Private James Palmer
Finlay (1841 ........1885)
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- Surnames of the 65th
Regiment's Soldiers who stayed
Born :
1st
August 1841
Where Born :
County
Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation : Soldier / Labourer, Gaol Warder
Date Arrived :
4th June
1860
Ship Arrived on : " S S Nugget "
Rank on Discharge : Private
Regimental # :
Date of Enlistment :
Where Enlisted :
Transfered : 65th Regiment
Date of Discharge :
1864
Where Discharged : Sydney, Australia
Died :
14th
January 1885
Where Died /
Buried : Sydney / Waverly
Cemetery
Parents Names : John Finlay (b.......d.)
& Eliza Taylor (b.......d.)
Spouse's Name : Margaret McErlane
Date Married : 2nd May 1861
Where Married : St Mary's Cathedral,
Sydney NSW
Born :
10th
November 1837
Where Born :
County
Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation : Seamstress, Servant
Date Arrived : 6th January 1855
Ship Arrived on : " Ebba Brahe
"
Died :
1911
Where
Died / Buried : Goulburn, NSW, Australia
Parents Names : : James McErlane (b........d.)
& Nancy ???? (b........d.)
Descendants
- Area Settled :
- Paddington,
Queanbeyan, Sydney and Goulburn
-
- Children :
- 1 . Eliza Agnes
FINLAY 10 Sep 1865 Paddington, NSW, Australia
2 . James Taylor FINLAY 5 Oct 1868 Paddington, NSW,
Australia
3 . John Patrick FINLAY 17 Jan 1869 Queanbeyan, NSW,
Australia
4 . Joseph Stanislaus FINLAY 13 Dec 1870 Queanbeyan, NSW,
Australia
5 . Roderick Thomas FINLAY 26 Oct 1873 Queanbeyan, NSW,
Australia
- History &
Achievements :
- James Palmer
Finlay was born on Sunday 1st August 1841 and probably in
Larne, Co. Antrim, Ireland.
- Arrived in
Australia 4/6/1860 at 19 years of age on the S.S. Nugget
(1013 tons) as a Member of the 12th Regiment. He received
four pounds sterling bounty for joining the colours and
pay of one shilling per day.
- The story that has
passed down is that he meet his brother John
Taylor Finlay at the docks in Sydney when
- he arrived and
that his brother John then departed on the S S Nugget for
New Zealand to fight in the Maori Wars and it is assumed
that this was with the 65th Regiment. Information is
printed in the Sydney Morning Herald that relates to the
arrival of the 12th Regiment on 4/6/1860 and the
departure of the 65th Regiment.
- The story also is
told that he went to Lambing Flats (now Young, NSW) with
a detachment of troops of the
- 12th Infantry
Regiment (130 men) with 2 cannons and 44 men from the
Royal Artillary and 21 Mounted Police arriving there on
about 12th March, 1861. This was because of the trouble
between the Chinese and the diggers of the Gold Fields.
He was wounded apparently in an early confrontation with
the European Miners and returned to Sydney.
- On Thursday 2nd
May 1861 he Married Margaret McErlane at St Marys
Cathedral, Sydney, NSW.
- Later he became a
Prison Officer possibly while he was living in
Queanbeyan, NSW.
- In order to be
married he must have converted to the Catholic faith as
both his parents were Protestants.
- When in Sydney he
was employed as a Tram Conductor and had a family of 5
children, 5 were still alive at the time of his death in
1885.
On Wednesday 14th January 1885 he died of Consumption at
age 42, he was buried the next day.
Usual Residence at time of Marriage: Palmer St, Sydney
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Australia
- Last revised: May 25, 2003.