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Robert Bruce Adamson

M, #8133, b. 9 February 1865
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 24 Aug 2024

Parents:

Father*: David Adamson gas worker b. 6 Oct 1822, d. 28 Apr 1897
Mother*: Mary Smith b. c 1829, d. 23 May 1894
  • (Informant) Death: Robert Bruce Adamson registered the death of Mary Smith on 23 May 1894 at 5 Graham Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1894 deaths in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 468; Mary Adamson married to David Adamson gas work labourer; 1897 May twenty third 1h 0m am 5 Graham Place Dundee; female 64 years; William Smith linen weaver (dec) Mary Smith ms McLauchlan (dec); heart disease 2 years as cert by M F Anderson MB CM; R B Adamson son present 10 Park Avenue; registered 1894 May 24th at Dundee Jas Murray registrar.2

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household2 April 1871They was listed as a member of the household of David Adamson gas worker and Mary Smith in the 1871 census at 7 Graham Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert B Adamson, son, 6, scholar, St Andrews Fife; David Adamson, head, mar, 48, fairman/forema/fireman?, Tannadice; Mary Adamson, wife, mar, 42, Kirriemuir.3
Member of Household3 April 1881They was listed as a member of the household of David Adamson gas worker and Mary Smith in the 1881 census at 1 Church Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Adamson, son, unm, 16, clerk, St Andrews; David Adamson, head, mar, 57, gas worker, Tannadice; Mary Adamson, wife, mar, 51, Kirriemuir.4,5
Member of Household5 April 1891They was listed as a member of the household of David Adamson gas worker and Mary Smith in the 1891 census at 1 Church Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Adamson, son, 26, commercial clerk, St Andrews, Fife; David Adamson, head, 67, gas worker, Tannadice; Mary, 61, Kirriemuir.6

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), image held statutory deaths 282/04 0468 [Oct 2010].
  3. [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]
  4. [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].
  5. [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]
  6. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 21; Page: 30; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1891_94; Year: 1891.
    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. [Jan 2011]
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