Ruby Jubiletta FINLAYSON

1887 - 1978  (90 years)

• Name	Ruby Jubiletta FINLAYSON
  Born	9 Jul 1887	Owen, SA, Australia
  Gender	Female
  General event	Achievements :- * Always impeccably dressed and dignified * Music : Good organist. Singing - contralto solos and duets with James. In the Adelaide Choral Society. Went to Melbourne for a competition. Was she in the choir when her uncle Oliver was the conductor? * President of the Churches of Christ Women's Conference in South Australia * President of the Churches of Christ Women's Conference in Western Australia * Needle work * Loved the beauty of flowers around her * Concerns for missionaries
  Residence	Ruby was living in Glenelg at the time of their wedding.
  Died	29 May 1978	Calvary Hospital, Lenah Valley, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  Person ID	I14	Alexander & Jessie
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	David FINLAYSON,   b. 25 Nov 1845, Craigton Cottage, Knockbain, Inverness, Scotland, UK ,   d. 10 Jun 1913, Owen, SA, Australia  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann SALTMARSH,   b. 26 Sept 1850, Mt Pleasant, SA, Australia ,   d. 7 May 1904, Inverness House, Owen  (Age 53 years)
  Married	23 Aug 1871	Lake Plains, SA
  	Residence of Henry Saltmarsh, Lake Plains.
  Wedding	MARRIED. Finlayson-Saltmarsh: On the 23rd August, at the residence of the bride's parents, by licence, by the Rev. R. Woolcock, Mr. D. Finlayson, of Alma, to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Henry Saltmarsh, Lake Plains. (source: South Australian Advertiser, Adelaide, 28th August 1871, p4)
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James GORDON,   b. 11 Apr 1886, Dalkey, SA, Australia ,   d. 28 May 1972, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 86 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1912	Christian Chapel, Grote St, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  Wedding	Wedding : 20th (or 8th???) March 1912 at Christian Chapel, Grote Street, Adelaide. Witnesses were Linley M Gordon and Annie CM Gordon. Officiator was James Edward Thomas.
  Children	+ 1. Jefferson Weyburn GORDON,   b. 15 Feb 1913, Balaklava, SA, Australia ,   d. 15 Mar 2005, Forest Lake, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  (Age 92 years)  [Birth] + 2. Coralie Marie GORDON,   b. 12 Mar 1917, Adelaide, SA, Australia ,   d. 4 Sep 2009, Narma, Adelaide, SA  (Age 92 years)  [Birth]   3. Lionel Finlayson - 'Bill' GORDON,   b. 1 May 1918, Adelaide, SA, Australia ,   d. 6 Jul 2005, Perth, WA, Australia  (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2019
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Finlayson - youngest girls - Eveline, Ruby & Marie Finlayson - about 1893 This photo must have been taken on the same day as the big family photo. The girls are photographed indoors whereas the family photo is outside - probably in front of the family home. They must have come straight from one venue to the other because (a) the wattle leafs are in both - with Marie holding it in the family photo and Eveline holding it in the indoor photo, (b) it looks like the same chair, and (c) Marie and Eveline are wearing the same outfits for both photos, although Ruby had a change of clothing. With the painted scene at the back, the indoor setting looks like a photographer's studio - but maybe it was a stylish room in the family house. It was probably done by the same photographer - Hammer & Co. Sadly, Eveline died a few months later.
  		Finlaysons at Owen in 1893 Colin Semmler stated that the photo was taken about 1893 and they were David 48 yrs, Raymond 16, Ruby 5, Mary 43, Marie 10, Eveline 12, Ethel 18 and Oliver 14 yrs. For some reason, the two eldest children, Everard 19 and Florence 21, were absent at that time. The family are dressed up for a special occasion - what might this event be?
  		Finlayson family - about 1950s - cropped Uncertain identification as follows. Back row - left to right - probably Raymond, Oliver & Everard. Front - probably Marie, Ethel, Florence (or their mother, Mary) & Ruby.
  		Finlaysons at Owen about 1898.jpg Uncertain identity as follows. Back row (left to right) - probably Oliver (or Raymond), David, Raymond (or Oliver) & Everard. Front row - probably Marie, Ruby, Mary, Ethel (or Florence) & Florence (or Ethel). The lattice indicates that this photo was taken in the same place as the other big family photo taken about 5 years earlier (1893) - probably in front of the family house in Owen. The family are dressed up for a special occasion - what might this event be?
  		Finlayson sisters - Ruby & Marie
  		Ruby Gordon, nee Finlayson
  		Craigton Cottage in Inverness - side view 8 Southside Place Inverness - 1951 visit by Ruby Gordon, nee Finlayson
  		Ruby GORDON, nee Finlayson
  		James Gordon & Ruby (Finlayson) - golden wedding anniversary At 80 Angove St, North Perth on 20th March 1962 - James & Ruby together
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Judith Gordon - Judy with two grandmas in Victor Harbour in 1942 Judith with Ruby Gordon, nee Finlayson and Stella McLean, nee Matthews.
  		Gravestone of James Gordon 28th May 1972 and Ruby, nee Finlayson 29th May 1978 James Gordon, dearly beloved husband of Ruby, loved father of Jefferson, Coralie and Lionel, died 28th May 1972 aged 86 years, forever remembered. Also Ruby, dearly loved wife and mother of the above, died 29th May 1978, aged 90 years.
  		James & Ruby - with Judy's pram

  
  

  Headstones

  W - James Gordon, died 28th May 1972 & Ruby Gordon, died 29th May 1878 - gravestone in Hobart Section FG, plot 427 in Methodist section of Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart. "James Gordon, dearly beloved husband of Ruby, loved and loving father of Jefferson, Coralie and Lionel,died 28th May 1972, aged 86 years, forever remembered" "also Ruby dearly loved and wife and mother of the above, died 29th May 1978, aged 90 years"

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Raymond Finlayson's letter to his sister Ruby - 1908
  		David Finlayson's letter to his daughter, Ruby, while he was visiting Scotland - in 1901
  		Ruby Gordon, nee Finlayson - obituary
  		Ruby Jubiletta Gordon, nee Finlayson - birth 9th July 1887 South Australia - birth registration, book 400, p364
  		WW - James Gordon & Ruby Jubilletta - married 20th March 1912 in Adelaide Place of wedding: Christian Chapel in Adelaide Groom: aged 25 yrs, born c1887, single, son on Donald Gordon Bride: aged 24 yrs, born c1888, single, daughter of David Finlayson

  
  

  Stories

  3.50 - James GORDON and Ruby, nee FINLAYSON James was born in 1886 in Dalkey. Ruby was born in 1887 in Owen. They grew up together in the small town of Owen in South Australia. They married in 1912 and had three children. Jefferson (‘Jeff’), then Coralie and Lionel (‘Bill’). James ran a shop in Owen for a decade and then was a church minister for 25 years. He was stationed at churches in Owen, Georgetown, Cowandilla-Brooklyn Park, Northam, North Perth and Fremantle. He was active in the temperance movement and also conducted tent missions. James died in Hobart in 1972, aged 86 years. Ruby died there in 1978, aged 90 years. (Biography by Don Gordon - updated in July 2019)