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William Adamson wire worker & bell-hanger

M, #10001, b. 14 October 1842, d. 8 September 1921
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 15 May 2024

Parents:

Father*: William Adamson coal merchant b. s 1804, d. 24 Feb 1880
Mother*: Elizabeth Brown b. c 1805, d. b 24 Feb 1880
  • Birth*: William Adamson wire worker & bell-hanger was born on 14 October 1842 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1
  • He was the son of William Adamson coal merchant and Elizabeth Brown.
  • Marriage*: William Adamson wire worker & bell-hanger married Hay Greig on Friday, 12 June 1863 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2
  • Marriage*: William Adamson wire worker & bell-hanger married Jemima Forrest Robertson in 1915 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .3
  • (Deceased) Death*: William Adamson wire worker & bell-hanger died on 8 September 1921 at 43 Nethergate, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 78 1921 deaths in the district of St Mary & St Peter in the burgh of Dundee ref 323, William Adamson wireworker & bellhanger married to 1st Hay Greig, 2nd Jemima Robertson or Summers, 1921 September Eighth 11h 0m am 43 Nethergate Dundee, male aged 78 years, parents William Adamson coal merchant (dec) and Elizabeth Adamson ms Brown (dec), cerebral apoplexy repeated attacks last attack 3 days as cert by D Lennox MD, signed Harry Adamson son present, registered 1921 September 9th at Dundee Thos Meek registrar.4
  • (Informant) Death: He registered the death of William Adamson coal merchant on 24 February 1880 at 370 Loons Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1880 deaths in the district of St Clement in the burgh of Dundee, ref 95, William Adamson feuar widower of Elizabeth Brown, 1880 February Twenty-Fourth 8h 30m pm 370 Loons Road Dundee, male aged 76 years, parents John Adamson flax weaver (dec) and Janet Adamson ms Storrier (dec), chronic Bronchitis 1 year as cert by J L Coupar physician, signed Wm Adamson son 37 Nethergate, reistered 1880 February 25 at Dundee, Dav Scott registar.5
  • (Deceased) Death: Hay Greig died in 1910 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .6
  • (Witness) Obituary: William Adamson wire worker & bell-hanger was mentioned in the Obituary of John Adamson wire worker on 13 August 1951; John Adamson 13th August 1951
    Death of Dundee Business man
    Mr John Adamson 7 Glamis Place, Dundee head of William Adamson & Son (Wire and Sheet metal Fabrications) ltd died suddenly yesterday.
    His firm expanded its activities greatly with the opening of a new factory at Arbroath Road two years ago.
    He was 49, and although not enjoying good health for some time, had been at business in past week.
    Mr Adamson was the third generation of the firm started by his grand father in 1870 in a shop at 49 Nethergate.
    He remained there until the beginning of the last war, when Mr John Adamson removed to Seabraes Mill and later to Blinshall Street.
    I n May 1949, the firm moved into a new 12,00 0 square feet ground level factory in Arbroath Road, east of the Eastern Cemetery.
    The new riverside works was privately built and an important addition to Dundee’s industrial enterprises. Among the products of the new factory are all types of wire work, guards, enclosures for lifts, tennis courts zoos etc. and sheet metal manufacture such as steel cabinets, furniture and lockers, ships ventilation ducts etc.
    He was a member of Dundee Rotary Club, the Bonnetmaker Incorporation and had been connected with the Corinthian Boating Club for many years.
    He is survived by Mrs Adamson, and three sons, the eldest of whom is 11.7

