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George McAdie^1,2,3,4

(circa February 1791 - before 1841)

Father

John McAdie (say 1750 - aft. 1791)

Mother

Jane Brims (say 1755 - aft. 1791)

BMDB data

George McAdie was born cir. Feb 1791 North Dun(n), Par. of Watten, CAI, SCT

.⁴ He was baptized on 16 Feb 1791 Watten, CAI, SCT

; entry (MacAdie in margin) reads: John McAdie & Jean Brims in North Dun had a son baptized called George, before witnesses Alexander Levach & James Brims both in Northdun.^4,5 He and Janet Bain were assumed not to be married.⁶
George McAdie married Catherine Sinclair on 28 Feb 1827 Watten, CAI

, entry reads: Wattin 28 Feb 1827 George McAdie in Toftingal and Catherine Sinclair there, both of this parish were married on this day before the Monthly prayer meeting of Watten.^1,7,3
George McAdie was assumed to have died bef. 1841 ?Watten, CAI, SCT, Deceased when Jane married iin 1856.
Neither he, nor wife Catherine are immeditately obvious in the 1841 census by which time children were living with relatives:
Jane with her mother's brother David Sinclair in Clyth
Eliizabeth (yet to be found)
George with his uncle James McAdie, shoemaker in Wick.⁸

George married to Catherine Sinclair is linked to the 1791 baptism to parents John Mcdie and Jane Brims because
- it fits the likely age of wife Catherine better than his being an undocumented son of George McAdie and Elizabeth/Betty Henderson which has been suggested because they were living in Toftingal where George was by the time he married
- his son George is described as cousin of a James McAdie in Wick in the 1871 census. George is shown with this familiy in all earlier censuses, James being the son of James, shoemaker, a brother of the 1791 George under this suggested scenario
George and Elizabeth (Henderson) McAdie had also been suggested because George's marriage to Catherine described him as George Jnr, as did the baptisms of two of his children.
Jnr can be used to differentiate father & son, but it can also be assigned to differentiate between older and younger namesakes in a locality. Which latter they certainly were.
However George Snr died in 1865 by which time George Jnr had been twice described as deceased in certificates.⁸

Census/Where lived/Occupations

George McAdie lived in Apr 1827 Toftingall, Par. of Watten, CAI, SCT

.² By Nov 1828 George McAdie was living Achorly, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT.³

Names

In 1856 his surname was recorded as MacAdie.⁹

External links

Click here to see George's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.¹⁰

Family 1

Janet Bain (bef. 1808 - aft. 1827)

Child

David McAdie (cir. Mar 1827 - )

Family 2

Catherine Sinclair (say 1810 - bef. 1841)

Children

Elizabeth McAdie² (cir. Apr 1827 - )
Jane McAdie^9,11 (cir. Nov 1828 - Nov 1864)
George McAdie¹² (Feb 1830 - Mar 1896)

Charts

John & Jean (BRIMS) McADIE

Last Edited

11 Jul 2022

Citations

Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 28 Feb 1827 George McADIE & Catherine SINCLAIR, Watten, CAI, 042 0030 119, copy on WikITree, extracted May 2018.
Marriages Baptisms: Bower, CAI, SCT, Baptism 1827 Elizabeth McADIE, transcr. Sep 1994.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap 5 Nov 1828 Jane d/o George McADIE and Catherine SINCLAIR at Achorly, Halkirk, CAI 037 20, copy on Jane's profile on WikITree (McAdie-76), extracted May 2018.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 16 Feb 1791 George s/o John McADIE & Jean BRIMS in North Dun, reg. Watten, CAI, 042/ 20 146, copy d/loaded Jun 2022.
MacADIE and variants: births christenings marriages, International Genealogical Index (IGI).
Letter, Thelma WILSON (29804) to L McIntosh (1), 11 Mar 1994, Bap. 3 Mar 1827 David McADIE to George McADIE Jnr in Toftingall and Janet BAIN.
Birth baptism marriage: Watten, CAI Dist 43/2, Bap. 15 Apr 1827 Elizabeth d/o George McADIE Jr (Toftingall) & Catherine SINCLAIR, transcr. Sep 1994.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Jul 2022.
GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Marr. 19 Dec 1856 Alexander s/o William BAIN & Margaret SUTHERLAND; Jane d/o George MacADIE McADIE & Ann SINCLAIR, Bruan, Latheron, CAI.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McAdie-77, updated Jul 2022.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 5 Nov 1828 Jane d/o George McADIE and Catherine SINCLAIR at Achorly, Halkirk, CAI 037 20, copy on Jane's profile on WikITree (McAdie-76), extracted May 2018.
Marriages Baptisms: Bower, CAI, SCT, Baptism 1830 George McADIE, transcr. Sep 1994.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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George McAdie

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