Mary Stuart
3x Great-grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #61, MMMFM)
✓ Sourced record
Born
About 1844, Castleton, Caithness Shire
Died
—
Parents
Not recorded in the source GEDCOM.
Documents
1 record from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Birth, 1873
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — George finlayson birth entry 1874.pdf
The file was named 1874, but the register year is 1873.
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Birth of George Finlayson, 1873
Statutory Births 685/2 40 · District of St Andrew, Burgh of Edinburgh, 1873, page 14, entry 40
Name
George Finlayson, boy
Born
7 January 1873, in the evening
Place of birth
17 Cumberland Street, Edinburgh
Father
George Finlayson, blacksmith (journeyman)
Mother
Mary Finlayson, maiden surname read as Fraser (it could also be Turner), married 17 November 1866 (year as read), Edinburgh
Informant
George Finlayson, father
Registered
11 January 1873, Edinburgh
⚠ Mother's maiden nameHis 1901 marriage record gives his mother as Mary Finlayson, maiden surname Stuart, and the tree has her as Mary Stuart. This entry looks like Fraser or Turner. The parents' marriage in Edinburgh in November 1866 would settle it.
ℹ Birth date is now exactThe GEDCOM had "about 1873". This is the Edinburgh-born George who married Helen McKechnie in 1901.
ℹ Other entries on the pageEntries 41 and 42 (Alexander Ainslie and George Mitchell) are unrelated.