Jean McAdam (1839 - abt. 1842)

Born 1839 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died about 1842 at about age 3 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Jean McAdam was born in Scotland.

Birth

Jean McAdam was born in 1839 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland as the first of eight children to Thomas McAdam (1815-1897) and Mary McMath (1817-1896). For more on Balmaclellan go here [1]

Siblings

1. William McAdam was born in about April 1841 in Fell Rig, Belamaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He married Margaret Walburga Cowden (1853-1942) on 17 November 1874 in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. William died on 14 March 1924 in Craignair, Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. At least 3 of his children emigrated to the United States.
2. James McAdam was born in September 1844 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He married Jane McGuffie (1843-1875) on 5 March 1869 in Overgarrel, Kirkmichael, Dumfries, Scotland. James died on 23 November 1875 in Edingham, Dalbeattie, Scotland. (He died a few weeks after his wife.)
3. Margaret McAdam was born about 1846 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
4. Mary McAdam was born about 1849 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. She died on 4 May 1926 in Haugh of Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, unmarried.
5. Janet Wilson McAdam, first of this name, was born on 18 April 1852 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.^[1]
6. Ellen McAdam was born on 10 May 1854 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. ^[2]
7. John McAdam was born on 4 March 1857 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He married Margaret Brown (born about 1858) on 9 April 1880 in Selcoth Parish, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. John died on 8 March 1948 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
8. Janet McAdam was born on 1 September 1860 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.^[3]

Death and Burial

Jean died in about 1842 probably in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. No burial yet found.

Sources

• 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Balmaclellan; ED: 6; Page: 4; Line: 735; Year: 1841. Taken on the night of 6 June 1841. Jean was 2 years old. There is also a 60 year old Jean McAdam living here. She does not appear on the 1851 census with her family.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Birth of Janet:Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. She probably died before the 1 September 1860 birth of the second child named Janet in the family.
2. ↑ Ellen McAdam: Last known record is the 1861 Scotland Census in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire at the age of 7.
3. ↑ Birth of Janet:Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Last record found was 1871 Scotland Census, aged 10 in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.