Janet McAdam (1860)

Born 1 Sep 1860 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Biography

Janet McAdam was born in Scotland.

Birth

Janet McAdam was born on 1 September 1860 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland to Thomas McAdam (1815-1897) and Mary McMath (1817-1896). She was the last of nine children.

Siblings

1. Jean McAdam was born in 1839 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. She died between 1842 and 1851.
2. 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.
3. 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.)
4. Margaret McAdam was born about 1846 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. ^[1]
5. Mary McAdam was born about 1849 in Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. She died on 4 May 1926 in Haugh of Urr, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, unmarried.
6. Janet Wilson McAdam, first of this name, was born on 18 April 1852 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.^[2]
7. Ellen McAdam was born on 10 May 1854 in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. ^[3]
8. 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.

Sources

• 1861 Scotland Census: Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Balmaclellan; ED: 6; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1861_146. Taken on 8 April 1861. Residence is Fallow Wheat Cottage. ^[4]
• 1871 Scotland Census: Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Tongland; ED: 3; Page: 6; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1871_188. Taken on 3 April 1871. Residence is Dunlop Cothouse. ^[5]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Last record for Margaret was the 1871 Census when she was still living with her parents and 25.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ Ellen McAdam: Last known record is the 1861 Scotland Census in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire at the age of 7.
4. ↑ 1861: McAdam, Thomas 46, head, ploughman; Mary 44, wife, general laborer; Mary 15, daughter, general laborer; Ellen 6, daughter; John 4, son; Janet 7 months, daughter; Hitchell, Thomas 1, grandson.
5. ↑ 1871:McAdam, Thomas 56, head, ploughman; Mary 55, wife; Janet 10, daughter; Heckel, Thomas 11, grandson; Moffat, Mary 7, granddaughter; Millar, Jane 2, granddaughter; Cowden, Jane 1, granddaughter.