H. C. Finch and Elizabeth Elvin

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Husband H. C. Finch ¹

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           Born: Abt 1834 - England
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           Died: 7 Apr 1911 - ? Venango Co, PA 2
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Wife Elizabeth Elvin ¹

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           Born: Abt 1837 - England
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           Died: 3 Jan 1910 - ? Venango Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 M Harry C. Finch ²

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           Died: Aft 1919
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2 M William J. Finch ²

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           Died: Aft 1919
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3 F Anna L. Finch ¹

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            AKA: Annie L. French 3
           Born:  - Sheerness-on-Sea, Isle of Sheppey, County Kent, England
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         Spouse: William Houston McQuaid (1868-      ) 4
           Marr: 30 Sep 1891 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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4 F Emma Elizabeth Finch ²

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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Spouse: John W. Horrobin (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1899 - ? Venango Co, PA

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5 F Caroline Finch ²

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           Died: Bef 1919
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         Spouse: E. J. Young (      -      ) 2

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6 F Florence E. Finch ²

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           Died: Aft 1919
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         Spouse: Samuel E. Cornelius (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1900 - ? Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - H. C. Finch

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He was in the government employ until he decided to settle in the United States. He was a mechanic and held the position of inspector, and he was in the government service when the first Atlantic cable was laid, securing samples of both the first and second cables, which his daughter, Mrs. McQuaid, kept among her prized possessions. Having come out to Canada in 1870, on a government transport, he remained there until the attractions of the oil territory drew him to Pennsylvania, and he became foreman in one of the departments of the Oil Well Supply Company at Oil City, being so engaged for fifteen years. When he retired he settled on the farm in Sugarcreek Township which his family occupied for many years, though he had until then spent little time on the property. He had a valuable oil lease there. Mr. Finch was a man of sterling Christian character and of marked musical ability. It was largely through his efforts that the Sugarcreek M. E. Church was established, and he was always one of its liberal supporters and earnest workers to the end. During his young manhood and his residence in London, England, he trained large classes of singers, who, with himself as director, took part in the rendering of many of the great oratorios at the Crystal Palace, London. Mr. Finch was a grand-nephew of the late John Finch, the noted temperance lecturer and orator of England and America, and himself an ardent believer in and supporter of his uncle's doctrine. [HVC 1919, 877]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 877.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 878.

3 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 38.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 876.