James Kinnear Adamson MA

James Kinnear Adamson Jnr
1943

July 1972

Parents:

• 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 Saturday, 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

• Newspaper Article*: He was mentioned in a newspaper article Harris Academy Appointment of assistant teacher of English. Applications numbered 39.
  JKA who had served the committeefor three years in supply - for the last year at Morgan Academy at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .¹⁰
  
• (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.¹¹
  

  The 'Adamson' christening gown, sewn by 'the girls' from Henderson & McKie where Georgina (Kay) Adamson was a tailoress before her marriage.

  

  

  

  Believed to be Margaret Kinnear Adamson wearing the 'Adamson' christening gown 1909
• (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.¹³
  
• Photograph*: Margaret Kinnear Adamson and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken circa 1914 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .¹⁴
  
• (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.^15,16
  

  Ford & Adamson cousins c1917
  back: Nan/Jean Ford (twin), Mina Ford, Esther Ford, Margaret K Adamson, Jean/Nan Ford (twin)
  front: Somebody, Douglas G Adamson, Somebody, Somebody, James K Adamson

  

  say 1916 back row : Jean FORD, Edith FORD[?], Jo KEY, Nan FORD
  Middle : Mina FORD, Annie FORD, Margaret ADAMSON
  front : James ADAMSON, Douglas ADAMSON
• (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.¹⁴
  

  James Kinnear Adamson family c1917
  standing at back : James Kinnear Adamson Snr
  sitting : Georgina (Key) Adamson, Margaret Kinnear Adamson
  standing in front : James Kinnear Adamson Jnr, Douglas G Adamson
• (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.¹⁴
  

  James K Adamson, Margaret Anderson Kinnear Adamson, Douglas G Adamson, Margaret Kinnear Adamson, Georgina Key Adamson
• (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.¹⁴
  
• Photograph*: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1926 at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .¹⁹
  

  1926 Morgan Academy, James Kinnear Adamson back row, 4th from right
• Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1926 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , James Kinnear Adamson jnr back row 5th from left, probably 1926.²⁰
  
• Photograph: Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken in 1927.¹⁴
  

  Front left - James K Adamson
  Front right - Douglas G Adamson
  
• Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1928 at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , Morgan Academy 1928 Class V.¹⁹
  

  1928 Morgan Academy, James Kinnear Adamson standing at back, 4th from left
• Newspaper Article*: He and Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician were mentioned in a newspaper article Morgan Academy awards 1929
  
  JKA Leaving vertificate
  DGA Boys Junior Sports Champion on 28 June 1929 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .²¹
  

  

  
• Newspaper Article*: James Kinnear Adamson MA 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, .^22,23
• (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.¹⁴
  
• Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1930 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .²⁴
  

  Photograph by Pat
• Photograph: James Kinnear Adamson MA is in this photograph taken in 1930 at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , duplicate??¹⁴
  

  1930 Morgan Hockey team - JKA 2nd back row, 4th from left
• Photograph*: Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken say 1931 hill walking.¹⁴
  
• Newspaper Article: He was mentioned in a newspaper article General MA Examination Philosophy on 27 June 1931 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .²⁵
  
• Newspaper Article: He and Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician were mentioned in a newspaper article Diploma in Education - JKA
  Dundee Candidates in Psychology
  Dundee Candidates in Education
  
  First MB ChB - DGA on 23 June 1934 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .²⁶
  

  

  

  

  
• Newspaper Article: James Kinnear Adamson MA was mentioned in a newspaper article Diploma in Education
  Dundee Candidates in Psychology
  Dundee Candidates in Education on 30 June 1934 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .²⁷
  
• Newspaper Article: He was mentioned in a newspaper article Best Man at wedding of Miss Margaret M Ogilvie and Mr Thomas D S Gracie on 31 July 1940 at North Sea Hotel, Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, .^{28,29,30,31,32}
  

  

  

  

