John Francis Finlin
(1882-1918)
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Gravestone, Private John Francis Finlin, Beaucourt British Cemetery, Beaucourt-en-Santerre, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
John Francis Finlin
[Some of the following information was submitted by a volunteer researcher.]
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 1/20/1882; per findagrave.com birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, although his Canadian enlistment papers show he was born in St. Francis, Montana and that he served under the alias of John Sweeney
Birth: 1/20/1882; per findagrave.com birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, although his Canadian enlistment papers show he was born in St. Francis, Montana and that he served under the alias of John Sweeney
Address: 1609 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH, as noted on marriage certificate in 1914
Demographics: married; 1911 City Directory showed him employed as a Conductor
Appearance: not known
Marriage: On 10/7/1914, at age 26 and employed as an Engineer, John Francis Finlin married Nora L. Graham Kerrigan (1892-1985), age 21, with whom he had a daughter, Eileen Eleanor Finlin Flynn (1915-1992). This daughter named her son John Colman, presumably after her father Private John Francis Finlin, who died in WWI when she was 3 years old. This same daughter, Eileen Eleanor Finlin Flynn, became a prominent Cleveland attorney, civic leader and social activist [see the obituary posted on findagrave.com]. The widow of Private John Francis Finlin remarried and had one more child, a son.
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: rank Private
Service Number: 226470
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment), 102nd Battalion
Death: August 18, 1918 at age 36 at Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Death: August 18, 1918 at age 36 at Amiens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
Burial: Beaucourt British Cemetery, Beaucourt-en-Santerre, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France, Plot B.17
Burial: Beaucourt British Cemetery, Beaucourt-en-Santerre, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France, Plot B.17
Next of Kin: not noted
Additional Information: Father: no information found; Mother: Minnie Bush Brockbank (1874-1920), born Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, of Canadian ancestry, married second husband Robert Brockbank in 1909, died at age 45 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Stepfather: Robert Brockbank (1871-1916), who married his mother in 1909; Siblings: not known
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