Westmoreland County PA Archives History .....Thomas Ebenezer FINLEY Family History 1925
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  Thomas Ebenezer Finley, room 901 Berger Bldg, Pittsburgh, Pa May 15, 1925
  Mr Finley gave record of his own family.
  He says his father's name was Thomas Gallagher Finley & that he himself was 
  born in the old homestead in Rostraver Tp Westnd Co, Pa & was married at 
  Glassport, Pa by Rev Wm Harrison Decker.  His wife was buried at Round Hill.
  His brother Joseph Finley married Margaret Blackburn, whose mother was 
  Margaret, the youngest? daughter of Isaac & Isabella Irwin see book 1 P 33.
  Joseph was born at the same old home in Rostraver Tp on Apr 10, 1852. His wife 
  died Oct 1911 & she was born abt 1861 & he is baching in Turkey Hollow in a 
  small house he built on the corner of the old farm in Rostraver Tp.  He has 
  had but four children, all born in the old homestead in Rostraver Tp viz:  He 
  was married Thanksgiving Day 1887.
  1. Lawrence Blackburn Finley born Easter Sunday 1891.  He married in 1913 
  Bertha Rankin daughter of Wm J. Rankin of Rostraver Tp & his wife Mollie 
  Stephens.  They live at Donora, Pa where he is teller or cashier of Union 
  Trust Co.  They have two children both born at the Magee Hospital by Caesarean 
  operations, they are.
        I. William Lawrence Finley born 1915
        II. Helen Finley born 1917
  2. John Irwin Finley born July 1896 unmarried Architect & boards in 
  Pittsburgh, Pa
  3. Lois Elfrida Finley born Mch 1898 mar Dec 21, 1922 to Amos Ramsey Shields 
  who was born Dec 21, 1894.  They have one son born at Wilmington, Delaware 
  where they live & he is head scoutmaster of the boy scouts.
        I. Amos R. Shields born July 4, 1924
  4. Margaret Elizabeth Finley B. Mch 1900 unmarried, works for a milliners 
  store & boards with the lady who owns the house.

  He said his brother George was born in Mch 1854 & is dead & that his sister 
  Lizzie is married & has several children & grandchildren.  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from Josiah V. Thompson Journals
  
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