Elizabeth (Murphy) McAdam (1864 - 1916)

Born 3 Jan 1864 in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas McAdam — married 5 Jan 1894 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1916 at age 52 in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Lizzie (Murphy) McAdam was born in Scotland.

Birth and Early Life

Elizabeth Murphy was born on 3 January 1864 on Copland Street in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland to Patrick Murphy and Elizabeth Potts.^[1]

Siblings

1. Mary Jane Murphy born c. 1857
2. Andrew Murphy born c. 1860
3. Rossanne Murphy born on 13 May 1861
4. Agnes Murphy born on 28 December 1865
5. Marion Knox White Murphy born on 14 July 1868
6. Catherine Murphy born on 5 October 1870
7. George Murphy born c. 1874
8. Mary Arme Murphy born c. 1881

Marriage and Family

In July 2016 a Scotland genealogist found that Elizabeth had 2 children before her marriage. No father was recorded and they had the surname of Murphy.

1. Andrew Murphy was born on 14 February 1886 at Townend, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He died at the same place on 20 February 1886 at 6 days of age due to premature birth.
2. James Patrick Murphy (later called McAdam) was born on 20 September 1891 at Townend, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. This son often appeared as cousin or sometimes brother on records. It was probably done in an effort to make him appear legitimate. He would have been 3 years old when his mother married Thomas McAdam.

She married Thomas McAdam on 5 January 1894 at Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Chapel in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. It was witnessed by George Murphy and Ellen Wilson. The address given at the marriage was Glentoo Balmaghie and she was called Lizzie on the certificate. Lizzie was 30 and Thomas was 18.

Children of the McAdam-Murphy Marriage

1. Elizabeth McAdam was born on 17 June 1894 in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. She married George Asa Burlingame (1884-1951) on 14 January 1920 in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York. Lizzie died in May 1976 in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States at the age of 81.
2. Margaret Walburga Cowden McAdam was born on 20 April 1898 in at Burnside Cottages in Drumstinchall, Colvend, Scotland and registered by her father. She married Clifford Paul Wheeler (1895-1961) on 3 June 1918 in Olean, New York. Maggie died on 13 November 1963 in Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States at the age of 65.
3. William Patrick McAdam was born on 2 June 1903 on George Gray Street in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Lottie J. Myers (1915-2012) before 1932. They divorced. William died on 11 July 1960 in New York, United States.

In 1901 Elizabeth and Thomas and their daughters lived at 5 George Gray Street Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1914 her husband departed to find a better life for the family. He sailed on the Cunard line's "Saturn" and landed in the port of Quebec, Canada on 6 August 1914. The passenger docket says that his wife Elizabeth is in Glasgow, Scotland and he is traveling to Olean, New York to live with his cousin James McMullen.

Lizzie and her three McAdam children departed from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland in September 1915 aboard the Donaldson Line's "Athenia". They arrived in Québec, Canada on 28 September 1915 and were detained due to Lizzie's illness. Accompanied by her eldest daughter, Lizzie, she returned to Glasgow, Scotland in October 1915, on the same ship, arriving on 17 October 1915 according to the United Kingdom, Incoming Passenger Lists. The two younger children, Margaret who was 17 and William who was 12 went ahead to the border crossing from Canada to the United States at Buffalo, New York. They joined their father in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.

Death and Burial

Elizabeth and her eldest daughter, Lizzie stayed at 293 High Street in Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland upon their return. Elizabeth died at this place on 6 February 1916 with Lizzie in attendance. The death certificate says cause of death was "Phthisio Pulmonalis", otherwise known as pulmonary tuberculosis. Her daughter Lizzie returned to Olean, Cattaraugus, New York after the death and burial.^[2] She was buried on 9 February at Dalbeattie Cemetery, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.

Sources

• 1864 Birth of Elizabeth Murphy. Kirkcudbright District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 871, register of births 1864, entry no. 3, Elisabeth Murphy; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1886 Birth of Andrew Murphy. Kirkcudbright District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 871, register of births 1886, entry no. 33, Andrew Murphy; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1886 Death of Andrew Murphy. Kirkcudbright District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 871, register of deaths 1886, entry no. 12, Andrew Murphy; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1891 Birth of James Murphy. Kirkcudbright District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 871, register of births 1891, entry no. 72, James Murphy; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1894 Marriage of Elizabeth Murphy and Thomas McAdam. Kirkcudbright District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 871, register of marriages 1894, entry no. 2, Thomas McAdam and Lizzie Murphy; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1894 Birth of Elizabeth McAdam. (Why does this read Murphy instead of McAdam as it should?) Kirkcudbright District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 871, register of births 1894, entry no. 53, Elizabeth Murphy; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1898 Birth of Margaret Walburga Cowden McAdam. Colvend District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 861-01, register of births 1898, entry no. 5, Margaret Wellburga Cowden McAdam; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1901 Scotland Census: in Rutherglen, Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Page 18, Line 8.^[3]
• 1903 Birth of William Patrick McAdam. Rutherglen District, County of Lanark, registration district (RD) 654, register of births 1903, entry no. 367, William Patrick McAdam; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1911 Scotland Census: in Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland at 149 Wolseley Street.^[4]
• Canadian Passenger Lists: Passenger Lists, 1865–1935. Microfilm Publications T-479 to T-520, T-4689 to T-4874, T-14700 to T-14939, C-4511 to C-4542. Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds. Library and Archives Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• UK, Incoming Passenger Lists: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 piece.
• 1916 McAdam, Elizabeth Statutory Deaths 864/00 00031. Dalbeattie District, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, registration district (RD) 864, register of deaths 1916, entry no. 3, Elizabeth McAdam; digital image, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, UK.
• 1916 Burial. Dalbeattie (Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland) Cemetery Burial Register, serial no. 11.2.3, no. 308, Elizabeth McAdam, buried 9 February 1916.

Footnotes

1. ↑ I received information from a source in Scotland saying her father was Patrick Murphy and mother was Elizabeth Potts and that she was born on Copland Street, Dalbeattie and registered by her father.
2. ↑ A Wiki genealogist, Maria Maxwell, helped our family immeasurably when she found the death certificate we had been trying to find for years. She located it at Scotlands People on 3 May 2015.
3. ↑ 1901: McAdam, Thomas 27, head; Elizabeth 29, wife; Eliz 6, daughter; Margaret WC 2, daughter.
4. ↑ McAdam, Thomas, head; Elizabeth, wife; James 19 son; Elizabeth 16, daughter; Margaret, daughter; William, son.

Acknowledgments

1. Maria Maxwell who found the death certificate by searching for hours in Scotland. Many thanks from all of the family of Elizabeth.