Brief Life History of Agnes
When Agnes Adamson was born on 5 May 1804, in Lightburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland, her father, William Adamson Sr, was 27 and her mother, Agnes Baird, was 22. She married Archibald Anderson on 10 December 1826, in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1851. She died on 19 August 1891, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Agnes Anderson in household of Archibald Anderson, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Agnes Adamson, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Agnes Adamson, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1811 · The Tron Riot
The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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ANDERSON, JOHN, farmer and stockman, son of Archibald and Agnes Adamson, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 1840. His father came to Utah in ‘55, mother and three sons coming in ‘56, crossing the …
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