Brief Life History of Alexander Gillespie
When Alexander Gillespie Adamson was born on 5 April 1841, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, David T Adamson, was 22 and his mother, Jane Gillespie, was 24. He married Elizabeth Shaw Mcgill on 29 September 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861 and Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 29 October 1902, in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Pleasant Green Cemetery, Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Alex Adamson in household of David Adamson, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Alexander Adamson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Alexander G Adamson, "BillionGraves Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Lehi Nephi Hardman Jr. BIRTH 27 Sep 1861 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA DEATH 11 Feb 1863 (aged 1) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA BURIAL Pleasant Green Cemetery Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Show Map PLOT A_19_6_12 MEMORIAL ID 79325258 · View Source
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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David T. Adamson
Compiled by his granddaughter Mary Jane Adamson Shields. In an obscure village called Dunfermline Fifeshire, Scotland, there lived a youth by the name of David T. Adamson, he was under average in hei …
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