Peter FINLAYSON

1860 - 1910  (50 years)

• Name	Peter FINLAYSON
  Birth	1 Oct 1860	West Linton, Peeblesshire   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  1861 Census	At 1861 Census, he is 0, occ "Farmers Son"  [5]
  1871 Census	Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire   [3]
  	At 1871 Census, he is 10, occ "Scholar"
  1881 Census	Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire   [2]
  	At 1881 Census, he is 20, occ "Farmers Assistant"
  1891 Census	Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire   [6]
  	At 1891 Census, he is 30, occ "Ploughman"
  1901 Census	"Gamekeepers Cottage", Culter, Lanarkshire   [7]
  	At 1901 Census, he is 42, occ "Estate labourer"
  Reference Number	V557
  Individual Note	?lived in Biggar? Maybe aged 6 months at 1861 Census for West Linton aged 69 when she died.
  Death	24 Dec 1910	"Gateside", Coulter, Biggar, Lanarkshire   [1]
  	aged 50
  Burial	St. Andrews, West Linton, Peeblesshire
  Person ID	I557	VaughanDavies
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Margaret LOCKIE,   b. 6 Aug 1865, West Linton, Peeblesshire d. 16 Oct 1934, Uddingston, Glasgow (Age 69 years)
  Notes	There is no obvious marriage record, but likely to be just before the 1891 Census, maybe 1887-9? The evidence for the marriage comes from the gravestone and matching ages with the census. So the marriage is presumed... A family note talks about the son of one of the daughters being a doctor in Canada. Neither Marion nor Janet appear to have children at present, but it is something to investigate.
  Children	1. Janet Brown FINLAYSON,   b. 1893, West Linton, Peeblesshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Lockie FINLAYSON,   b. 1895, West Linton, Peeblesshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Archibald FINLAYSON,   b. 1900, Culter, Lanarkshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Peter James FINLAYSON,   b. 1890, West Linton, Peeblesshire  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Alexander Dunlop FINLAYSON,   b. 2 Mar 1896, Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire d. 7 Oct 1916, France and Flanders (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Thomas FINLAYSON,   b. 1898, Culter, Lanarkshire d. 25 Nov 1926, Dunmullin House, Blanefield, Stirlingshire (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. David FINLAYSON  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Marion Plenderleith FINLAYSON  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Richard FINLAYSON  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Oct 1860 - West Linton, Peeblesshire 1871 Census - At 1871 Census, he is 10, occ "Scholar" - - Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire 1881 Census - At 1881 Census, he is 20, occ "Farmers Assistant" - - Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire 1891 Census - At 1891 Census, he is 30, occ "Ploughman" - - Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire Death - 24 Dec 1910 - "Gateside", Coulter, Biggar, Lanarkshire Burial - - St. Andrews, West Linton, Peeblesshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Parents were Peter Finlayson and Marion PLENDERLEITH. Family info says that he was a farmer at Castlelaw, who died at Medway Cottage, Loanhead 3/11/1907 aged 87; and that she died 28/8/1895 aged 68.

  
  

• Sources

  [S722] Gravestone :- Margaret Lockie (1934) and others. [S723] 1881 Census :- Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire. [S724] 1871 Census :- Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire. [S1076] Birth transcript :- Peter Finlayson (1860). [S727] 1861 Census :- Castle Law, West Linton, Peeblesshire. [S726] 1891 Census :- Castlelaw Farm, West Linton, Peeblesshire. [S725] 1901 Census :- "Gamekeepers Cottage", Culter, Lanarkshire.