- Birth*: James Kinnear Adamson MA was born on 14 August 1911 at 141 Clepington Road (Victoria Terrace) (low door on right), Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1,2
- He was the son of James Kinnear Adamson teacher and Georgina Key tailoress.
- Baptism: James Kinnear Adamson MA was baptised on 10 September 1911 at St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; by E Logie Danson.3
- (Groom) Marriage*: He married Joan Wilson VAD, daughter of Maud Adeline Logsdail unpaid domestic duties, on 1 January 1944 at All Saints Church, Northampton, England, ; Dundee Courier 5 Jan 1944 - Marriages - Adamson - Wilson - at All Saints' Church, Northampton, on Jan 1, 1944, Second-Lieut James K Adamson RASC, elder son of Mr and Mrs J K Adamson 20 East Haddon Road Dundee to Joan Wilson VAD only daughter of Mr and Mrs H J T Wilson, Dersingham Norfolk
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First name(s) JOAN
Last name WILSON
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1944
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ JOAN WILSON married
JAMES K ADAMSON
Spouse's last name ADAMSON
District NORTHAMPTON
District number -
County Northamptonshire
Country England
Volume 3B
Page 61
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain.4,5,6 - (Deceased) Death*: James Kinnear Adamson MA died on 13 December 1996 at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, , at age 85 Name: James Kinear Adamson
Birth Date: 14 Aug 1911
Date of Registration: Dec 1996
Age at Death: 85
Registration district: Kings Lynn
Inferred County: Norfolk
Register Number: 48A
District and Subdistrict: 6371A
Entry Number: 213.7,8 - Probate*: His estate was probated on 25 February 1997 at Leeds, Yorkshire, England, ; First name(s) James Kinnear
Last name Adamson
Death year 1996
Death date 13 Dec 1996
Probate year 1997
Probate date 25 Feb 1997
Residence town -
Registry Leeds
County Yorkshire
Country England
Document type Grant and will
Number 9751607199
Record set England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England.9 - (Witness) Photograph: He was also christened in this gown at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , along with Margaret Kinnear Adamson, Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician. The 'Adamson' christening gown, sewn by 'the girls' from Henderson & MacKay where Georgina (Key) Adamson was a tailoress before her marriage.10
- (Witness) Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken circa 1913 at Baxter Park, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , along with James Kinnear Adamson teacher, Margaret Kinnear Adamson.12
- Photograph*: Margaret Kinnear Adamson and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken circa 1914 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .13
- (Witness) Photograph: He is in this photograph taken circa 1916 at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, , along with Annie Gibson Ford, Jane Duncan Ford, Edith Margaret Ford, Archibald Hall Ford of Messrs Mackinnon, Mackenzie Co., Colombo, Wilhelmina Scott Ford assistant cashier, Margaret Kinnear Adamson, Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and Georgina Key tailoress Ford and Adamson cousins.14,15
- (Witness) Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken circa 1917 along with James Kinnear Adamson teacher, Georgina Key tailoress, Margaret Kinnear Adamson and Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician.13
- (Witness) Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken say 1921 at Baxter Park, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , along with Georgina Key tailoress, Margaret Anderson Kinnear powerloom weaver, Margaret Kinnear Adamson and Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician.13
- (Witness) Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken say 1922 along with Georgina Key tailoress, James Kinnear Adamson teacher, Margaret Kinnear Adamson and Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician.13
- Photograph*: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1926 at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .18
- Photograph: Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken in 1927.13
- Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1928 at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .18
- Newspaper Article*: He and Ruth Agnes Fisher Conway medical missionary Congo were mentioned in a newspaper article University of St Andrews
Results of Preliminary Examinations
September 1929
The Following candidates have passed in the subjects appended to their names :-
Note H-Higher, L-Lower
Arts, Science, and Medicine
James Kinnear Adamson-H Mathematics
...
