Helen Drummond (Ferguson) Finnis (1837 - 1892)

Born 3 Oct 1837 in High Riggs, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Murray Gordon Finnis — married 20 Dec 1855 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1892 at age 54 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Helen was the daughter of Fergus Ferguson, a Writer and Alison Drummond. On January 10 1847 she was baptised by the Rev James Walker.

Fergus Ferguson Clerk Residing in No 4 Advocate Close, High Street, Edinburgh and Alison Drummond his spouse, had a daughter born in High Riggs in this Parish on the Third day of October Eighteen Hundred and Thirty Seven___________________Named Helen Drummon. Baptised by the Rev James Scott, Minister of the Relief Congregational Church, Bread Street to which effect the said Fergus Ferguson made affadavit before on of her Majestys Justices of the Peace.

Census 1841 - Helen Ferguson, Age 3, Est birth 1838, Female, Born Midlothian, Scotland, Civil Parish Edinburgh High Church, County Midlothian, Address 357 High Street Advocates Close, Parish No 685/1

She and Peter Murray Finnis married by banns, in 1855 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh. Helen had 2 known children in her marriage to Peter.

To supplement the family income, Helen worked as a Factory Cleaner in the 1860's. By 1871 her widowed mother had come to live with the family.

Peter passed away in 1880 aged 52 and Helen, [1]], provided an income for herself, her widowed mother and daughter Alice by taking in lodgers, students who were studying at Edinburgh University.

The 1881 census records, Alice Finnis 60, Head of house, Helen Finnis 41 Occupation - Keeps Lodgers, Alice Finnis 21, John R Macgregor 25 Lodger, John Craigie 23 Lodger. They are living in the Parish of Edinburgh, St Cuthberts, Registration Newington.

Helen died in 1892 aged 53 at 21 Montague Street, Edinburgh. Her daughter Alice was present at her death.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTRQ-DF7 BIRTH

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYM5-SP6 MARRIAGE

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYT2-SRF CENSUS 1851
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB54-J9Q CENSUS 1871
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMXK-ZLJ CENSUS 1881
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSFW-DPP CENSUS 1891

• https://ancestry.com.au

Scotland census 1861,1871,18811

Scotland select marriages-fhl no 6035516

Scotland select births-fhl no 1066762

• W Baxter - Baptism Record

• https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Marriage - Finnis/Ferguson Death 1892 685/ 5 802 Finnis, Helen Drummond