  
• (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.¹³
  
• (Subject of letter) Letter for web: Joan and James was mentioned in a letter written on 3 November 1944 at No1 Malaria Fd Lab, South East Asia, by Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician to James and Georgina; Major D.G. Adamson R.A.M.C.
  No1 Malaria Fd Lab,
  South East Asia
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  3/11/44
  [missing info probably ‘Dear Dad’] & Ma,
  Since writing you a few days [missing probably ‘ago’] I have received another letter from you – no26. It came out in record time, only taking 6 days to reach me from the date of posting. It makes one almost feel that home is not so far away when letter come out so quickly. Many thanks for fixing that transfer of money to Calcutta, Dad. Today I had notification from the bank that it had arrived. Yesterday I received a letter from Joan thanking me for a food parcel I sent her some time ago. She seems to be very cheery and is still maintaining her sense of humour. Also got a batch of Journals & C[ ] the other day one containing a sprig of white heather. Many thanks! Hope it will bring me some luck as far as early repatriation is concerned.
  At the moment I am busy taking over in my new job and expect that on or about the 7^th, in a few days time I shall have sewn an extra pip on my shoulder and will have become a Lt Col but you will still better forward my letters addressed as ‘major’ in case anything happens.
  I wrote Jimmie the other day – I have lost his address. I think it was 711 GT Co RASC. In any case I sent the letter to you for forwarding. Any word from him recently?
  10/11
  I have been away and have not had time to finish this letter. The above address can ...³³
  
• (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.¹⁴
  
• (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.³³
  

  Adamson & Bell families c1948
  sitting at back L-R : James K Adamson, Margaret K (Adamson) Bell, Georgina (Key) Adamson, James K Adamson, (Margaret) Lillian Bell, Douglas G Adamson
  in front L-R: Kenneth G Bell, David D Bell, David A Bell
• (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.³⁴
  
• (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.³⁵
• 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.¹⁴
  
• (Invitee) Invitation: In May 1972 at 31 Farington Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , were sent an invitation by Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and Catherine Nicolson Miller nursing sister to the wedding of their daughter Patricia Catherine and Mr Robert Carson.
  
  Dr & Mrs DOUGLAS G ADAMSON request the pleasure of the company of ... at the marriage of their daughter PATRICIA CATHERINE with MR ROBERT CARSON at St Paul's Church, Nethergate, Dundee on Wednesday, July 5th, 1972 at 2.30pm and afterwards at Invercarse Hotel. 31 Farington Street, Dundee. RSVP Mr & Mrs J Adamson, 'Carstone', Ingoldisthorpe, Kings Lynn.³⁶
  
• (Witness) Death: James Kinnear Adamson MA registered 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.)³⁷
• (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.³⁸

Census & Directory Entries

Principal	1952	James Kinnear Adamson MA appeared in a directory of 1952 living at 21 Avenue Road, Hunstanton, Cambridgeshire, England, ; 1952 Cambridge Telephone Directory; Adamson, James K, 21 Avenue Road, Hunstanton 3314.39
Principal	1957	He appeared in a directory of 1957 living at Carstone, Lynn Road, Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, England, ; 1957 Cambridge Telephone Directory; Adamson, James K, Carstone, Lynn Road Ingoldisthorpe, Snettisham 243.40
Principal	1972	He appeared in a directory of 1972 living at Carstone, Lynn Road, Ingoldisthorpe, Norfolk, England, ; 1972 Cambridge Telephone Directory; Adamson, J K, Carstone, Lynn Road, Ingoldisthorpe, Snettisham 243.41

Education

• Graduation*: James Kinnear Adamson MA graduated in 1932 at St Andrews University, Fife, Scotland; MA.⁴²

Military Service

• Military Service: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps between 1939 and 1945 Royal Army Service Corps.⁴³
• Military Service POW*: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps between 1944 and 1945.⁴³
• Military Service*: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps on 11 June 1944 Regular Army Emergency Commission 2nd Lieutenant.⁴⁴
• Military Service: James Kinnear Adamson MA served with the Royal Army Service Corps between December 1944 and January 1945 Ardennes.⁴⁵
• (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=3863.¹³
  

  

  

  

  

  
• Milt Photograph*: Dr Douglas George Adamson MBChB MD FRCP consultant physician and James Kinnear Adamson MA are in this photograph taken say September 1945.¹³