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Thomas Francis FINN (1863 - 1941)
Weighbridge, Carpenter, Wellsinker
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
George Francis FINN (1888 - )
Ellen Mary FINN (1889 - )
 Thomas Francis FINN (1863 - 1941)

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Mary Ellen STURGESS (1864 - 1938)
 Jeremiah FINN (1819 - 1899)











Margarite Mary (Margaret) DIGNAN Richard DIGNAN



Margaret (DIGNAN)



b. 22 Jul 1863 at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
m. 20 Aug 1886 Mary Ellen STURGESS (1864 - 1938) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 07 Feb 1941 at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia aged 77
Near Relatives of Thomas Francis FINN (1863 - 1941)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Richard DIGNAN
Grandmother Margaret (DIGNAN)

Father in Law George STURGESS 1818 Essex, England 1904 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 86
Mother in Law Hannah “Fanny” WOOLDRIDGE 1838 1884 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 46

Father Jeremiah FINN 19 Dec 1819 Nenagh, Co Tipperary, Ireland 04 Jul 1899 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 79
Mother Margarite Mary (Margaret) DIGNAN

Self Thomas Francis FINN 22 Jul 1863 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 07 Feb 1941 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 77

Wife Mary Ellen STURGESS 05 Jan 1864 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 31 Dec 1938 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 74

Son George Francis FINN 1888 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Ellen Mary FINN 29 Sep 1889 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Sister Bridget FINN Feb 1844 Geelong, Victoria, Australia Feb 1844 0
Sister Mary Maria FINN Apr 1845 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Sister Ellen FINN Sep 1847 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Brother Timothy FINN 20 Apr 1850 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Sister Margaret FINN 29 Jan 1853 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 23 May 1944 Bourke, New South Wales, Australia 91
Sister Catherine Maria FINN 21 Jan 1856 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Brother Jeremiah FINN 08 May 1859 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 1945 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 86
Sister Annie Maria FINN 14 Jan 1861 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 20 Aug 1939 Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia 78

Daughter in Law Harriet BATEMAN
Son in Law Edward DAVIS 1885 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Queensland, Australia

Nephew John Joseph MALLON 12 Aug 1884 Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia 02 Aug 1955 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 70
Niece Catherine Mary MALLON 26 Sep 1885 Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia 11 May 1970 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 84
Niece Ellen LYSAUGHT 16 Sep 1893 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 08 Mar 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 78
Niece Maude Gertrude LYSAUGHT 25 Jun 1895 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew James Thomas LYSAUGHT 19 Apr 1898 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
Niece Patricia Margaret (Patsy) LYSAUGHT 14 Mar 1902 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 1939 37
Nephew Robert Dignam LYSAUGHT 21 Jun 1906 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 08 Feb 1920 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 13
Niece Dorothy Thelma STURGESS 25 Dec 1912 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 1999 87
Niece Hazel Irene STURGESS 17 Oct 1915 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1996 81
Nephew Frederick STURGESS 1917 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Edward Thomas STURGESS 21 Dec 1919 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1976 57
Nephew Keith Clarence STURGESS 08 Oct 1922 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1975 53

Sister in Law Kate STURGESS 1860 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law Ellen STURGESS 1867 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law Charles W STURGESS 1869 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law Teresa STURGESS 1871 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law Thomas STURGESS 1873 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jul 1945 Gilmore, New South Wales, Australia 72
Brother in Law Patrick FINN
Brother in Law Charles LINDELL
Sister in Law Bertha EVERETT
Brother in Law James Patrick EGAN 1839 Co Kilkenny, Ireland 30 Jul 1921 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia 82
Brother in Law John ROBINSON
Brother in Law John Joseph MALLON 09 Oct 1849 Germanton, New South Wales, Australia 10 Apr 1886 Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia 36
Brother in Law Andrew Paul LYSAUGHT 1843 30 Dec 1914 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
Events in Thomas Francis FINN (1863 - 1941)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
22 Jul 1863 Thomas Francis FINN was born Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 71
20 Aug 1886 23 Married Mary Ellen STURGESS (aged 22) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia St Mary's 71
1888 25 Birth of son George Francis FINN Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
29 Sep 1889 26 Birth of daughter Ellen Mary FINN Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
04 Jul 1899 35 Death of father Jeremiah FINN (aged 79) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
31 Dec 1938 75 Death of wife Mary Ellen STURGESS (aged 74) Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
07 Feb 1941 77 Thomas Francis FINN died Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
Death of son George Francis FINN Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 71
Personal Notes:
Thomas Finn conducted a weighbridge next to his father's hotel Golden Age. He was known for his well sinking ability and also enjoyed prospecting. He was a carpenter by trade.

The Tumut and Adelong Times 11 feb 1941
OBITUARY MR. T. F. FINN The death occurred suddenly last Thursday morning of Mr. Thomas Francis Finn, at the age of 77 years. He was the third son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Finn, well known in Wagga for many years. They built the Golden Age Hotel (where the Duke of Kent Hotel now stands), and the Carrington Hotel (now known as the Great Southern Ho tel), Wagga, which they kept for many years. He was born at Ballarat (V.) in 1863, and was educated in Wagga at the Catholic school under the late Michael Moran. Mr. Finn conducted a weighbridge in Wagga, adjacent to the Golden Age Hotel. He followed various country pursuits and was well known for his ability in well sinking. For a time he conducted a butchering business at Temora in its early days, and he also followed prospecting there. He married Miss Mary Ellen Sturgess, of Batlow, in 1886,and she predeceased him on December 31, 1938, at the age of 74 years. He leaves a family of one son, Mr. George Finn, of Wagga, and one daughter, Mrs. Edward Davis, of North Wagga ; also nine grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. He is also survived by one brother, Jeremiah, of Bourke ; and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Egan, of Glenalbyn Station, Bourke. Mr. C. Sturgess, of Wagga, and Mr. T. Sturgess, of Gilmore, are brothers-inlaw, and Mrs. T .Thompson, of Edward-st., Wagga, and Mrs. J. Counahan, of Brisbane, are sistersin-law of the late Mr. Finn.
Source References:
63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 11 Feb 1941 (Name, Notes)
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/
- Reference = 116 (Marriage)
- Reference = 116 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 116 (Birth)
- Reference = 116 (Death)
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