Ruth Fisher Conway - Physical Science on 1 October 1929 at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, .19,20 - (Witness) Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken circa 1930 at 20 East Haddon Road, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , along with James Kinnear Adamson teacher, Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician enjoying a sunny day at the back door.13
- Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1930 at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .13
- Photograph*: Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken say 1931 hill walking.13
- (Witness) Photograph: He is mentioned in this photograph taken circa 1942 at 20 East Haddon Road, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , along with James Kinnear Adamson teacher, Georgina Key tailoress, Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician waiting for their boys to come home.12
- (Witness) Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken say 1946 at 20 East Haddon Road, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , along with Georgina Key tailoress, James Kinnear Adamson teacher, + two unidentified.13
- (Witness) Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken circa 1948 along with James Kinnear Adamson teacher, Georgina Key tailoress, Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician, Margaret Kinnear Adamson, David Albert Bell and Kenneth James Gordon Bell.21
- (Witness) Newspaper Article: James Kinnear Adamson MA and James Kinnear Adamson teacher, Georgina Key tailoress, Alexander Miller chiropodist, Kate Nicolson shirt maker, Marion Conway Miller obstetrician & gynaecologist, George Harvey Smith lecturer of Pathology, John Henry Prain medical practitioner and Rev James Munn MA minister Mariners', St Pauls 1937-1952 were mentioned in a newspaper article about Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and Catherine Nicolson Miller nursing sister on 1 July 1950. Dundee Church Wedding
The wedding took place to-day in Paul's Church, Dundee, of Dr. Douglas George Adamson younger son of Mr and Mrs James Adamson, 20 East Haddon Road and Miss Catherine Nicolson Miller second daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander Miller, 25 Perth Road.
The bride was given away by her father. She wore a gown of white French lame with sleeves and yoke of white lace. The skirt was topped by shirred bodice, hand embroidered silk net veil fell from an orange blossom head-dress and she carried a bouquet of pale pink roses and white heather.
Dr Marion C. Miller (bride's sister), and eight-year-old M. Lilian Bell (groom's niece); who attended Miss Miller, both wore dresses of white taffeta under white net. Dr Miller's gown featured a peplum and bodice with a heart-shaped neckline. The little girl's was trimmed with lovers' knots and rosebuds in pink and mauve to match both bouquets and head-dresses.
Best man was Dr George H. Smith, ushers, were Dr John H. Prain and Mr James K. Adamson, jun., and A. Morrisison Reid.
The ceremony was conducted by Rev James Munn, assisted by Rev. James Mackay. The reception was in Kidd’s Rooms.22 - (Witness) Newspaper Article: James Kinnear Adamson MA and Georgina Key tailoress, Margaret Kinnear Adamson and Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician was mentioned in a newspaper article about James Kinnear Adamson teacher in September 1956. Extract from
Park Church Monthly
September 1956
Congregational Register
In Memoriam
June 27 - Mr J K Adamson, 20 East Haddon Road
On 27th June passed away after a longering illness one who will be sadly missed, not in Park Church alone but by a wide circle of friends. Mr J K Adamson served the Master in out Church for many years as elder, member of the Congregatioanl Board and as Church Treasurer. He was always a sprighthly figure and proved a most loyal and devoted servant of the Master. He did not look his age, but kept his tall, upright carriage to the end. Now he is gone and he will be missed, for his heart lay in Park and he was ever an encourager. His gift of humour and his many bearing we shall long remember. We thank God for a life well spent, full of good works and kindly deeds. To his devoted wife and family we send our sincere sympathy in their sad loss.23 - Photograph*: Georgina Key tailoress and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken say 1965 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , along with Annie Gibson Ford and Jane Duncan Ford.13
- (Witness) Death: James Kinnear Adamson MA witnessed the death of Maud Adeline Logsdail unpaid domestic duties on 16 January 1973; WILSON, Maud Adeline
" Shrublands," Lynn Road, Ingoldisthorpe,
King's Lynn, Norfolk, Widow. 16th January 1973
Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited, Norwich Trustee Office, P.O. Box 36,
Bank Plain, Norwich, NOR 70A. (Barclays Bank Trust Company Limited,
Joan Adamson and James Kinnear Adamson.)
15th May 1973
(047.)24 - (Spouse) Death: His spouse Joan Wilson VAD died in October 1995 at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England, ; Name: Joan Adamson
Death Age: 77
Birth Date: 5 Sep 1918
Registration Date: Oct 1995
Registration district: Kings Lynn
Inferred County: Norfolk
Register Number: 46A
District and Subdistrict: 6371A.25 - Graduation*: James Kinnear Adamson MA graduated in 1932 at St Andrews University, Fife, Scotland; MA.29
- Military Service: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps between 1939 and 1945 Royal Army Service Corps.30
- Military Service POW*: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps between 1944 and 1945.30
- Military Service*: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps on 11 June 1944 Regular Army Emergency Commission 2nd Lieutenant.31
- Military Service: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps between December 1944 and January 1945 Ardennes.32
- (Witness) Milt Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in August 1945 at Berlin, Germany, , along with Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician, First published in Genes on the Web Facebook group:
So, Judith suggested that our fathers met up in Berlin at the end of WW2. All I had was an anecdote that they met on a train going home (I imagined in the UK, however ...) I tracked down the remembered photos from Dad's war collection and have these to share.
