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Peter Murray Adamson patternmaker1

M, #8520, b. 17 December 1871
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 14 Oct 2023

Parents:

Father*: David Henderson Adamson factory overseer linen b. 14 Nov 1841, d. b 3 Apr 1881
Mother*: Catherine Murray b. s 1843
  • Birth*: Peter Murray Adamson patternmaker was born on 17 December 1871 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2
  • He was the son of David Henderson Adamson factory overseer linen and Catherine Murray.
  • Marriage*: Peter Murray Adamson patternmaker married Annie Mary Cowper, daughter of John Cowper shipping clerk and Margaret Miln, on Thursday, 26 June 1913 at 11 Albany Terrace, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1913 marriages in the district of St Mary in the Burgh of Dundee, ref 171; 1913 on the Twenty-Sixth day of June at 11 Albany Terrace Dundee, signed Peter M Adamson patternmaker journeyman bachelor aged 41 residing at 81 Albert Street Dundee, parents David Henderson Adamson draugtsman (dec) and Catherine Adamson ms Murray; signed Annie M Cowper spinster aged 35 residing 5 Baxter Park Terrace Dundee, parents John Cowper shipping clerk and Margaret Cowper ms Miln (dec); signed H M Davidson ministe ST Andrews Parish, signed Alexander Robertson, Catherine Adamson, witnesses; registered 1913 June 27th at Dundee signed Thos Meek registrar.3
  • (Informant) Birth: Peter Murray Adamson patternmaker registered the birth of John Cowper Adamson on 2 April 1916 at 5 Baxter Park Terrace, St Andrew, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1916 Births in the ___ of ___ in the ___ of ___ ref 432; John Cowper Adamson, b1916 April Second 5h 15m am 5 Baxter Park Terrace Dundee; male, parents Peter Murray Adamson patternmaker (foreman) & Anie Mary Adamson ms Cowper m 1913 June 26th Dundee; signed Peter M Adamson father (present); registered 1916April 24th at Dundee signed jas Murray registrar.4

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household3 April 1881They was listed as a member of the household of Catherine Murray in the 1881 census at 35 Victoria Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Peter Adamson, son, 9, scholar, Dundee; Catherine Adamson, head, wid, 37, milliner & haberdasher, Lochee.5
Member of Household5 April 1891They was listed as a member of the household of Catherine Murray in the 1891 census at Lyon Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Peter Adamson, son, unmarried, male aged 19, machine pattern[maker], b Dundee; Catherine Adamson, head, widow, female aged 47, draper, b Forfarshire.6

Family:

Annie Mary Cowper b. c 1877

Child:

John Cowper Adamson7 b. 2 Apr 1916, d. 26 Mar 2010

Citations

  1. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriage 1913 Dundee St Andrew ref 282/02 0171 image held [May 2015].
  2. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), [Jun 2009].
  3. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Marriage 1913 Dundee St Mary ref 282/02 0171 image held [May 2015].
  4. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Birth 1916 Dundee St Andrew 282/04 0432 image held [May 2015 & Oct 2023].
  5. [S30] LDS 1881 Census FHL film 0203487 GRO ref vol 282-4 enum 17 page 14 [Jun 2009].
  6. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription [April 2015].
  7. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Birth 1916 Dundee St Andrew 282/04 0432 no image [May 2015].
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