Fingland Rorison
The Fingland/Rorison Family, married in 1803
A brief history of the family.
John Fingland was a farmer in Laught, Thornhill, Dumfries.
John Fingland
Updated September 2009
Born:
c1778/80
Place:
Married:
22nd April 1803
Place:
Died:
8th June 1844 (Age 64)
Place:
Thornhill, Dumfries, Scotland
Occupation:
Farmer
Father:
Mother:
Mary Smith (1757-1784)
Married
Agnes Rorison
Born:
1781 (Could be 1782 in Stirling, Scotland)
Place:
Died:
30 June 1867 (Age; in her 86th year)
Place:
Thornhill, Dumfries
Father:
Mother:
Margaret Martin (1754-1822)
CHILDREN
1. Thomas Fingland (Merchant in Glasgow)
Born:
1804
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
5th February 1863 (Age 59)
Place:
Glasgow, Scotland
Spouse:
2. Margaret Fingland
Born:
1806
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
26th October 1844 (Age 38)
Place:
Thornhill
Spouse:
3. Mary Fingland
Born:
1808
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
26th November 1891 (Age 83)
Place:
Thornhill
Spouse:
4. Gilbert Fingland
Born:
1810/15
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
1st August 1840 (Age 25/30) Tombstone inscription has his age as 25
Place:
Thornhill
Spouse:
5. Jane Fingland
Born:
18012
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
26 April, 1887(Age 75)
Place:
Lochbank, Kirkmahoe
Spouse:
6. John Fingland (Direct line ancestor)
Born:
1815
Place:
Married:
1850
Place:
Glasgow
Died:
4th January 1867 (Age; in 52nd year)
Place:
Glasgow
Spouse:
Susan Muir Gardener (1815-1880) Age 65
7. Janet Fingland
Born:
1816
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
25th December 1846 (Age 30)
Place:
Glasgow
Spouse:
John Fulton, Glasgow
8. James Fingland (Farmer at Laught)
Mark the perfect man and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace
... Inscription on Tombstone
Born:
1819
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
3 October 1855 (Age 36)
Place:
Spouse:
9. William Fingland (Farmer at Laught)
Born:
1821/22
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
1860 (Age 39) also have 15th February 1900 (Age 78)
Place:
Spouse:
Jean Murphie (Died 23rd July 1890, aged 71 years)
10. George Fingland
Born:
12th May 1824
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
5th January 1885 (Age 60)
Place:
Eastville, Victoria, Australia
Spouse:
Agnes Gilfillan (1834-1884)
11. Agnes Fingland
Born:
1826 (Or is it 1806)
Place:
Married:
Place:
Died:
9th January 1850 or 1830 (Age 24)
More:
Perhaps the transcript from the tombstone should read 1850
Place:
Glasgow
Spouse: