My favourite ancestor Daniel Adamson of Shildon 1778 -
1832, and my line of descent
Daniel
Adamson of Shildon, 3rd great-grandfather == Nanny
Gibson, 1781 - 1860 had 15
children
Inn-keeper, Grey Horse, Shildon
He also operated a horsedrawn
passenger coach amid the steam engines of
the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
¦
In 1832 he died (Cholera?) and :
"- - - - was buried, complete with a tombstone, in St Andrews
Auckland churchyard." The church was established in 1274. (ref.
only, so was Merton College, Oxford.)
"- - - - It is beside the path to the South door, on the left hand side
looking towards the church."
Quotations above are from memoirs of Sally Carter Adamson,
architect, Daniel's 5 x g.granddaughter who died at Holmes Chapel in
2011.
¦ Elizabeth
Adamson II b.1818. Author's
g.g.grandmother
== James Dent b.1815, carpenter.
¦ In
August 1885 her brother Daniel gained
Royal Assent
for the Manchester Ship Canal.
¦ Ann
Adamson b.22 Jul.1838. Author's
g.g.grandmother
== Robert Brown b.1836, engine
erecter, Shildon & Manchester
¦ Helena
Brown b.6 Feb
1876. Author's grandmother == Harry Royle b.17 Oct
1871, publican
¦ Sydney
Royle b.27 Aug
1905, publican and electrical engineer. Author's Dad == Dora
Phillips b.15 Aug 1911
¦ Geoffrey
Royle b.28 Jul
1935, mechanical engineer Webmaster/Author == Dorothy Brown b.2
Jun 1938
"
For all our pains, we beg only this favour, that whenever you see the
Sun, the Heavens, or the Stars, you will think of us. " Bernard
de Fontenelle (mathematician) 1657 to 1757
