FINLAY, Samuel

1814 - 1894  (80 years)

• Name	FINLAY, Samuel  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1814	Down, Ireland   [1, 4, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Sep 1894	Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
  Death	11 Sep 1894	Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 2, 6, 7]
  Burial	13 Sep 1894	Ashburton, South Canterbury, New Zealand
  	Ashburton Cemetery Area 12, Plot Number 21
  Burial	Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand   [2]
  Person ID	I4899	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	FINLAY, Samuel,   b. 21 Feb 1790, Boardmills, Down, Ireland d. 2 Mar 1859, Antrim, Ireland (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MCILROY, Elizabeth,   b. 28 Mar 1792, Leitham Banbridge, Down, Ireland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAMILTON, Eleanor,   b. 1817, Down, Ireland d. 15 Aug 1892, Halswell, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1835	Tullylish Parish, County Down, Ireland   [1]
  Children	+ 1. FINLAY, Isabella,   b. 3 Jul 1836, Tullylish, Down, Ireland d. 23 Jul 1877, West Melton, Selwyn, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. FINLAY, Margaret Jane,   b. 1840, Tullylish, Down, Ireland d. 1 Feb 1903, Greenpark, Selwyn, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. FINLAY, Samuel,   b. Dec 1843, Tullyish, Down, Ireland d. 17 Sep 1918, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age ~ 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. FINLAY, Frances,   b. 12 Dec 1845, Tullylish, Down, Ireland d. 16 Dec 1926, Waianakarua, Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. FINLAY, Stephen Hamilton,   b. 1 Jan 1851, Tullyish, Down, Ireland d. 6 Mar 1925, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. FINLAY, Ellen,   b. 1 Sep 1853, Banbridge, Down, Ireland d. 3 Sep 1908, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. FINLAY, Rebecca,   b. 1857, Tullylish, Down, Ireland d. 30 Mar 1924, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 11 Sep 1894 - Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand Death - 11 Sep 1894 - Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - - Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		IMG_1300 Old Map of Down Ireland Finlay/Hamilton residence
  		Letter from Samuel Finlay jnr 1893
  		Charitable Aid Board 1893 - Samuel Finlay
  		Attempted Suicide Outcome - Samuel Finlay
  		Samuel Finlay d 1918
  		Attempted Suicide 1893 - Samuel Finlay
  		Samuel Finlay Snr Destitution

  
  

• Notes

  Zealandia. Sailed London 3 Feb 1862 - arrived Lyttleton 23 May 1862 Finlay Samuel 45 Down Farmer Samuel & Eleanor were the parents of Margaret Hamilton & Isabella Hampton Eleanor 45 Samuel 18 T/F to single men Fanny 16 T/F to single women Stephen 11 Ellen 9 Rebecca 4 Hamilton Lewis 25 Down Farm Labourer Margaret 22 Sister to Isabella Hampton Stephen Zealandia Infant Born on board Baptised 27/04/1862 Hampton Robert 30 Down Farm Labourer Isabella 25 Sister to Margaret Hamilton Moses 4 Margaret 2 Ellen Zealandia Infant Born on board 12/10/1862 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eourstuff/Zealandia1862.htm In 1835, Joseph showed as a witness at the marr. of Eleanor Hamilton, to Samuel FINLAY, as did William Hamilton. Graveyard Inscriptions Vol.20, The Heart of Downe, Buried at Tullyish Presbyterian Graveyard: FINLAY: In loving memory of Sarah, wife of Joseph Finlay of Ballymacanallon died 1st May 1882 aged 63 yrs. Also John, son of the above, died 22nd July, 1879 aged 25 yrs. Also Eliza, her daughter, and wife of William ROONEY, of Clare, died 8th Oct. 1887 aged 36 yrs. Also Joseph Finlay died 9th Feb. 1890 aged 83 yrs Teresa, wife of William Finlay died 12th June, 1912 Erected by William Finlay. William Finlay died 17th March 1914, aged 64 yrs. There are also Hamiltons buried at Tullyish who had connections with Clare. HAMILTON: Sacred to the memory of Margaret, eldest daugher of the Rev. Charles Hamilton died 4th Septmber 1825, aged 17 yrs. [The Rev. Charles Hamilton was in 1772/3, son of Hugh Hamilton of County Down, entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1778 and graduated B.A., in 1793. He was ordained deacon in 1794 and was vicar of Tullyish 1795-1813. He married (1) unknown and had daughter and at least 2 sons; The Rev. Hugh Samuel Hamilton, his successor in Garvaghy, and Charles Thomas Hamilton. He married (2) Sarah Anne Wallace of Warrenpoint (3) Eliza Henry of Dublin. HAMILTON: Erected by William Hamilton Senior in memory of his beloved wife Ruth died 13th Jan. 1847 aged 67 yrs. Also the above named William Hamilton died 19th June, 1848 aged 67 yrs. HAMILTON: Erected by Stephen Hamilton Senior, in memory of his son Alexander died 12th Aug. 1847 aged 26 yrs. HAMILTON: In memory of Lewis Hamilton of Clare, born 12th Dec. 1820, died 8th Dec. 1889. Also his daughter Anna, born 24th Nov. 1850 died 22nd Sept. 1856. Sarah wife of Lewis Hamilton died 1st Aug. 1910 aged 85 yrs. John Edwin second son, died 28th Feb. 1912 aged 56 yrs. Lewis Alfred third son, died 5th July, 1915 aged 57 yrs. Jane, wife of Lewis Alfred died 11th June, 1936. And their daughter Grace Jane, died 10th Oct. 1972. --------------- You seem to be a cousin ! Hello. There is a Baptism which shows for Samuel Finlay , son of Samuel a Weaver, & Ann Finlay, baptised December 1843, Tullylish Parish. The Researcher notes that the Minister at the time seems to have forgotten the name 2X of Samuels wife. She was also noted as ? Allick. It is sure to be Elleanor, as the names & ages of the children all fit , for their emmigration to N.Z. We also know that Samuel senior died in Ashburton. If you get back to me off site, & send me your snail mail address, I can post you the research done in Ireland by the Ulster Historical Foundation, that I had done some years ago. If this is the family, there are many who are researching them. Isnt this exciting ? Elleanor is buried CHCH, N.Z., but plot unknown. Mary legarthm@levin.pl.net http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/Fi.htm 1894/4738 Finlay Samuel 80Y NZ

  
  

• Sources

  [S170] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Eleanor Hamilton http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1517005917&indiv=try [S152] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Samuel Finlay http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveAustralia&h=3015867&indiv=try [S525] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Samuel Finlay http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9904&h=6571&indiv=try [S134] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Police Gazettes, 1878-1945, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Item: IE26120848; Roll: R15423663. New Zealand, Police Gazettes, 1878-1945 Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Item: IE26120848; Roll: R15423663 [S68] Ancestry.com, Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S19] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966. [S50] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Civil Registration Death Index, 1840-1972, (Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Civil Registration Death Index, 1840-2021.