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« on: Saturday 28 December 13 15:14 GMT (UK) »
Hi - I was very interested to see in a posting by Tine24 the surnames Adamson & Edmondson being interchanged. My 3xg.grandfather married in 1853 in Tullylish with the name John Edmondson, but with his father's name being quoted as Adamson - John address on marriage was noted as Banbridge. John, his wife Eliza Jane (nee Anderson) and their children used the names Adamson and Edmondson/Edmundson/Edmonstone interchangeably throughout their lives as they moved around Northern Ireland. I am descended from their son, John who moved to Scotland - he was known then as Adamson, but his descendants were aware that they had Edmondson cousins.... Family stories say that John (aka Jock/Jack) changed his name from Edmondson to Adamson so when the labourers were paid in alphabetical order he would be paid first and therefore could be in the pub first! I can't find John's birth - it would be ~1830/1833, so similar timings to the Adamson/Edmondsons of Tine24.
Any help or advice much appreciated ... Ann
Any help or advice much appreciated ... Ann