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Robert Adamson joiner

M, #8521, b. 13 December 1835, d. 28 September 1911
Last Edited: 14 Oct 2023

Parents:

Father*: George Adamson hand loom linen weaver b. 1789, d. 1 Mar 1856
Mother*: Betty Cuthbert b. s 1794, d. 3 May 1868
  • Birth*: Robert Adamson joiner was born on 13 December 1835 at Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1
  • He was the son of George Adamson hand loom linen weaver and Betty Cuthbert.
  • (Groom) Marriage*: Robert Adamson joiner married Annie Anderson circa 1858.2
  • (Deceased) Death*: Robert Adamson joiner died on 28 September 1911 at 4 Stobswell Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 75 1911 deaths in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee, ref 768; Robert Adamson joiner journyman widower of Annie Anderson, 1911 September twenty-eighth 5h 0m am, 4 Stobswell Road Dundee, male aged 75 years, parents George Adamson linen weaver (dec) and Betsy Adamson ms Cuthbert (dec), cause Haemiplegia several months, fever 14 days as certified by J Miller MD, signed Ralph Adamson son present, registered 1911 September 28th at Dundee signed Jas Murray registrar.2

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household6 June 1841Robert Adamson joiner was listed along with George Adamson hand loom linen weaver in the 1841 census at Peerhead, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Adamson George, m, 50, linen hand loom weaver, Angus; Adamson Betty, f, 45, linen hand loom weaver, Angus; Adamson Robert, m, 5, Angus.3
Member of Household30 March 1851They was listed as a member of the household of George Adamson hand loom linen weaver and Betty Cuthbert in the 1851 census at Croft Head, Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Adamson, son, unm, 15, linen weaver (hand loom), b Forfarshire, Kirriemuir; George Adamson, head, mar, 62, linen weaver (hand loom), b Forfarshire, Kirriemuir; Betty Adamson, wife, mar, 58, b Forfarshire, Kirriemuir.4

Family:

Annie Anderson b. c 1836, d. b 1911

Child:

Ralph Adamson2 b. 2 Nov 1869

Citations

  1. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), [Apr 2009].
  2. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory death 1911 St Andrew Dundee 282/01 0768 [Aug 2013].
  3. [S13] Website FreeCEN UK Census Online Project (http://www.freecen.org.uk/) FreeCEN SCT1841/299, Kirriemuir, enum dist 9, foilio 9, page 6; Peerhead [May 2009].
  4. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS census 1851 Kirriemuir [Jan 2007].