George McAdie (1862 - 1940)

Born 1 Mar 1862 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1940 at age 78 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Kris Andersen [send private message]

Biography

George and his twin brother Alexander McAdie ^[1]were born in Calder to mason John McAdie and his wife Jane Swanson. His father was present at the birth.^[2]

In 1891, George was an unmarried 28 year old labourer living with his brother Alexander and his widowed father John at 30 Riverside, Thurso.^[3]

George McAdie and Johan Sutherland were official witnesses to the marriage of George's sister Jamesina McAdie to John Murray Swanson on April 23, 1890^[4] just four months after the birth of Johan's son John George.

In January 1895, George McAdie and Beth Jolly witness the marriage of George's brother John McAdie to Maggie Sutherland.^[5]

In 1895, George McAdie is the subject of a paternity decree by the Sheriff Court in Wick which stated that George should pay Johan Sutherland child support payments for a baby boy John George Sutherland and a baby girl Isabella Jane Sutherland^[6]

In 1901, the now 39 year old George was still living with his father John but they had moved to Miller's Lane.

In 1911, George, age 49 was a mason of houses in the building industry living at 19 Miller's Lane as part of a multi-family household that included the Miller family, and Elizabeth Jolly and her daughter.^[7]

In 1921, George, age 59 was a mason working for Donald Munro of Thurso. He was living at 9 Miller's Lane, Thurso as a single occupant of a single room abode.^[8]

George McAdie never married and died in 1940 of chronic myocardial degeneration at the age of 76 at his abode at 19 Millers Lane, Thurso.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1862 MCADIE, ALEXANDER (Statutory Registers Births 937/ 18) accessed through Scotlands People March 14, 2024
2. ↑ Birth 1862 MCADIE, GEORGE (Statutory Registers Births 037/ 19) accessed through Scotlands People March 14, 2024
3. ↑ 1891 MCADIE, GEORGE (Census 041/ 3/ 5) Page 5 of 26, National Records of Scotland, accessed March 15, 2024 through Scotland's People.
4. ↑ 1890 MCADIE, JAMESINA (Statutory registers Marriages 043/ 29) National Records of Scotland accessed March 15, 2024
5. ↑ 1895 MACADIE, JOHN (Statutory registers Marriages 041/ 1) National Records of Scotland, accessed March 16, 2024
6. ↑ Scottish Paternity Index, Sheriff Court Extracted Decrees NRS Reference SC14/10/12 p. 13
7. ↑ 1911 MACADIE, GEORGE (Census 041/ 5/ 8) Page 8 of 27, National Records of Scotland, accessed 15 March 2024
8. ↑ 1921 MCADIE, GEORGE (Census 041/ 5/ 17) Page 17 of 26, National Records of Scotland accessed March 15, 2024 through Scotland's People.
9. ↑ 1940 MCADIE, GEORGE (Statutory registers Deaths 041/ 81) National Records of Scotland, accessed March 15, 2024