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Rachel Melville1

F, #11835, b. circa 1781, d. 14 October 1871
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 21 Apr 2015
  • Birth*: Rachel Melville was born circa 1781 at Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland, .1,2,3
  • Marriage*: She married Alexander Adamson, son of John Adamson and Somebody Somebody, on Tuesday, 8 December 1807 at St Andrews & St Leonards, Fife, Scotland, .1
  • (Deceased) Death*: Rachel Melville died on 14 October 1871.4
  • Married Name: As of 8 December 1807, her married name was Adamson.1

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household6 June 1841Rachel Melville was listed along with Alexander Adamson in the 1841 census at Burnside Farmhouse, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, . Alex Adamson Sr, male aged 68, b Fife; Rachel Adamson or Melville, female aged 60, b Fife.2
Member of Household30 March 1851They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Adamson farmer in the 1851 census at Burnside Farmhouse, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, . Rachel Adamson, mother, widow, female aged 69, b Kilconqhuar Fife; Alex Adamson, head, unmarried, male aged 36, farmer of 140 acres employing 4 men servts and 8 out workers, b Fife.3
Member of Household7 April 1861They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Adamson farmer and Sarah Louise Lanham in the 1861 census at Burnside Farmhouse, St Andrews & St Leonards, Fife, Scotland, . Rachel Melville Adamson, mother, widow, female aged 80, b Kilconqhuar Fife; Alex Adamson, head, married, male aged 46, farmer of 140 Scots acres employing 4 ploughmen, 1 boy and 7... , b St Andrews Fife; Sarah L L Adamson, wife, married, femaled aged 25, b Moffat Dumfriesshire.5

Family:

Alexander Adamson b. c 1773, d. 1 Nov 1841

Children:

John Adamson6 b. 1809, d. 1870
Jessie Adamson+7 b. s 1810
Jane Anne Adamson3 b. 1812
Alexander Adamson farmer+8 b. 3 Oct 1814, d. 24 Jul 1888
Eliza Adamson4 b. s 1816, d. 9 Jun 1817
Rachel Adamson4 b. s 1818, d. 24 Dec 1824
Archibald Adamson4 b. s 1819, d. 25 Jun 1838
Robert Adamson8 b. 26 Apr 1821, d. 14 Jan 1848
Isabella Morrison Adamson+8 b. 13 Apr 1822
Rachel Adamson8 b. 8 Apr 1823
Melville Adamson8 b. 7 Sep 1825

Citations

  1. [S56] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), search result for Alexander Adamson marriage to Rachael Melville [Apr 2015].
  2. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1841 Census St Andrews http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0018269631 [Apr 2015].
  3. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1851 Census St Andrews http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1851%2f0020795685 [Apr 2015].
  4. [S66] John Fowler Mitchell CIE & Sheila Mitchell ed. Monumental Inscriptions pre-1855 Fifeshire vol 3, Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, first ed (2001) 0 901061 99 9 St Andrews Cathedral pg 160 ref 152.
  5. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1861 Census St Andrews http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0023162538 [Apr 2015].
  6. [S29] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adamson_%28physician%29
  7. [S56] International Genealogical Index (IGI), Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11953-5 , System Origin: Scotland-ODM , GS Film number: 1040388 [Apr 2015].
  8. [S56] International Genealogical Index (IGI), search result for Alexander Adamson family with Rachel Melville [Apr 2015].
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