the known FINDLATER marriages 1855 - 1936

the GROOMS
Albert Walter Findlater
son of of James and Annie (Winter) Findlater, of Owaka, Otago
married Robina Sutherland in 1915
Albert served in WWI as Rifleman 47016 with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He was Killed In Action 26 Oct 1918 at Le Cateau, France and buried I.E.28, Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France, His next of kin was his wife Robina at 100 Clyde St., Invercargill & Rose Bank, Balclutha

Alexander Findlater (1835-1890)
married Ann Robertson Brown (1829-1890) in 1871
Alexander died 28 June 1890 in Dunedin
Ann died 18 July 1890 in Dunedin
Evening Star, 18 July 1890
FINDLATER - At her residence, Forth street, Dunedin, on the 18th July, Ann Robertson, relict of the late Alexander Findlater

Alexander Findlater (1810-1876)
* son of Alexander Findlater & Mary Hewan of Scotland
** grandson of Alexander Findlater & Susanna Forrester
*** paternal great grandson of James FINLATER & Eleonar Bannatine
*** maternal great grandson of John Forrester & Unk Napier
Alexander married Elizabeth Turnbull (1814-1866) in Edinburgh, Scotland 1834
known children
1835 - 1890 Alexander Findlater
1837 - 1845 Margaret Johnston Findlater
1839 - 1909 Elizabeth Leslie Findlater
1841 - 1912 James Turnbull Findlater
1843 - 1921 Mary Hewan Findlater
1846 - 1924 Susan Forrester Findlater (+ Albert Walter Geddes)
Alexander next married Elizabeth Currie (nee Alexander) in Dunedin, NZ in 1872
Otago Daily, Times 5 Jan 1872
* On the 3rd January, Mr A. Findlater, to Mrs Curry, both of Dunedin. Home papers please copy
* At Dunedin Otago, New Zealand, Mr Alexander Findlater, late of the Otago Provincial Government Service, to Elizabeth Alexander, widow of Mr Thomas D. Currie, of Edinburgh, Emigration Agent and daughter of the late Mr John Alexander, of Bormie, Linlithgowshire
* Elizabeth first married Thomas Duncan Currie (1827-1865).
Bruce Herald, 2 Nov 1865
Mr Thomas Duncan Currie, who was for 14 years Secretary to the Otago Emigration Agency, in Edinburgh, died in Dunedin last week. Mr Currie had only been in this Colony for about 15 months, although he has been intimately connected with it from its first settlement. The deceased has left a widow and four children who are but ill provided for

Alexander Findlater
married Mary Ann Harrington in 1877
known children
1877 - 1965 Elizabeth Howard Findlater
1879 - 1913 Hannah Amelia Findlater
1880 - 1881 James Archibald Findlater (Palmerston, Otago)
1884 - 1978 May Ethel Findlater
1885 - 1967 Mary Ann Findlater
1889 - 1970 Walter Ernest Findlater
1892 - 1977 John Stanley Findlater
1894 - 1981 Norah Vera Findlater
1896 - 1931 Sydney Harrington Findlater

Alexander Findlater
married Christina Proctor in 1901
known children
1904 - 1992 Alexander Napier Findlater
1906 - 1987 John Winter Findlater
1908 - 1981 Edward Francis Findlater
1912 - 1991 Robert Proctor Findlater
1914 - 2007 Catherine Frances Findlater
1917 - 2001 Christina Lindores Findlater

Alexander Findlater
married Susan 'Susie' Nightingale in 1902
known children
1902 - 1983 Adelaide Findlater
1904 - 1985 Edmond Findlater
1908 - Georgina Ellios/Ellis Findlater
1910 - 1972 Thomas Charles Findlater

Alexander Napier Findlater
married Rosella Gwendoline Cartwright in 1927

Edward Frances Findlater
married Lucy Annie McKay in 1934

Gabriel Napier Forrester Findlater (1877-1943)
married Helen Agnes Ogilvie (1879-1918) in 1906
known children
1909 - 1985 Gabriel Napier Forrester Findlater
1910 - 1909 Susan Helen Forrester Findlater
1912 - 1998 Mabel Isabel Findlater
1914 - Margaret Catherine Findlater
Gabriel Napier Forrester Findlater next married Alice Hannah Walker (1889-1944) in 1921
* Gabriel & Alice are buried together Anderson Bay, Dunedin

Gabriel Napier 'Forrie' Forrester Findlater (1909-1985)
married Mary Anderson (1910-1980) in 1932

James Chalmers Findlater
married May Winifred Bell in 1915
known children
1917 - Verena Grant Findlater

James Turnbull Findlater (1840-1912)
married Ann 'Annie' Winter in Hokitika 1866
known children
1867 - 1955 Margaret Crawford Findlater
1869 - 1873 Mary Hewan Findlater
1870 - 1870 Alexander Findlater
1871 - 1946 Alexander Findlater
1873 - 1935 James Turnbull Findlater
1874 - 1949 Annie Elizabeth Findlater
1876 - 1948 Bethia Turnbull 'Bessie' Findlater
1877 - 1843 Gabriel Napier Findlater
1879 - 1929 Susan Forrester Findlater (+ Alan Ross Callender)
1881 - 1971 Isabella Cornwall Findlater
1882 - 1953 John Winter Findlater
1883 - 1948 Robert Bruce Findlater
1885 - 1959 Lily Leslie Lindores Findlater
1887 - 1918 Albert Walter Findlater
1889 - 1977 Helen Napier Forrester Findlater
1891 - Mary Hewan Frazer Findlater
Northern Advocate, 27 May 1912
The body of James Findlater, aged 71, a farmer, was found on Saturday in Catlins Lake
Otago Daily Times, 17 Sep 1912
OLDHAM - FINDLATER On August 30, at the residence of the bride's mother, Craigannot, Catlin's River, b the Rev W. L. Woodhouse, M.A., Daniel, son of O.W. Oldham, Patea, to Helen Napier Forrester, daughter of the late James T. Findlater

