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Personal data James Adamson 

Sources 1, 2, 3

Household of James Adamson

He is married to Isabella Mortimer.

They got married on July 23, 1897 at 63 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Isabella Adamson  1898-????
  2. Margaret Adamson  1899-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on July 23, 1897 in 63 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland : Walter Young Engine Keeper and Maggie Arbuttnott, Book Sellar.Source 4

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Adamson

James Adamson
1850-????

James Adamson
1875-????

1897

Isabella Mortimer
1868-1901

Isabella Adamson
1898-????
Margaret Adamson
1899-????
Jessie Adamson
1901-
Allison Adamson
1901-

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  1. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Adamson Parish: Wemyss; ED: 9; Page: 9; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1901_148 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. 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 James Adamson
    Name: James Adamson
    Age: 26
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Isabella Adamson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Wemyss, Fife
    Registration Number: 459/2
    Registration District: Buckhaven
    Civil Parish: Wemyss
    County: Fife
    Address: Dunsire's Buildings
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 9
    Household Schedule Number: 46
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1901_148
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Adamson 26
    Isabella Adamson 32
    Isabella Adamson 3
    Margaret Adamson 2
    Jessie Adamson 2 Months
    Allison Adamson 2 Months
    Hugh Adamson 10
  2. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Adamson Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 18; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1891_125 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 James Adamson
    Name: James Adamson
    Age: 41
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret Adamson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife
    Registration Number: 411
    Registration District: Burntisland
    Civil Parish: Burntisland
    County: Fife
    Address: 48 Somerville Street
    Occupation: Coal Trimmer
    ED: 4
    Household Schedule Number: 110
    Line: 24
    Roll: CSSCT1891_125
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Adamson 41
    Margaret Adamson 41
    John Adamson 19
    Robert Adamson 18
    James Adamson 16
    William Adamson 13
    Alison R Adamson 11
    Alexander Adamson 4
    Henry Adamson 2
    Andrew Adamson 2 Months
  3. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Adamson Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 35; Line: 14; Roll: cssct1881_114 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 James Adamson
    Name: James Adamson
    Age: 31
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Margaret Adamson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Wemyss, Fife
    Registration Number: 411
    Registration District: Burntisland
    Civil Parish: Burntisland
    County: Fife
    Occupation: Weighery Clerk
    ED: 4
    Household Schedule Number: 204
    Line: 14
    Roll: CSSCT1881_114
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Adamson 31
    Margaret Adamson 31
    John Adamson 9
    Robert Adamson 8
    James Adamson 6
    William Adamson 3
    Alison Rollo Adamson 1
  4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1897 ADAMSON, JAMES ISABELLA MORTIMER Statutory registers Marriages 685/4 275)
    1897 ADAMSON, JAMES ISABELLA MORTIMER Statutory registers Marriages 685/4 275)
    Marriages in the district of Saint Giles in the City of Edinburgh 1897
    1897 Twenty Third July
    63 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh
    By declaration in prescence of Walter Young Engine Keeper and Maggie Arbuttnott, Book Seller
    James Adamson
    Coal Miner Bachelor
    Age 22 East Wemyss, Fife
    Parents: James Adamson Coal Miner
    Margaret Adamson M.S. Fairfoul
    Isabella Mortimer
    Mill Worker Spinster
    Age 26 Leven Fife
    Parents: Alexander Mortimer
    Coal Banksman
    Isabella Mortimer M.S, Pryde
    Warrant of Sherriff Substitute of the Lothians & Peebles dated 23rd July 1897
    Registered
    1897 July 23d Edinburgh
    Thomas Temple
    Registrar

Historical events

Day of marriage July 23, 1897

  • The temperature on July 23, 1897 was about 19.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1897: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
    • July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
    • August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
    • August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
    • September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
    • December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.

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