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John Finnis (captain)

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19: 197:, of officiating at a clandestine marriage within the Anglican Church's prohibited bounds of consanguity, and had his licence suspended for a year. They had two sons, one of whom, John Mercer Finnis ( – 2 April 1909) survived to adulthood, and whose son, Harold Finnis, was a longtime secretary of the 52:, a son of Gilbert Finnis and his wife Elizabeth Finnis (nÊe Nash). He qualified as a mariner, and after a few years as a working captain, in 1831 with Joseph Montefiore purchased the 94:(Captain Schecht). The following year he drove 10,000 sheep from New South Wales to Adelaide with Nelson and John Tooth, then supervised several later musters. Early in 1841 he and 198: 74:, who was squatting there and had no intimation of the Special Survey. The land was used to fatten their cattle for sale, and settle 39 German families. brought to Australia by 98:
had another 12,000 sheep brought overland, which they offered for sale in March 1841, and also quantities of brandy, cigars and tobacco which they had brought by sea.
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to bring goods from New Zealand and by the return journey export wheat and other commodities. He then purchased the ship and made other voyages, but the
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Charlotte Julian (not Julia) Kingston (11 September 1845 – 20 May 1913) married Hubert Giles (21 October 1842 – 11 August 1901), son of
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On 3 September 1856, at his home in Franklin Street, Adelaide, Finnis married Mary Ann Russell, a daughter of his sister. The Rev.
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Charlotte da Silva Cameron (1813 – 11 May 1885) married (William) Hampden Dutton (1805 – 21 November 1849) on 2 July 1831.
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In Sydney, on 23 March 1832, he married Ludovina Rosa Da Silva Cameron (1796 – 21 August 1854), the widow of Colonel
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and Duncan McFarlane, purchased 4000 acres (the Mount Barker Special Survey, the first such), to the chagrin of
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Strickland Gough Kingston (18 December 1848 – 3 October 1897) a lawyer, killed himself after losing a case
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In September 1838, he, with Captain Charles Sturt, Giles Strangways and George McLeod (a
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friend of Sturt) brought 400 cattle overland from the Hume River. In 1839 Finnis, with
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on 10 April 1841 (she was his second wife). They had five surviving children:
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Ewan Wallace Cameron (26 July 1816 – 25 May 1876) married Sophia Nail in 1856
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Ludovina Catherina da Silva Cameron (1824 – 21 October 1851) married
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Julia Anne Ludovina Cameron (c. 1820 – 15 June 1846) married Dr.
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Hester Holland Kingston (30 October 1843 – 12 May 1893)
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Ludovina Cameron Kingston (16 March 1842 – 6 May 1908)
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They had two sons and three daughters. 17: 689:19th-century Australian businesspeople 641: 669:Australian businesspeople in shipping 13: 559:"Synod of the Diocese of Adelaide" 433:Australian Dictionary of Biography 14: 710: 210:State Library of South Australia 607: 579: 551: 523: 495: 438: 421: 393: 365: 337: 309: 281: 253: 225: 1: 218: 694:Australian people in whaling 654:Explorers of South Australia 212:has a portrait of Finnis by 7: 649:Settlers of South Australia 10: 715: 615:"Charles Cameron Kingston" 475:"Charles Cameron Kingston" 446:"Charles Cameron Kingston" 429:'Finnis, John (1802–1872)' 151:George Strickland Kingston 43: 536:South Australian Register 508:The Sydney Morning Herald 378:South Australian Register 203: 119: 114:Franklin Street, Adelaide 587:"Personal and Anecdotal" 261:"Capt. John Finnis pt.2" 233:"Capt. John Finnis pt.1" 193:, on the information of 177:Charles Cameron Kingston 659:Australian pastoralists 480:The Register (Adelaide) 112:He died at his home in 664:Australian ship owners 30: 21: 503:"Melancholy Suicide" 406:Southern Australian 350:Southern Australian 317:"Advance Australia" 48:Finnis was born in 27:Captain John Finnis 674:Australian sailors 189:was charged under 170:, on 17 March 1880 31: 289:"South Australia" 76:George Fife Angas 706: 633: 632: 630: 628: 611: 605: 604: 602: 600: 583: 577: 576: 574: 572: 555: 549: 548: 546: 544: 527: 521: 520: 518: 516: 499: 493: 492: 490: 488: 471: 465: 463: 461: 459: 442: 436: 425: 419: 418: 416: 414: 397: 391: 390: 388: 386: 369: 363: 362: 360: 358: 341: 335: 334: 332: 330: 313: 307: 306: 304: 302: 285: 279: 278: 276: 274: 257: 251: 250: 248: 246: 229: 96:Frederick Dutton 72:John Barton Hack 714: 713: 709: 708: 707: 705: 704: 703: 639: 638: 637: 636: 626: 624: 613: 612: 608: 598: 596: 585: 584: 580: 570: 568: 557: 556: 552: 542: 540: 529: 528: 524: 514: 512: 501: 500: 496: 486: 484: 473: 472: 468: 457: 455: 444: 443: 439: 426: 422: 412: 410: 399: 398: 394: 384: 382: 371: 370: 366: 356: 354: 343: 342: 338: 328: 326: 315: 314: 310: 300: 298: 287: 286: 282: 272: 270: 259: 258: 254: 244: 242: 231: 230: 226: 221: 206: 126:Charles Cameron 122: 46: 12: 11: 5: 712: 702: 701: 696: 691: 686: 681: 676: 671: 666: 661: 656: 651: 635: 634: 606: 578: 550: 522: 494: 466: 437: 427:H. 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S. T. Gill
Charles Sturt
Dover
barque
Norfolk Island
Hampden Dutton
John Barton Hack
George Fife Angas
Zebra
Captain Hahn
Catharina
Frederick Dutton
Franklin Street, Adelaide
Charles Cameron
George Bennett
prussic acid
George Strickland Kingston
William Giles
Charles Cameron Kingston
James Pollitt
canon law
G. S. Kingston
R.A.& H.S
State Library of South Australia
S. T. Gill
"Capt. John Finnis pt.1"
The Register
"Capt. John Finnis pt.2"
The Register

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