Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Finlayson was born on 14 June 1833, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Finlayson, was 27 and her mother, Mary Green, was 25. She married John Cassidy about 1849, in Sanilac, Michigan, United States. She lived in Duanesburg, Schenectady, New York, United States in 1835 and Warren, Herkimer, New York, United States in 1840. She died from 1849 to 1860, in Sanilac, Michigan, United States.
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- Mary Finlayson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Finlyaon, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
- Mary Finlayson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (8)
1834 · Removal of Menagerie from the Tower of London
The royal menagerie was something more of a zoo with different types of animals and was removed from the tower in 1835.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh (see Finley 1 and Finlay ) + -son. This is the Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacFhionnlaigh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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