John Findlay

M, #5542, b. 3 June 1907
Pedigree
     John Findlay was born on 3 June 1907 at 132 Seatown, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland.1 He was the son of William Findlay and Jessie Runcie. John Findlay was a fisherman. John Findlay was an owner of the steam drifter "Rose" and was known as "John Rose."
The Buckie and District Directory for 1926 shows that William Findlay and others owned the steam drifter BF 1473 Rose.2
He married Jeanie Farquhar at Church of Christ, Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland, on 27 January 1933.3

Citations

  1. [S4309] John Findlay, Register of Births in the Burgh of Cullen in the County of Banff, "John Findlay, 1907, June - Third 9h 0m A.M. at 132 Seatown, Cullen, Male. Father: William Findlay, Fisherman. Mother: Jessie Findlay M. S. Runcie, married 1904 September 9th in Cullen. Informant: William Findlay, Father (Present). Registered: 1907, June 4th At Cullen, John G. Dunbar Registrar."
  2. [S727] Buckie and District Directory, 1926, page 135: CULLEN STEAMERS AND DRIFTERS, "BF 1473, 32 Tons, Boat's Name: Rose, Owner's Name and Address: W. Findlay & others, 132 Seatown."
  3. [S4310] John Findlay to Jeanie Farquhar, Marriage entry, "1933 on the Twenty Seventh day of January at Church of Christ, Buckie. After Banns According to the Forms of the Wesleyan Methodists. John Findlay, Fisherman (Bachelor), age 25, usual residence 132 Seatown, Cullen, parents William Findlay Fisherman and Jessie Findlay M.S. Runcie. Jeanie Farquhar, Fishworker (Spinster), age 23, usual residence 4 Sutherland Street, Buckie, parents Peter Farquhar Fisherman and Jane Ann Farquhar M.S. Reid. John Stewart, Methodist Minister, The Manse, Portessie. Stanley Farquhar, 14 Reidhaven St, Ianstown, Buckie Witness. Elizabeth Jane Findlay, 124 Seatown, Cullen, Witness. Registered 1933 January 28th At Buckie, John W. Gordon Registrar."