James Murray Adamson

Brief Life History of James Murray

When James Murray Adamson was born on 13 June 1887, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, John Adamson, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Murdoch, was 28. He died on 29 October 1915, in Carey, Blaine, Idaho, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Carey Cemetery, Blaine, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Adamson
1849–1915
Margaret Murdoch
1858–1915
John Robert Adamson
1879–1920
William Lennox Adamson
1882–1967
Isabelle Adamson
1885–1915
James Murray Adamson
1887–1915
David Edwin Adamson
1891–1975
Edith Mary Adamson
1893–1977

Sources (18)

  • James M Adamson in household of John Adamson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • James Murray Adamson, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • James Muney Adamson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1895

Historical Boundaries: 1895: Blaine, Idaho, United States

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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The following is transcribed from a mimeographed typed document found in my wife’s grandmother’s papers. After finding the record of Isabellele Adamson and seeing this story absent, I decided to digi …

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