John Finlayson was a Hudson's Bay Fur Co. Cooper and Postmaster. She is about a year old here. They are my Great-Great Grandparents. His father was John Kenneth Finlayson , also from Scotland. Apparently Nicol and Duncan left behind a sister, Anne Finlayson and two brothers Alexander and Rev. John Finlayson , in Scotland.
Nothing is known of their mother.
Alexander Finlayson had at least one daughter, also named Anne Finlayson , and at least one son named Roderick Finlayson, b. 1818. Roderick Finlayson also went to Rupert's Land in the service of the Hudson's Bay Co. in 1838. He eventually was the Chief Factor at Fort Victoria and has been referred to as the founder of Victoria, B.C. Roderick Finlayson married Sarah Work , daughter of Chief Factor John Work , and possibly a Metis woman herself. Her mother was probably Josette Legace' who had eleven children with John Work . As for Nicol and Duncan Finlayson , after a brief apprenticeship, they both rose high in the ranks of the Hudson's Bay Co., eventually becoming Chief Factors working throughout Rupert's Land.