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Headstone Forfar Newmonthill Adamson William 19001

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Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022
  • (Headstone) Memorial Inscription*: Headstone Forfar Newmonthill Adamson William 1900 was erected in August 1900 at Newmonthill Cemetery, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads Erected by Isabella Lowson and David her son in loving memory of her husband William Adamson who died 24th July 1900 in his 60th year; also her children Jennie died 22nd May 1876 aged 6 years, Betsy died 1st July 1876 aged 5 years
    On the reverse And of the said David L Adamson who died at Forfar 10th October 1917 aged 39 years; the said Isabella Lowson died 26th June 1928 aged 78 years.1
    William Adamson Isabella Lowson family Newmonthill Forfar
    William Adamson Isabella Lowson family reverse Newmonthill Forfar
  • (Witness) Anecdote forWeb: Headstone Forfar Newmonthill Adamson William 1900 was a witness William Lowson Adamson 1898-1916 is the son of Andrew Adamson my G Grandmothers brother who moved to Argentina with the railways early 1900s. He volunteered in Buenos Aries and enlisted in Dundee before being killed in Army Cyclist Corps at 18 years according to military records online. Quite poignant with Andrew in the Canadian forces his uncle and himself both represented on the grave. Two generations lost in the conflict.1

Citations

  1. [S40] DC [Jun 2016].
  2. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), DC [Jun 2016].