James Turnbull Findlater
married Agnes Hanna Allan (1875-1905) in 1899
known children
1902 - 1959 Agnes Hanna Findlater
1904 - 1947 James Turnbull Findlater
1905 - Jane Allen Findlater
James Turnbull Findlater next married Sarah Ellen Yern (nee Tidyman) in 1913
* Sarah first married Johannes Yern (1863-1913) in 1903 and had 3 sons

James Turnbull Findlater
married Mary Blyth in 1928

James Turnbull Findlater
married Gwendoline Somervell in 1936

John Leslie Lindores Findlater
married Janet Margaret Walls in 1935

John Stanley Findlater
married Aileen Alberta Drake in 1918
* daughter of Thomas Johnson Drake & Elizabeth Rowntree

John Winter Findlater
married Mary Connel McKechnie in 1908
known children
1911 - 1994 John Leslie Lindores Findlater
1912 - 2007 Mary Connel Findlater
1914 - 2013 Margaret Jean Findlater
1916 - 2003 George Bruce James Findlater

Kenneth Alexander Grant Findlater
married Grace Margaret Cobb in 1923

Robert Bruce Findlater
married Alice Louisa Wild in 1918

Robert Forester Findlater
married Nellie Hilton in 1936

Sydney Harrington Findlater
married Mary Jane McKay in 1924

Thomas Yorston Findlater
married Mary Mathers in 1926

Walter Ernest Findlater
married Ruth Evelyn Appleby in 1924

the BRIDES
Agnes Hannah Findlater
married George Edward Thompson in 1924

Anna McLennan Findlater
married Keith Clarence Bigham in 1934

Annie Elizabeth Findlater
married Robert Landreth McKay in 1900
known children
1907 - Ernest McKay Harrison McKay
1909 - Louise McKay

Bethia Turnbull 'Bessie' Findlater (1876-1948)
married Duncan Campbell in 1916

Christina Grant Findlater
married Henry Bigham in 1933

Eliza Leslie Findlater
married James Auchenleck Cheyne in 1855

Elsie Findlater
married George Mitchell Wilson in 1888
known children
1889 - George William Wilson
1891 - John Wilson
1893 - Mary Ellen Wilson
1895 - Ernest Wilson
1897 - Elsie Wilson
1899 - Dolly Wilson
1902 - Albert Wilson
1904 - Bessie Wilson
1908 - 1963 Newton Findlater Wilson

Helen Napier Forrester Findlater
married Daniel Oldham in 1912
known children
1913 - Orlando Winter Oldham
1914 - 1990 Daniel Millward Oldham
1917 - 1999 Cecil Charles Leamoth Oldham

Helen Susan Forrester Findlater
married Francis Stuart Scott in 1933

Isabella Cornwall Findlater
married Thomas Alexander Jacobson in 1909
known children
1909 - 1997 Thomas Alexander Jacobson
1912 - 1971 Frank Jacobson

Jane Allen Findlater
married Harry Purchase in 1928

Lily Leslie Lindores Findlater
married Robert Jenkins Kilgour in 1907
known children
1908 - Annie Winter Kilgour
1910 - 2006 Euphemia Peat Kilgour

Mabel Isobel Findlater
married David Alan Kirk in 1933

Margaret Catherine Findlater
married Alexander Cuthbert Miller in 1934

Margaret Jean Findlater
married William Lyall Lee in 1935

Mary Ann Findlater
married William John Blackie in 1903
known children
1903 - 1998 William John Blackie
1904 - 1972 Walter Douglas Blackie
1906 - 1990 Ethel Isabella/Isobel Blackie
1907 - 1908 Andrew Jacques Blackie
1908 - 1908 Reginald Harrington Blackie (aged 10 weeks)
1911 - 1998 Carl Joseph Blackie
1912 - 2001 Sydney Simon Blackie
1914 - 2001 Mark Stanley Findlater Blackie

Mary Connel Findlater
married Andrew Allan in 1933

Mary Hewan Findlater
married John Fraser in 1859

Mary Hewan Frazer Findlater
married John Walkinshaw Boyd Carson in 1925

Mary Jane Findlater
married Alexander Will Hay in 1932

May Ethel Findlater
married George William Leader in 1906
known children
1906 - 1907 May Winifred Leader (aged 5 months)
1908 - 1995 John Vernon Leader

Nora Vera Findlater
married William Daniel Bacon in 1918

Sarah Winter Findlater
married James Henry Smith in 1931

Susan Forrester Findlater (1846-1924)
married Albert Walter Geddes in 1874
Otago Daily Times, 19 Dec 1874
On the 17th December, at All Saints Church, Dunedin, by the Rev R. L. Stanford, Albert Walter, youngest son of Mr Walter G. Geddes, to Susan Forrester, youngest daughter of Alexander Findlater
known children
1877 - 1881 Walter George Geddes
1878 - 1884 Albert John Geddes
1882 - 1921 George Winford Geddes

Susan Forrester Findlater (1879-1929)
married Alan Ross Callender in 1909
known children
1910 - 1999 Annie Elizabeth Callender
1914 - Susan Forrester Findlater Callender (twin)
1914 - 2008 Bethia Findlater Callender (twin)

PHOTO
HEADSTONE of Gabriel & Alice at Andersons Bay