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John FINNIS's other family: with Maria HASSARD (1799-1832)

Family of John FINNIS and Susanna MAJOR

Husband: John FINNIS (1785-1854)
Wife: Susanna MAJOR (1799-1815)
Children: Boyle Travers FINNISS (1807-1893)
Caroline Susanna FINNISS (1811-1812)
Eliza Major FINNIS (1806-1865)
Frances Amelia FINNISS (1809-1884)
Caroline Susanna FINNISS (1814-1878?)

Husband: John FINNIS

Name: John FINNIS 1,2
Sex: Male
Father: Court FINNIS (1748-1833)
Mother: Frances KNOTT (1760?- )
Birth 1785 Acrise
Baptism 5 Nov 1785 (age 0) Acrise
Death 5 Mar 1854 (age 68-69) Port Louis, Mauritius

Wife: Susanna MAJOR

Name: Susanna MAJOR 1,3
Sex: Female
Father: -
Mother: -
Baptism 19 Nov 0000 (age -1800--1799 (!)) Folkestone
Birth 1799 Folkestone
Death 23 Apr 1815 (age 15-16) St Tomé, Madras

Child 1: Boyle Travers FINNISS

Name: Boyle Travers FINNISS 1,4
Sex: Male
Spouse 1: Anne Frances ROGERSON (1819-1858)
Spouse 2: Sophia Florence Maud LYNCH (1845?- )
Birth 18 Aug 1807 off Cape of Good Hope aboard vessel 'Warbey'
Death 24 Dec 1893 (age 86) Kensington Park, nr Adelaide

Child 2: Caroline Susanna FINNISS

Name: Caroline Susanna FINNISS 1,5
Sex: Female
Birth 1811 Not Known
Death Mar 1812 (age 0-1) At Sea

Child 3: Eliza Major FINNIS

Name: Eliza Major FINNIS 1,3
Sex: Female
Spouse: William WAYTE (1793?-1860)
Birth 16 Jan 1806 Isle of Wight
Death Q1 1865 (age 58-59) Bath

Child 4: Frances Amelia FINNISS

Name: Frances Amelia FINNISS 1,5
Sex: Female
Spouse: William BARRY (1803-1884)
Birth 9 Jul 1809 Bombay
Baptism 12 Dec 1812 (age 3) St Margarets, Rochester
Death Q1 1884 (age 74) Towcester

Child 5: Caroline Susanna FINNISS

Name: Caroline Susanna FINNISS 1,5
Sex: Female
Spouse: Joseph Ambrose LAWSON (1814?- )
Birth 23 Dec 1814 Mauritius
Death 1878 (app) (age 63-64)

Note on Husband: John FINNIS

Military service - Captain, paymaster 36th & 56th Regiments.

1827 Chief of police, Mauritius.

Buried Cimetière de l'Ouest, Mauririus.

Colonel John Finniss, served in India with Wellesley (before he became the Duke of Wellington). He fought the French in Mauritius, and settled there, later becoming Chief of Police.

Sources

1"File (merged): D:\my docs\Finnis family tree\Finnis Gedcom.ged". Record originated in...
2IGI/Bruce Ingram/Malcolm Purvis
3IGI/Bruce Ingram
4Bruce Ingram/Malcolm Purvis
5Bruce Ingram