Brief Life History of John
When John Adamson was born on 22 January 1812, in Boreland, Fife, Scotland, his father, Andrew Cunningham Adamson, was 29 and his mother, Margaret Cunningham, was 22. He married Helen Cameron on 31 December 1836, in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Dysart, Fife, Scotland in 1861. He died on 10 June 1902, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- John Adamson, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- John Adamson, "Scotland, Marriages," 31 December 1836
- John Adamson, "Find A Grave Index," 10 June 1902
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1815 · Manchester Dock in Liverpool Built
In 1815, the Manchester Dock in Liverpool was constructed by John Foster Sr. It was an important gateway for coal and manufactured goods mainly corn and cotton. It closed in 1929.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Adam + Middle English son, meaning ‘son of Adam’. The surname is especially common in Scotland, where it is borne by a sept of clan McIntosh. In North America, this surname has absorbed some Polish and possibly also other European patronymics and other derivatives from the personal name Adam. Compare Adams .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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