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James Webster Adamson1,2,3

M, #8582, b. 17 March 1803, d. 9 January 1864
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 24 Apr 2015

Parents:

Father*: Charles Adamson b. s 1760
Mother*: Ann Findlay b. s 1760
  • Birth*: James Webster Adamson was born on 17 March 1803 at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, .4
  • He was the son of Charles Adamson and Ann Findlay.
  • Marriage: James Webster Adamson married Jane Morrison on Saturday, 25 October 1823 at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2,3,5
  • Marriage: James Webster Adamson married Elizabeth Towns on Tuesday, 11 February 1845 at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2
  • Death*: James Webster Adamson died on 9 January 1864 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, , at age 60; 1864 deaths in the Central district in the burgh of Glasgow, ref 87; James Adamson clerk married to Elizabeth Towns, died 1864 January Nineth 7 hours am at 5 Martyr Street Glasgow, male aged 61 years, parents Charles Adamson warper (dec) and Ann Adamson ms Findlay (dec), cause concussion of brain 3 days as cert by M Miller surgeon, signed Joseph Wallace step son present, registered 1864 January 11th at Glasgow signed Archd Hood assistant regsitrar initialled TD (Thomas Davidson registrar.)2,3,6
  • (Spouse) Death: His spouse Jane Morrison died on 23 July 1844 at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household6 June 1841James Webster Adamson was listed in the 1841 census at Newgate Street, Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Adamson, James, m, 35, grocer, Angus; Adamson, Jane, f, 35, Angus.7

Family 1:

Jane Morrison b. c 1802, d. 23 Jul 1844
  • Marriage: He married Jane Morrison on Saturday, 25 October 1823 at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2,3,5

Children:

Jane Adamson b. 24 Oct 1824
William Adamson+ b. 30 Jun 1826, d. 3 Mar 1885
James Adamson b. 1829
Charles Adamson b. 1831, d. 11 Dec 1870
David Adamson+ b. 1835, d. 24 Apr 1922
Mary Adamson b. 1837
Archibald Renny Adamson+ b. 10 Mar 1839, d. 26 Jan 1923
Ann Adamson b. 1840

Family 2:

Elizabeth Towns b. 1807, d. 7 Jan 1866
  • Marriage: James Webster Adamson married Elizabeth Towns on Tuesday, 11 February 1845 at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, .2

Child:

Elizabeth Adamson2 b. 1846

Citations

  1. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Ancestry trees http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/505321/
  2. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=dmelliott&id=I166 and DE [Dec 2010].
  3. [S40] DE [Dec 2010].
  4. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), [Aug 2008].
  5. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI), LDS member submission after 1991 has 1838 which is disputed due to first child in 1824 [Jul 2009].
  6. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Death 1864 Glasgow Central 644/01 0087 imag held [Apr 2015].
  7. [S13] Website FreeCEN UK Census Online Project (http://www.freecen.org.uk/) FreeCEN SCT1811/272 ; Arbroath enum 7 folio 7 page 13 & 14; Newgate Street [Jul 2009].
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