William Lowson Adamson¹

Parents:

• Birth*: William Lowson Adamson was born on 28 November 1897 at 43 North Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1897 births in the district if Forfar in the county of Forfar, ref 376; William Lowson Adamson born 1897 November Twenty-eighth 5h 15m am at 43 North Street Forfar, male parents Andrew Adamson railway stoker domicile 2 Whitefriars Street Dovecotland Perth and Jemima Adamson ms Brown married 1896 October 9th at Alyth, signed Jemima Adamson mother, registered 1897 December 15th at Forfar signed W H Thomson registrar.^1,2
• He was the son of Andrew Adamson railway engine driver and Jemima Fenwick Brown.^1,2
• Death*: William Lowson Adamson died in 1916; First name(s) WILLIAM
  Last name ADAMSON
  Service number 555
  Rank PRIVATE
  Regiment Army Cyclist Corps
  Battalion 51st Highland Divisional Cyclist Company.
  Birth place FORFAR
  Residence -
  Enlistment place DUNDEE
  Death year 1916
  Death day 1
  Death month 5
  Cause of death Killed in action
  Death place France & Flanders
  Theatre of war Western European Theatre
  Supplementary Notes -
  Category Military, armed forces & conflict
  Subcategory First World War
  Collections from Great Britain.^1,3

• Anecdote forWeb*: William Lowson Adamson 1898-1916 is the son of Andrew Adamson my G Grandmothers brother who moved to Argentina with the railways early 1900s. He volunteered in Buenos Aries and enlisted in Dundee before being killed in Army Cyclist Corps at 18 years according to military records online. Quite poignant with Andrew in the Canadian forces his uncle and himself both represented on the grave. Two generations lost in the conflict.¹
• (Witness) Passenger List: He was mentioned on a passenger list with Jemima Fenwick Brown and Andrew F Adamson on the on 10 November 1906 at Southampton to, Capetown, South Africa, . First name(s)     J
  Last name     Adamson
  Title     MRS
  Gender     Female
  Age     31
  Birth year     1875
  Marital status     M
  Departure year     1906
  Departure day     10
  Departure month     11
  Departure port     Southampton
  Destination port     Cape
  Destination     CAPE
  Country     South Africa
  Destination country     South Africa
  Ship name     Dover Castle
  Ship official number     118409
  Ship master's first name     T C
  Ship master's last name     CLINOCK
  Shipping line     DONALD CURRIE & COMPANY
  Ship destination port     SOUTH AFRICA
  Ship destination country     SOUTH AFRICA
  Ship square feet     10543
  Ship registered tonnage     5217
  Number of passengers     226
  Record set     Passenger Lists Leaving Uk 1890-1960
  Category     Travel & migration
  Subcategory     Passenger Lists
  Collections from     Great Britain, England
  
  People with same last name on this voyage
  Other people associated with this record.
  
  Willie Adamson
  Andrew Adamson.⁴

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	31 March 1901	They was listed as a member of the household of Andrew Adamson railway engine driver and Jemima Fenwick Brown in the 1901 census at 12 Duchlage Road, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, . William T Adamson, son, single, 3, Forfar; Andrew Adamson, head, married, male, 26, railway engine driver, Forfar; Jemima H Adamson, wife, married, female, 26, Alyth.5
Member of Household	31 March 1911	They was listed as a member of the household of Jemima Fenwick Brown in the 1911 census at 15 Patons Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 2 rooms with windows; 4 people living in house; Jemima Adamson, head, 36, married, 3 chilren born, 3 living, b Alyth Perthshire Willie Adamson, son, 13, at school, b Forfar Andrew Adamson, son 11, at school, b Creiff Alice Adamson, dau, 3, b S Africa Cape Colony, British sub[ject] by parentage.6