Ancestry of
Taylor Swift

Singer and Songwriter

Lancelot George "Lance" Finlay

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• • Great-grandfather of Taylor Swift — 4th Generation
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  • 12 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Nov 1876 
  • Birth Location:
  • Southampton, Hampshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Eleanor A. "Ella" Mayer
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1917 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio 
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  Janet Finlay

  Robert Bruce Finlay (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • Although Lance Finlay gives Southampton, England, as his place of birth on his naturalization papers, he lists it as “at sea” in earlier records such as the 1910 census and his 1917 marriage to Emma A. Clare.

    This may be the same Lance George Finlay who died in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1951. A copy of the death certificate or an obituary is needed to verify.

    Lance Finlay appears to have been married before he married Eleanor (Mayer) Clare as his status is married in the 1910 census. But he should not be confused with the Lancelot Finlay who married Louise Sage and had a child named Dorothea. Louise Finley appears as a widow in the 1920 census although it is possible she was really divorced. More research is needed into Lance Finlay's first wife.

• Sources for Lancelot George "Lance" Finlay

  • ¹ Federal Census, NY, Westchester County, 1930, Bronxville, E.D. 120, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 23.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Cuyahoga County, 1910, Cleveland Ward 25, E.D. 380, Sheet 8B, Image 16 of 19.
  • ³ New York, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1882-1944, Record for Lance George Finlay.
  • ⁴ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration for Lance George Finlay.

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