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Christina <I>Dingwall</I> Finnegan

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Christina Dingwall Finnegan

Birth
Highland, Scotland
Death
6 Mar 1942 (aged 82)
Queens County, New York, USA
Burial
Maspeth, Queens County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of John Dingwall and Janet "Jessie" McLennan

Prior to marriage she had a daughter, Christina Dingwall, born 31 August 1886 in Fettes, Kiltearn Parish.

Married John Finnegan 22 January 1896. Manhattan, New York
Known Children:
Jessie Finnegan - 23 June 1896
William John Finnegan - 18 March 1899
Thomas James Finnegan - 6 September 1900
Murdock Roderick Finnegan - 9 January 1904

Christina Dingwall was born at Lemlair, Kiltearn Parish, Ross-shire (now Highland, the second of fourteen siblings in her family. She was named after the first born, also Christina, who died in infancy. Her father was a agricultural laborer and farm servant. She worked as a domestic servant and cook.

Christina immigrated to the US arriving New York 8 December 1891 aboard the S.S. Anchoria. She married John Finnegan, an Irish immigrant, in 1896. John worked as a waiter, porter and a door man. Christina died at her home in Woodside, Queens Borough, New York, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Her son William was informant for her death record that also records burial in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

Sources:
1859 [Statutory registers Births 070/00 0041] Parish of Kiltearn, Ross-shire, Scotland
1891: New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937
Scotland Census:
1861: Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty
1871: Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty
1881: Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty
US Census:
1900-1920: Manhattan, New York
1920: Queens, New York
1942: Queens Borough, New York - Certificate of Death # 1950
Daughter of John Dingwall and Janet "Jessie" McLennan

Prior to marriage she had a daughter, Christina Dingwall, born 31 August 1886 in Fettes, Kiltearn Parish.

Married John Finnegan 22 January 1896. Manhattan, New York
Known Children:
Jessie Finnegan - 23 June 1896
William John Finnegan - 18 March 1899
Thomas James Finnegan - 6 September 1900
Murdock Roderick Finnegan - 9 January 1904

Christina Dingwall was born at Lemlair, Kiltearn Parish, Ross-shire (now Highland, the second of fourteen siblings in her family. She was named after the first born, also Christina, who died in infancy. Her father was a agricultural laborer and farm servant. She worked as a domestic servant and cook.

Christina immigrated to the US arriving New York 8 December 1891 aboard the S.S. Anchoria. She married John Finnegan, an Irish immigrant, in 1896. John worked as a waiter, porter and a door man. Christina died at her home in Woodside, Queens Borough, New York, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Her son William was informant for her death record that also records burial in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

Sources:
1859 [Statutory registers Births 070/00 0041] Parish of Kiltearn, Ross-shire, Scotland
1891: New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
New York, New York, Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937
Scotland Census:
1861: Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty
1871: Fodderty, Ross and Cromarty
1881: Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty
US Census:
1900-1920: Manhattan, New York
1920: Queens, New York
1942: Queens Borough, New York - Certificate of Death # 1950


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