Mary Jane Duncanson

• Birth*: Mary Jane Duncanson was born in 1870.
• (Bride) Marriage*: She married James Neave Adamson, son of David Adamson and Ann Riches, on 26 July 1895 at Stenton, Haddington, Scotland, ; image held; statutory marriages 721/00 0003; 1895 marriages in the parish of Stenton in the county of Haddington; 1895 on the twenty-sixth day of July at Stenton parish of Stenton after banns according to the established Church of Scotland, James Neave Adamson mason bachelor, 29, 42 Morningside Road Edinburgh, David Adamson master builder, Ann Adamson ms Riches; Mary Jane Duncanson dressmaker spinster, 24, Stenton Parish of Stenton, lexander Duncanson master joiner (dec) Eliza Duncanson ms Bell; George Marjoribanks minister of Stenton, Walter Edward Adamson, Eliza Bell Duncanson withnesses.

• Married Name: As of 26 July 1895, her married name was Adamson.
• (Informant) Death: Mary Jane Duncanson registered the death of James Neave Adamson on 26 October 1915 at 3 Craiglea Drive, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, ; 1915 deaths in the district of Morningside in the city of Edinburgh; James Neave Adamson builder married to Mary Jane Duncanson; 1915 October twenty-sixth 10h 15m am 3 Craiglea Drive Edinburgh; m; 49 years; David Adamson builder (dec) Ann Adamson ms Riches (dec); phthisis pulmonura 11 years 6 mo, chronic ... 15 years as cert by Geo S Carmichael MD; Mary Jane Adamson widow present; GROS statutory deaths 685/06 1053, image held.
• (Executor) Probate: Mary Jane Duncanson was the executor of James Neave Adamson's estate on 27 December 1915 at Edinburgh, Scotland, ; Adamson, James Neave, Mason, sometime residing at 42 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, latterly at 3 Craiglea Drive there, died 26 October 1915, at Edinburgh, testate. Confirmation granted at Edinburgh, 27 December, to Mary Jane Duncanson or Adamson, 3 Craiglea Drive aforesaid, his widow, Executrix nominated in Will or Deed, dated 30 July 1915, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Edinburgh, 24 December 1915. Value of Estate £510.¹

Census & Directory Entries

Spouse	31 March 1901	She was listed in the household of James Neave Adamson in the 1901 census at 192 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, . Image held; census 1901 685/05 147/05 021; James N Adamson, head, mar, 34, builder, employer, Edinburgh; Mary J Adamson, wife, mar, 29, East Lothian Stenton; 4 rooms with windows. Eliza A B Adamson were also listed in the household.
Spouse	31 March 1911	She was listed in the household of James Neave Adamson in the 1911 census at 3 Craiglea Drive, Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, . Jas N Adamson, head, 44, married, mason, worker, b Edinburgh; Mary J Adamson, wife, 39, married 15 years, 3 children, 3 living, b Stenton East Lothian; 6 people in household. Eliza A B Adamson, David Alexander Adamson and Sarah Ann Adamson were also listed in the household.2