Plumas-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Finlayson, Donald Robertson 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

DONALD ROBERTSON FINLAYSON.—He was the seventh son of John and Amelia Finlayson.
His father was a native of Scotland; his mother of Nova Scotia, where Donald was
born, in the town of Merigomish. When he was sixteen years of age, Donald began
to work at milling, which occupation he followed for many years. In 1856 he
crossed the Isthmus to California, arriving in San Francisco on the first of
June, and went to the mines at Camptonville; thence he moved to Alder creek,
Sacramento county. From here he went to Spanish Ranch, where he mined till 1865.
In 1866 he purchased the place he now lives on. He was married February 26,
1872, to Mrs. Jane Richards of Plumas county. Her maiden name was Murrish. She
was born January 19, 1831, and emigrated to the United States from Cornwall,
England, settling with her married sisters at Mineral Point, Wisconsin. She was
married to William Richards, an Englishman, August 19, 1848. They came to
California in 1855, when Mr. Richards received injuries in the mines that caused
his death after six years' illness. To them were born six children: Martin, born
in Wisconsin, June 22, 1849; Sarah Ann, born in Wisconsin, October 18, 1850;
Francis Y., October 14, 1856; Mary Evaline, December 23, 1858; William M., July
22, 1861; Clara Emma, January 10, 1864. The last four children are natives of
California. Mrs. Finlayson has born to her present husband three children, two
of whom are living: John E., born March 26, 1873: Donald R., born March 22,
1875; Nellie, born December 4, 1878, and died when fifteen months old. Mr.
Finlayson is a member of Plumas Lodge No. 88, I. O. O. F., at Quincy. A view of
his residence and its surroundings may be seen on another page.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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