Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899.
Frank Adamson was born on 25 May 1832 in Chiswick, Middlesex (now Greater London), a son of Thomas Henry Adamson (1799-1871) and Ann Adamson née Underwood (1798-1854). On 8 July 1832 he was baptised at St Nicholas Church, Chiswick, where the baptismal register not only confirms his date of birth but also that his family were living in Turnham Green, Middlesex (now Greater London) and that his father was a bricklayer.
In the 1841 census he is shown as aged 9 years and living in Turnham Green, Chiswick, with his parents and four siblings: Thomas Henry Adamson (1826-1878); Eliza Allnut Adamson (1827-1895); George Adamson (1829-1901) and William James Adamson (1830-1912). His father was described as a builder.
In the 2nd quarter of 1854 the death of his mother was registered in the Brentford Registration District, Middlesex (now Greater London) and on 18 July 1855 his father married Sarah Underwood (1808-1888).
He was shown as a master builder, aged 28 years, in the 1861 census, living at 4 Prices Place, Turnham Green, Chiswick, with his father and step-mother, together with a female house servant. His father was listed as a builder employing 105 men and 2 boys.
He married Elizabeth Earles (1832-1901) in the 2nd quarter of 1863 in the Hackney Registration District, Middlesex (now Greater London).
When the 1871 census was undertaken he was described as aged 38 years and a master builder living at Mead House, St Mary's Road, Ealing, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife and their five children: Mary Madeline Adamson (1864-1955); Thomas Henry Adamson (b.1865); Charles Stennett Adamson (1867-1897); Chester William Underwood Adamson (1869-1946) and Henry Anthony Adamson (1871-1930), together with two female servants.
The 1881 census shows him as aged 48 years and a builder still residing at Mead House, St Mary's Road, Ealing, with his wife and four of their children: Mary Madeline Adamson; Charles Stennett Adamson; Henry Anthony Adamson and Francis Tangye Adamson (1874-1962), together with a cook and a nurse.
He was still living at Mead House, St Mary's Road, Ealing, when the 1891 census was compiled. It shows him as aged 58 years and a builder residing there with his wife, their daughter Mary Madeline Adamson who was described as a Bachelor of Science employed at a girl's school and their son Francis Tangye Adamson who was a student, together with a cook and a housemaid.
The 1901 census described him as aged 68 years and a builder living in St Mary's Road, Ealing, with his wife and their son Francis Tangye Adamson who was listed as a bank clerk.
Probate records confirm that he had been residing at 14 Marlborough Road, Ealing and that he died, aged 78 years, on 1 July 1910 at Church Street Medical Home, Bath, Somerset. Probate was granted on 30 July 1910 to his son Francis Tangye Adamson, a bank clerk, and his effects totalled £172-9s-10d. His body was on 4 July 1910 in the Bath Abbey Cemetery, Ralph Allen Drive, Bath, BA2 5BB.
He is shown as 'F. ADAMSON' on the Walpole Park opening memorial plaque at Walpole Park, Mattock Lane, London, W5 5EQ.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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