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Personal data John Adamson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Household of John Adamson

He is married to Sophia Hutton.

They got married on January 14, 1856 at Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, he was 36 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. James Adamson  1860-1947 
  2. John Adamson  1871-????
  3. Mary Adamson  1867-1888
  4. Janet Adamson  1856-????
  5. Robert Adamson  1873-????
  6. Thomas Adamson  1859-1883


Notes about John Adamson

1. 1851 Census lodger with Thomas Cook and Janet Hutton

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Adamson

Thomas Adamson
????-< 1894
Christina Dawson
????-< 1894

John Adamson
1820-1894

1856

Sophia Hutton
1831-1903

James Adamson
1860-1947
John Adamson
1871-????
Mary Adamson
1867-1888
Janet Adamson
1856-????
Robert Adamson
1873-????
Thomas Adamson
1859-1883
Catherine Scott Adamson
1853-????

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1861 ADAMSON, JOHN (Census 414/ 6/ 18) Parish: Carnock 1861 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Name: John Adamson
    Age: 40
    Estimated birth year: abt 1821
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Sophia Hutton
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Alloa, Clackmannan
    Registration Number: 414
    Registration district: Carnock
    Civil Parish: Carnock
    County: Fife
    Address: 77 Blair Row
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    Name Age
    John Adamson 40
    Sophia Hutton 30
    Catherin Scott Hutton 8
    Thomas Hutton 2
    James Hutton 5 Mo

    Children give mothers name. Originally transcribed as Hunter, corrected by Colin Harrower to Hutton
  2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Adamson Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 23; Page: 47; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1881_118 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for John Adamson
    Name: John Adamson
    Age: 60
    Estimated birth year: abt 1821
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Sophia Adamson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Alloa, Clackmannan
    Registration Number: 424
    Registration district: Dunfermline
    Civil Parish: Dunfermline
    County: Fife
    Address: Brick Row
    Occupation: Colliery Labourer
    ED: 23
    Household schedule number: 209
    Line: 3
    Roll: CSSCT1881_118
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    John Adamson 60
    Sophia Adamson 51
    Thomas Adamson 22
    James Adamson 20
    Mary Adamson 14
    John Adamson 9
    Robert Adamson 7
  3. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Adamson Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 14; Page: 18; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1891_129 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for John Adamson
    Name: John Adamson
    Age: 71
    Estimated birth year: abt 1820
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name : Sophia Adamson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Clackmannan, Tillicoultry
    Registration Number: 424
    Registration district: Dunfermline
    Civil Parish: Dunfermline
    Town: Dunfermline
    County: Fife
    Address: Main Street (from Find my past)
    Occupation: Colliery Labourer
    ED: 14
    Household schedule number: 84
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1891_129
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    John Adamson 71
    Sophia Adamson 61
    James Adamson 30
    Robert Condie 28 Son - in - Law Coal Miner Widower
  4. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Thomas Cook Parish: Carnock; ED: 2; Page: 15; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_85; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for Thomas Cook
    Name: Thomas Cook
    Age: 35
    Estimated birth year: abt 1816
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Janet Cook
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Tillicoultry, Clackmannan
    Parish Number: 414
    Civil Parish: Carnock
    Town: Forth Iron Works
    County: Fife
    Address: 5 Blair Row
    Occupation: Ironstone Miner
    ED: 2
    Page: 15
    Household schedule number: 48
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1851_85
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Thomas Cook 35 Head
    Janet Cook 31 Wife
    Cathrine Cook 12 Dau
    Robert Cook 6 Son
    Mary Cook 4 Dau
    James Cook 1 Son
    John Adamson 31 Lodger
    James Hutton 76 Father in Law
  5. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Adamson Parish: Carnock; ED: 5; Page: 1; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1871_71 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for John Adamson
    Name: John Adamson
    Age: 51
    Estimated birth year: abt 1820
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Sophia Adamson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Carnock, Fife
    Registration Number: 414
    Registration district: Carnock
    Civil Parish: Carnock
    County: Fife
    Address: 80 Blair Row
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 7
    Line: 24
    Roll: CSSCT1871_71
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    John Adamson 51
    Sophia Adamson 40
    Thomas Adamson 12
    James Adamson 10

    Ages adjusted by C Harrower (Thomas, from 72 to 12)
  6. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1856 Record for John Adamson and Sophia Hutton Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    1856 Record for John Adamson and Sophia Hutton
    Name: John Adamson
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 14 Jan 1856
    Marriage Place: Tillicoultry, Clackmannan, Scotland
    Spouse: Sophia Hutton
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
    / Ancestry.com
  7. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Adamson Parish: Carnock; ED: 6; Page: 18; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_54 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online. Children give mothers name. Originally transcrbed as Hunter, corrected by Colin Harrower to Hutton
    Record for John Adamson
    Name: John Adamson
    Age: 40
    Estimated birth year: abt 1821
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Sophia Hutton
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Alloa, Clackmannan
    Registration Number: 414
    Registration district: Carnock
    Civil Parish: Carnock
    County: Fife
    Address: 77 Blair Row
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 6
    Household schedule number: 77
    Line: 10
    Roll: CSSCT1861_54
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    John Adamson 40
    Sophia Hutton 30
    Catherin Scott Hutton 8
    Thomas Hutton 2
    James Hutton 5 Mo

    Children give mothers name. Originally transcribed as Hunter, corrected by Colin Harrower to Hutton
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1894 ADAMSON, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 257)
    1894 ADAMSON, JOHN (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 257)
    Deaths in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1894.
    John Adamson
    Colliery Labourer
    (Married to Sophia Hutton)
    1894 June Twenty Third 2h.30m. P.M.
    Kingseat, Dunfermline
    M. 74 Years
    Parents: Thomas Adamson Coal Miner (Deceased)
    Christina Adamson M.S. Dawson (Deceased)
    COD: Bronchitis
    As cert by
    A.L.Bell M.B..
    Inf: James Adamson
    Son (Present)
    Registered
    June 25th Dunfermline
    James Walls
    Registrar
  9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1867 ADAMSON, MARY (Statutory registers Births 414/ 67)
    1867 ADAMSON, MARY (Statutory registers Births 414/ 67)
    Births in the Parish of Carnock in the County of Fife 1867.
    Mary Adamson
    1867 November Twelfth 6hrs. P.M.
    77 Blair Row, Oakley, Carnock F.
    Parents: John Adamson, Miner
    Sophia Adamson M.S. Hutton
    m. 1856 January, Tillicoultry
    Inf. John Adamson, Father, (Present)
    Registered
    1867 November 23, Carnock
    Duncan Fisher
    Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage January 14, 1856

  • The temperature on January 14, 1856 was about -6.6 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
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    • February 22 » The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh.
    • March 30 » The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
    • May 1 » The Province of Isabela was created in the Philippines in honor of Queen Isabela II.
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Day of death June 23, 1894

  • The temperature on June 23, 1894 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
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    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
    • April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
    • May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
    • July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
    • July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
    • December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.


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