I believe the first two are indeed Berlin, probably after July 1945 when the Victory parade took place during the Potsdam Conference involving various heads of state, including Truman, Stalin and Churchill - the subjects on the monument in the first photo. The second photo is the Victory Column which was the focus of the Victory Parade.
The next two photos appear to depict injured troops boarding a train (was this where James and Douglas met up?, was Douglas working with the RAMC, looking after wounded soldiers being repatriated?) and the last two seem to be a quayside somewhere.
Video links http://www.chronos-media.de/?page_id=3863.12 - Milt Photograph*: Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken say September 1945.12
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Short Description: Lists of individuals who served in the British Army from 1882-1962. Content Source: The National Archives of the UK
Copyright: © Crown copyright images reproduced courtesy of The National Archives, UK
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Original data from: The National Archives of the UK (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/) [Apr 2018]. - [S33] Interview , from CNM , speaking to PC in 2003 - but all that was said was James was in Ardennes during the war. Was James taken POW?
James Kinnear Adamson MA
M, #69, b. 14 August 1911, d. 13 December 1996
Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022
Parents:
Father*: James Kinnear Adamson teacher b. 1 Jun 1878, d. 27 Jun 1956
Mother*: Georgina Key tailoress b. 29 Mar 1880, d. 24 Aug 1972
Mother*: Georgina Key tailoress b. 29 Mar 1880, d. 24 Aug 1972
Relationship:
Uncle of Patricia Catherine Adamson
Education
Military Service
Citations
Charts:
Adamson, David c1765 descendants
Beattie, Mary s1730 descendants
Burnet, Alexander c1768 descendants
Crighton, John c 1731 descendants
Doughtie, William c1700 descendants
Foord, Thomas c1717/18 descendants
Galloway, Rebecca c1720 descendants
Gibson, Alexander c1750 descendants
Hall, Jannet c1770 descendants
Hill, Margaret c1764 descendants
Jarren, Jannet c1717/18 descendants
Key, George c1770 descendants
Kinnear, Charles c1740 descendants
Law, Alexander c1740 descendants
Mackie, Janet c1804 descendants
Mathew, Margaret c1740 descendants
Mennons, John c1720 descendants
Mitchell, Agnes c1729/30 descendants
Myres, John c1790 descendants
Napier, William 1727 descendants
Neave, James c1756 descendants
Richie, Agnes c1700 descendants
Scott, David c1785 descendants
Simson, John c1755 descendants
Stark, Jean c1755 descendants
Steven, Elizabeth c1751/52 descendants
Stewart, Jane c1785 descendants
Strang, Agnes c1768 descendants
Stirling, David c1729/30 descendants
Strang, Agnes c1768 descendants
Wallace, Janet c1752 descendants
Young, Helen c1750 descendants
My Adamson Folk - descendant chart
Beattie, Mary s1730 descendants
Burnet, Alexander c1768 descendants
Crighton, John c 1731 descendants
Doughtie, William c1700 descendants
Foord, Thomas c1717/18 descendants
Galloway, Rebecca c1720 descendants
Gibson, Alexander c1750 descendants
Hall, Jannet c1770 descendants
Hill, Margaret c1764 descendants
Jarren, Jannet c1717/18 descendants
Key, George c1770 descendants
Kinnear, Charles c1740 descendants
Law, Alexander c1740 descendants
Mackie, Janet c1804 descendants
Mathew, Margaret c1740 descendants
Mennons, John c1720 descendants
Mitchell, Agnes c1729/30 descendants
Myres, John c1790 descendants
Napier, William 1727 descendants
Neave, James c1756 descendants
Richie, Agnes c1700 descendants
Scott, David c1785 descendants
Simson, John c1755 descendants
Stark, Jean c1755 descendants
Steven, Elizabeth c1751/52 descendants
Stewart, Jane c1785 descendants
Strang, Agnes c1768 descendants
Stirling, David c1729/30 descendants
Strang, Agnes c1768 descendants
Wallace, Janet c1752 descendants
Young, Helen c1750 descendants
My Adamson Folk - descendant chart