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Robert Walker Adamson post office clerk

M, #8556, b. 10 January 1869
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 16 May 2024

Parents:

Father*: John Adamson magistrate & wholesale grocer b. 4 Jan 1829, d. 25 Feb 1907
Mother*: Ann Webster Lowson b. 6 Feb 1829
  • (Informant) Death: Robert Walker Adamson post office clerk registered the death of John Adamson magistrate & wholesale grocer on 25 February 1907 at 69 Magdalen Green, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1907 deaths in the district of St Peter in the burgh of Dundee, ref 87; JohnAdamson retired wholesale grocer, justice of the peace, married to Ann Webster Lowson; 1907 February Twenty-fifth 10h 30m am 69 Magdalen Green Dundee; male age 78 years; parents Chales Adamson shoemaker (dec) and Jane Adamson ms Ross (dec); cause heart failure dropsy 1 year as cert by A M Stalker MD; R W Adamson son 277 Hawkhill; 1907 February 27th at Dundee T Y Miller registrar.2
  • (Witness) Probate: Robert Walker Adamson post office clerk witnessed the probate of the estate of John Adamson magistrate & wholesale grocer on 22 August 1907; ADAMSON John of Ava-lodge 69 Magdalen-Green Dundee died 25 February 1907 Confirmation of Ann Webster Lowson or Adamson widow Robert Walker Adamson post-office-clerk David Thomson merchant Robert Hay Adamson factory-manager John Sinclair - commission-merchant George C. Spence accountant and William McGlashan Grant Sealed London 22 August.3

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household3 April 1881They was listed as a member of the household of John Adamson magistrate & wholesale grocer and Catherine Lowson Adamson and Ann Webster Lowson in the 1881 census at 69 Magdalen Green, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Adamson, son, 12, scholar, Dundee; John Adamson, head, mar, 52, magistrate & wholesale grocer, Forfar; Ann L Adamson, wife, mar, 52, wife of magistrate & wholesale grocer, not stated.4
Member of Household5 April 1891They was listed as a member of the household of John Adamson magistrate & wholesale grocer and Ann Webster Adamson in the 1891 census at 69 Magdalen Green, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Robert Adamson, son, 22, clerk gen Post Office, Dundee; John Adamson, head, 62, grocer, Forfar; Annie Adamson, wife, 62, Forfar.5

Citations

  1. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), LDS [Aug 2008].
  2. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory death 1907 Dundee 282/01 0087 [July 2011].
  3. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Record URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?h=3730136&db=UKProbateCal&indiv=try
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright. [Mar 2013]
  4. [S30] LDS 1881 Census 0203479 282-1 6 7; [Aug 2008].
  5. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Liff and Benvie; ED: 19; Page: 31; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1891_87; 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. [Jul 2011]