Malcolm Finlayson (1859 - 1921)

Born 1859 in Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Ella Reid (Graham) Finlayson — married 1895 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland.

Died 6 Aug 1921 at about age 62 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Malcolm was born in 1859. He is the son of Malcolm Finlayson and Mary McGregor. In the 1861 and 1871 census Malcolm is living with his widower father, but in the1881 census ( which is after his father had died), he is in the Bank of Scotland in Blackford as an apprentice law clerk, along with the Lawson family. David Lawson, the head of the family is a banker and merchant, and Malcolm Finlayson is listed as a visitor. The statutory record of his death gives Malcolm's occupation as a solicitor and the cause of death as heart failure.

Sources

• Statutory records of his birth, marriage, and death from scotlandspeople.gov.uk

1881 census (333/2/1) of Blackford, Perthshire, Scotland : - dwelling - Bank of Scotland; David Lawson, head, 58, banker and merchant employing 4 men, 2 women,and 5 boys, born Blackford; Matilda Lawson, wife, 54, born Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland; John Lawson, son, 28, married, bank teller, born Blackford; David J Lawson, son, 21, bank apprentice, born Blackford; Lillias J Lawson, daughter in law, 27, bank tellers wife, born Blackford; David G G Lawson, grandson, 8months, born Blackford; Maggie S Lawson, visitor, 18, born Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Nellie S Lawson, visitor, 15, born Old Kilpatrick; Malcolm Finlayson, visitor, 22, apprentice law clerk, born Blackford; James Reid, 17, apprentice grocer, born Tillicoultry, Clackmannon, Scotland; Margaret Somerville, 47, cook,domestic servant, born Auchterader, Perthshire; Andrew Sharp, 16, apprentice grocer, born Blackford.