Individual Details

Miquam Raphael Finlay

(1808 - )

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Miquam (Jacques) or (Jacob) Finlay b-1808 Rocky Mountains, aka Poste de la Montagne de Roches, son Jacques Raphael (Jacko & Jocko) Finlay, Metis (1768-1828) and Indian woman. This is more likely one of the 4 adopted Lussier children. Nine other children born in Spokane, Washington are attributed to (II)-Old Jacques Raphael (Jacko & Jocko) Finlay, Metis (1768-1828) and Indian woman. Some of these are likely associated with a different wife, his brother Xavier Finlay (1779-1859) or some of his sons or adopted sons. It is suggested he had 3 wives, 1st unknown, 2nd Kutenai and 3rd Spokane. What-ever the Finlay clan is all over the early Oregon Territory, called the Columbia District.


some of the information is researched and proven but most is not; most of it has been shared by others

Events

Birth1808Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada
AdoptionAdopted 4 orphaned Lussier children

Families

FatherJacques Raphael Finlay (1768 - 1828)
MotherAlberta St. Germaine (1780 - 1808)
SiblingJames Finlay (1794 - 1853)
SiblingThornburn Finlay (1795 - 1813)
SiblingBonhomme Finlay (1795 - 1821)
SiblingJohn Baptiste Finlay (1800 - )
SiblingPatrick Pichina Finlay (1802 - 1879)

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