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household30 March 1851They was listed as a member of the household of William Adamson coal merchant and Elizabeth Brown in the 1851 census at 1 Coldside, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Willm Adamson, son, 8, scholar, Dundee; Willm Adamson, head, 48, labourer, Dundee; Elis, wife, 50, Mains.8
Member of Household7 April 1861They was listed as a member of the household of William Adamson coal merchant and Elizabeth Brown in the 1861 census at Andersons Land, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . William Adamson, son, 18, wire worker, Dundee; Willm Adamson, head, 57, coal merchant, Brechin; Isabella, wife, 58, Mains.9
Head of Household2 April 1871He was listed as head of household along with spouse Hay Greig in the 1871 census at 3 Scouringburn, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . William Adamson, head, 28, wire worker & bell hanger, Dundee; Hay Grcie, wife, 29, Dundee; also in the household were David Greig Adamson wireworker & bell-hanger and Charles Dickie Adamson india rubber merchamt assistant.10
Head of Household3 April 1881He was listed as head of household along with spouse Hay Greig in the 1881 census at 37 Nethergate Albert Court, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . William Adamson, head, mar, 39, wire worker empg 2 men 2 boys, Dundee; Hay G Adamson, wife, mar, 39, Dundee; also in the household were William Adamson, David Greig Adamson wireworker & bell-hanger, Charles Dickie Adamson india rubber merchamt assistant, James Harkins Adamson wireworker, George M Adamson ship joiner, Thomas K Adamson, Hay G Adamson and Alexander M Adamson mechanical.11,12
Head of Household5 April 1891He was listed as head of household along with spouse Hay Greig in the 1891 census at 8 Victoria Square, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . William Adamson, head, 48, wire worker & bell hanger, Dundee; Hary, wife, 48, Dundee; also in the household were David Greig Adamson wireworker & bell-hanger, Charles Dickie Adamson india rubber merchamt assistant, James Harkins Adamson wireworker, George M Adamson ship joiner, Thomas K Adamson, Hay G Adamson, Alexander M Adamson mechanical, Edwin Adamson house joiner, Harry Adamson and Ann Soutar.13
Head of Household31 March 1901He was listed as head of household along with spouse Hay Greig in the 1901 census at 6 Shore Terrace, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . William Adamson, head, 58, wire worker & bell hanger, Dundee; Hay G, wife, 58, Dundee; also in the household were David Greig Adamson wireworker & bell-hanger, Charles Dickie Adamson india rubber merchamt assistant, George M Adamson ship joiner, Thomas K Adamson, Alexander M Adamson mechanical, Edwin Adamson house joiner, Harry Adamson and Jane Nicoll.14

Family:

Hay Greig b. s 1842, d. 1910
  • Marriage*: William Adamson wire worker & bell-hanger married Hay Greig on Friday, 12 June 1863 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2

Children:

William Adamson b. 2 Sep 1863
David Greig Adamson wireworker & bell-hanger b. 21 Jun 1865
Charles Dickie Adamson india rubber merchamt assistant b. 6 Sep 1867, d. 23 Dec 1924
John Soutar Adamson b. 20 Apr 1870, d. bt 20 Apr 1870 - 2 Apr 1871
James Harkins Adamson wireworker+ b. 16 Sep 1871
George M Adamson ship joiner b. 18 Jan 1874
Thomas K Adamson b. s 1876
Hay G Adamson b. s 1878, d. 1938
Alexander M Adamson mechanical b. Feb 1881
Edwin Adamson house joiner+13 b. s 1883
Harry Adamson13 b. s 1886

Citations

  1. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), [Jul 2009].
  2. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI), M112821 [Jun 2009].
  3. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriages 1915 Dundee St Andrew 282/04 0338.
  4. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Deaths 1921 Dundee St Mary & St Peter 282 ... 323 [Aug 2006].
  5. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Deaths 1880 Dundee St Clement 282/03 0095 [Mar 2013].
  6. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Deaths 1910 Dundee St Clement 282/03 0313 [Mar 2013].
  7. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.ninetradesofdundee.co.uk/files/nine%20trades/Nine%20Trades%20People/Obituaries/Bonnetmaker%20Obits/1951%20Adamson%20John.pdf [Mar 2013].
  8. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 46; Page: 45; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_61; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Mar 2013]
  9. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 20; Page: 38; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1861_39. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Mar 2013]
  10. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 13; Page: 3; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1871_50. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Mar 2013]
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  12. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 2; Page: 6; Line: 13; Roll: cssct1881_82. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Mar 2013]
  13. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1891_89. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Mar 2013]
  14. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 1; Page: 19; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1901_96. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Mar 2013]