Margaret Anne (Glasgow) Adams (1877 - 1923)

Born 14 May 1877 in Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Albert William Adams — married 19 Apr 1906 in Clonoe, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland

Died 6 Jul 1923 at age 46 in Cloghog, Clonoe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Biography

Margaret (Glasgow) Adams was born in Ireland.

Margaret Anne was born 14 May 1877 at Killycurragh. She was the daughter of John Glasgow and Margaret Mitchell. ^[1]

She was the principal of Clonoe School, Coalisland, County Tyrone, for 25 years. ^[2]

On 19 April 1906 at Clonoe Church of Ireland, she married Albert William Adams of Clohog, son of James Adams, Farmer. At the time she was a teacher living in Killian. Witnessed by Thomas James Glasgow & Emma Glasgow. ^[3]

She passed away 6 Jul 1923 age 45 at Cloghog, Clonoe, County Tyrone; and was buried at Clonoe Churchyard. Her husband and daughter Pearl are in the same plot. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The chief mourners were: ^[2]

• John Glasgow (father)
• Thomas James Glasgow (brother)
• Hamilton Adams, George Black, David Frizelle, Hugh Nesbitt (brothers-in-law)
• James Adams, Albert Adams, John Adams, Gordon Glasgow, Stanley Black, Sam Black, Victor Black, Jackie Frizelle, Herbert Frizelle (nephews)
• Thomas Adams, Wm J Allen, John Glasgow (uncles)
• Robert J Glasgow, Oswald Glasgow, Tom Glasgow, Harkley Glasgow, Samuel John Glasgow, Herbert Glasgow, George E Glasgow, David Wm Mitchell, Smyth Crooks, Ernest H Henry, Herbert N McAdoo, Samuel J Stewart, Thomas Warnock, Thomas Wm Reid, Samuel Allen, Henry Allen, Moore Henry, Thomas Black, Joseph Black, David Glasgow, Edward Brown (cousins)

Research Notes

John Glasgow (uncle) is obviously not the brother of her father John Glasgow -- in fact he's the husband of her maternal aunt Rachel Mitchell.

Sources

1. ↑ Margaret Glasgow, 1877, Cookstown at Irish Civil Registration - Births
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Mrs Margaret Adams, Clonoe", Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 14 July 1923, Page 5
3. ↑ Albert Adams, Margaret Glasgow, 1906, Dungannon at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages
4. ↑ GRONI search: D/1923/110/1012/21/49 Margaret Adams 6th July 1923 45 Female Dungannon
5. ↑ Gravestone Inscriptions Saint Michael's, Clonoe, Aidan Fee, Harry Coyle, Seanchas Ardmhacha: Journal of the Armagh Diocesan Historical Society Vol. 10, No. 1 (1980/1981)
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #236662712

• 1901 Ireland census - Residents of a house 12 in Killen (Mountjoy, Tyrone). Maggie Glasgow (22, boarder, Irish church, school teacher) in household of Thomas George McCurdy.
• 1911 Ireland census - Residents of a house 4 in Clohog (Meenagh, Tyrone). Albert W Adams(32), Maggie Adams(32), Pearl Elizabeth(3), Mary Emeline, Maggie Emeline Glasgow (7, Brethren, relative), Martha Elizabeth Kerr(17, Presbyterian, relative)