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John Smith Adamson

M, #8126, b. 20 October 1862
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 5 Nov 2023

Parents:

Father*: David Adamson b. 6 Oct 1822, d. 28 Apr 1897
Mother*: Mary Smith b. c 1829, d. 23 May 1894
  • Birth*: John Smith Adamson was born on 20 October 1862 at St Andrews & St Leonards, Fife, Scotland, .1
  • He was the son of David Adamson and Mary Smith.
  • (Groom) Marriage*: John Smith Adamson married Jane Ann Stewart on 1 January 1890 at Cullow, Cortachy, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1890 marriages in the parish of Cortachy and Clova in the county of Forfar, ref 1; married 1890 on the First day of January at Cullow Cortachy after banns according to the Established Church of Scotland; signed John Smith Adamson cabinet maker bachelor aged 27 residing at 1 Church Street Dunde, parents David Asdamson gas worker and Mary Adamson ms Smith; signed Jane A Stewart spinster aged 25 residing at Cullow Cortachy, parents John Stewart farmer (dec) and Mary Stewart ms Shaw; signed Geo Gordon Milne minister of Cortachy, signed James Stewart witness and Martha Adamson witness; registered Janaury 4th at Cortachy signed Thomas P Black registrar.2
  • (Informant) Death: John Smith Adamson registered the death of David Adamson on 28 April 1897 at 9 Graham Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1897 deaths in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 442; David Adamson gas work labourer widower of Mary Smith; 1897 April twenty-eighth 4h 0m am 9 Graham Place Dundee; male aged 69 years; Robert Bruce Adamson county carrier (dec) Margaret Adamson ms Bruce (dec); bronchitis 12 days, heart disease (chronic) as cert by M F Anderson MB CM; John S Adamson son 14 Park Avenue; 1897 April 29th at Dndee Jas Murray registrar.3,4

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household2 April 1871They was listed as a member of the household of David Adamson and Mary Smith in the 1871 census at 7 Graham Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John Adamson, son, 8, scholar, St Andrews Fife; David Adamson, head, mar, 48, fairman/forema/fireman?, Tannadice; Mary Adamson, wife, mar, 42, Kirriemuir.5
Member of Household3 April 1881They was listed as a member of the household of David Adamson and Mary Smith in the 1881 census at 1 Church Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John Adamson, son, unm, 18, cabinet maker, St Andrews; David Adamson, head, mar, 57, gas worker, Tannadice; Mary Adamson, wife, mar, 51, Kirriemuir.6,7

Family:

Jane Ann Stewart b. c 1865

Child:

Stewart Adamson+8 b. 31 Aug 1892, d. 7 Mar 1962

Citations

  1. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), LDS [Jun 2009].
  2. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriage 1890 Cortachy & Clova ref 278/ 1 image held [June 2017].
  3. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, image held statutory deaths 282/04 0442 [Oct 2010].
  4. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory deaths 1855 Kirriemuir 299/00 0136 [Oct 2010].
  5. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: St Andrew; ED: 24; Page: 17; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1871_52; Year: 1871. 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. [Jan 2011]
  6. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), FHL film 0203487 GRO ref vol 282-4 enum 18 page 29 [Jun 2009].
  7. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 18; Page: 29; Line: 21; Roll: cssct1881_87; Year: 1881. 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. [Jan 2011]
  8. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Deaths 1962 Dundee East, ref 282/1 178 [June 2017].
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