George Adamson (1826 - 1858)

Born 15 Apr 1826 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Susan Lawson (Dick) Angus — married 24 Feb 1850 (to 1858) in Forfar, Angus, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1858 at about age 31 in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Son of James Adamson and Ann Whyte.

Immigrated to Australia with his wife and daughter Janet.

Departure Place: Liverpool

Arrival Date: 16 Jun 1853

Arrival Place: Geelong, Australia

Ship: Childe Harold

From the Mount Alexander Mail, Victoria - Monday, 5 Jul 1858 - Page 2

DAYLESFORD

The Law Defrauded of a Victim — A few weeks since George Adamson, (who for two years had been labouring under pulmonary consumption and who had been entirely supported through his trying illness by the hard labour of his wife as a laundress) was sued in the small debts court or an alleged debt of £3. He was ordered to pay the amount in a week. This order. (with three helpless ; children and himself unable to work) he could not meet. The affair preyed upon his mind, and as his wife says, he became quite soured of the world; he "took to his bed never again, to rise. While in a last languishing state a constable served: a distress warrant upon the poor fellow. The wife could not pay; whereupon the constable, said he must seize the goods— but there were, no goods to seize, some two or three tubs used for. laundry purposes, a few trifling articles of domestic service, and the couch on which the dying' man reclined, being all he possessed in the world. The woman was told to go and borrow the amount, she could not do so, and had she been able, it would merely have shifted the debt from one creditor to another. Under these circumstances the distressed wife waited upon the magistrate and related the affair. Mr, Doveton told her not to make her self uneasy, as no steps should be taken. This was kindly but death rendered the operation of the small debts useless so far as the poor fellow was concerned.

Sources

Ancestry.com, including

• Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms
• 1851 South Muir, Angus Scotland Census - married - occupation: Quarrier/Pavement
• Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists
• Australia Death Index
• Article from the Mount Alexander Mail