CARMICHAEL, Finlay 1 2 3
- Baptised: 24 October 1783, Lethendy and Kinloch parish, Perthshire, Scotland 2
- Marriage (1): REID, Margaret
Another name for Finlay was CARMICHAEL, Findlay.4
General Notes:
PL/3/351/5 7 Jul 1847
Finlay Carmichael went to Canada and lived in the Toronto area. In later life it was his intention to return to Scotland, as these letters to his brother, Father Donald Carmichael, show:
Title: Letter from Bishop Michael of Toronto, Toronto to Revd Donald Carmichael, Blairs
Content:
The Bishop has made some enquiries regarding Revd Carmichael's brother, but needs more time. The priest who served occasionally in Toronto has died and the Bishop has not been able to replace him.
PL/3/469/16 30 Jul 1853
Title: Letter from Alexander MacNab, Toronto to Revd D Carmichael, Ballogie
Content:
Saying the letters he sent to his brother have now reached him and financial matters and news.
PL/3/485/4 1 May 1854
Title: Letter from Finlay Carmichael, Canada to his brother Mr Carmichael, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Content:
Regarding the feverish state of the land market in Canada since the railways commenced and the fact that he believes that Canada will be a far more attractive field for the British emigrant than Australia for some years to come; also, his impending move to Scotland in his old age.
PL/3484/5 10 Aug 1854
Title: Letter from Finlay Carmichael, Canada to his brother Mr Carmichael, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Content:
Regarding the fact that his move back to Scotland will have to wait another season; the temperature is 98 to 100 degrees in the shade; and cholera is raging in Toronto and Hamilton.
from Scottish Catholic Archives: Canadian Sources
In the 1877 death certificate of Dr Duncan Carmichael who was recorded there as illegitimate, Finlay Carmichael was recorded as "Saddler Journeyman, Reported Father" 3 5
Finlay married Margaret REID. (Margaret REID was born about 1790.)
|