USS Adelaide (1854) [SEP] conflict
USS Adelaide
USS "Adelaide" (1854) was a steamer chartered by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a transport in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Pre-Civil War commercial maritime service.
Sidewheel steamer "Adelaide" was built in 1854 at Greenpoint, Long Island, New York, by the firm of Lupton and McDermott for Cornelius Vanderbilt who intended to send her round Cape Horn for service in the rivers and
(26 Sep 1850 – 3 August 1931) never married.
- Elizabeth Mary Christina "Bessie" Finlayson (26 August 1852 – 9 December 1946) m. Herbert Nickels of Forreston 27 September 1876
- Hannah Finlayson (8 Jul 1854 – 2 September 1928) m. Capt. William Beavis Randell (1856 – 1917) of Gumeracha
R. K. Finlayson.
Eldest son Robert Kettle Finlayson (27 April 1839 – 27 March 1917) was born in North Adelaide and spent his younger days on their farm in Mitcham.