ADAM and HOWIE

philrob · Post by **philrob** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:05 pm

Dear Readers,

I have a G/G/G/Grandmother who was MARY ADAM before her marriage to WILLIAM ROBERTSON (Glasgow 1863)

Her parents were JOHN and JEAN HOWIE. Mary was born in November 1834 and died in Liverpool in 1871.

I am anxious to discover the family background of Mary. I understand her parents were born in Perthshire.

Thank you in anticipation of any help you can offer me.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:33 pm

Hi phhilrob
Some family background should be availble in the census - have you found the family in any census?
You can access the census data on Scotalnds People, (pay per view, images of the original pages) or Ancestry (may be available free at your local library, otherwise pay per view or subscription required - transcriptions of Scots census only, images for England) and Freecen is always worth a try, especially for Scotland in the early census years, 1841, 51.

Best wishes
Lesley

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:20 pm

I think this is them in 1861:

1861 Scotland Census 1861 Scotland Census
Name: Mary Adam
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relationship: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Jane
Gender: Female
Where born: Dundee
Registration Number: 644/7
Registration district: Milton
Civil parish: Glasgow St George
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 9 Grove Street
Occupation: Milliner
ED: 53
Household schedule number: 54
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1861_107
Household Members: Name Age
John Adam 50
Jane Adam 51
Mary Adam 26
Jessie Adam 21

John is a mason and both parents are born in Coupar Angus, Perthshire. Both children are born in Dundee, Angus.

Carol

philrob · Post by **philrob** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:21 pm

To speleobat2 and Lesley,

Thanks so much for your prompt replies. Your interest and helpful advice is much appreciated.