931:Australian Dictionary of Biography online 899:12 October 1895 p.5 accessed 25 July 2011 711:9 February 1875 p.4 accessed 24 July 2011 634:31 October 1863 p.2 accessed 20 July 2011 580: 578: 286:(8 Jul 1854 – 2 September 1928) m. 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Finlayson 7: 1008:Settlers of South Australia 649:Churches and Church Affairs 585:Baptist Churches in Mitcham 475:16 October 1937 p. 10 64:. as missionaries with the 10: 1024: 943:A Dashing South Australian 433:between the Colonies, and 429:, free secular education, 401: 66:Baptist Missionary Society 29:William Finlayson ca. 1875 15: 897:South Australian Register 782:South Australian Register 767:South Australian Register 742:The Advertiser (Adelaide) 724:South Australian Register 709:South Australian Register 691:Death of Mr. W. Finlayson 632:South Australian Register 617:South Australian Register 545:South Australian Register 523:South Australian Register 502:(Adelaide, 1991) op. cit. 495:(Adelaide, 1885) op. cit. 493:Notable South Australians 481:Finlayson Book Committee 467:Hughes, Rev. H. 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William Finlayson (disambiguation)

South Australia
Glasgow
Holdfast Bay
Governor Hindmarsh
Baptist Missionary Society
South Australian Company
Brown Hill Creek
Robert Cock
Mount Barker
Lake Alexandrina
Peramangk
Kaurna
Strict Baptist
Charles Birks
David McLaren
T. Q. Stow
Pulteney Street
Thomas Playford
Robert Kettle Finlayson
D. & J. Fowler
George Brookman
King William Street
The Register
William Burford
John Harvey Finlayson
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River Murray
Captain Randell

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