Referenced in the family

Margaret Finch

b. 1815

Life

21 May 1815Born

Records & Research

Margaret Finch (b. 1815) was a daughter of George Finch (c.1786-1827) and Elizabeth Pierce (c.1790/1796-1827), who married 22 November 1812 in Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia. She was one of at least nine children; the family later moved to the Leeds area of Upper Canada, where her father died in 1827. The link to the trusted anchor rests on a single FamilySearch tree (LKKM-VVD) agreeing on her name, 1815 birth year, and both parents by name and 1827 death years. CAUTION: that tree lists TWO daughters born 1815 (Theodosia 1815-1836 and Margaret 1815-1884) with year-only dates, so it cannot confirm the anchor's precise 21 May 1815 date or distinguish Margaret from a possible twin. Her claimed 1884 death is an uncited tree entry, downgraded to unconfirmed.

Margaret Finch was a daughter of George Finch and Elizabeth Pierce, born 1815, one of at least 9 children (3 sons, 6 daughters) of this couple.

1815 · Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, British North America tree ↗
Margaret Finch's parents George Finch and Elizabeth Pierce married on 22 November 1812 in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, British North America.

1812-11-22 · Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, British North America tree ↗

Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.

Margaret Finch may have died in 1884 (unverified). unconfirmed

1884 · DOWNGRADED from 'likely' to 'unconfirmed'. The only support is the uncited FamilySearch child-list entry 'Margaret Finch, Female, 1815-1884'. The trusted anchor carries NO death information, so this is a wholly new, single-source, record-less claim with no death place. It is further weakened because the same tree lists two daughters born 1815 (Theodosia 1815-1836 and Margaret 1815-1884), raising the risk that life-span data is mis-assigned between them. Treat the 1884 death year as unverified pending a primary record. tree ↗
Margaret Finch had numerous siblings on the father's tree, including Theodosia Finch (1815-1836, also born 1815), Rebecca Finch (1817-1889), George Finch (1819-1819), Sarah Jane Finch (1820-1831), John Finch (1821-1827), Amanda Finch (1821-1848), William Finch (1823-1846), and Abigail Finch (1823-1892). likely

· Cornwallis, Nova Scotia / Leeds, Upper Canada · Full sibling set listed on the father's FamilySearch profile (one tree). Amanda Finch is cross-corroborated by WikiTree (Pierce-7906), which lists 'Amanda (Finch) Wright b. 9 May 1821' as a child of Elizabeth (Pierce) Finch, lending one independent check on the family group. The other siblings rest on the single tree. Note Theodosia (1815-1836) is the second daughter also dated 1815 and is the source of the twin/birth-date ambiguity flagged in Finding 1; any claim that Theodosia and Margaret were twins is speculative and not established. tree ↗tree ↗

likely father birth year: report “George Finch born 1787” vs. found “George Finch born about 1786 (Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia)”. One-year difference (1786 vs 1787); both agree on death year 1827. FamilySearch gives the birth as 'about 1786', so this is a minor, non-conflicting variance, not a true discrepancy.

likely mother birth year: report “Elizabeth Pierce born 1787” vs. found “Elizabeth Pierce born 1796 (FamilySearch) / 2 August 1790 (WikiTree Pierce-7906)”. The anchor's 1787 for the mother matches NEITHER online source (FamilySearch 1796; WikiTree 1790) — a notable spread of about 3-9 years. All sources agree she was named Elizabeth Pierce, married George Finch, and died in 1827, so the identity of the mother is the same person; only the birth year is inconsistent. WikiTree also notes confusion about Elizabeth's parentage. The mother's birth year should not be relied on.

Open questions (6)

The anchor's exact birth date of 21 May 1815 could not be confirmed; the FamilySearch source gives only the year. A Cornwallis Township birth/baptism register (Cornwallis records 1720-1825, or Cornwallis Methodist Church baptisms 1814-1827) would likely hold the precise date.
TWIN/MISIDENTIFICATION RISK: the father's profile lists TWO daughters dated 1815 - Theodosia Finch (1815-1836) and Margaret Finch (1815-1884) - with year-only dates. The anchor's 21 May 1815 date must be checked against a primary register to confirm it belongs to Margaret and not Theodosia, and to rule out a swap of birth/death data between the two.
Margaret's 1884 death year was DOWNGRADED to unconfirmed: it comes from an uncited tree child-list with no death place and no record citation, and the anchor carries no death data. A primary death record (Leeds County, Upper Canada/Ontario, where the family relocated, or elsewhere) is needed before any death year is published.
No spouse, marriage, or children for Margaret herself were found. Did she marry? A married surname would explain the absence of records under 'Margaret Finch' and is the natural next step (Leeds County, Ontario marriage databases).
Margaret's individual FamilySearch person ID was not located and the child links were not retrievable without sign-in; opening her own profile would allow verification of her death details and any spouse/children, and would help separate her record from Theodosia's.
All findings about Margaret trace to a SINGLE FamilySearch tree (LKKM-VVD); the only independent cross-check (WikiTree Pierce-7906) corroborates the parents/sibling Amanda, not Margaret herself. Independent corroboration of Margaret as a distinct individual is still lacking.

Sources consulted (5)

Ancestry

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Margaret Finch b. 1815

father George Finch 1787–1827

father Charles Finch 1755–1848

mother Abigail Strong b. 1758

father Stephen Strong b. 1725

mother Elizabeth Barstow b. 1727

mother Elizabeth Pierce 1787–1827