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JJ, I feel admonished! As you can see, I am picking up this thread after five years away, and not getting any messages because I had changed email addresses. The parental maiden name was irrelevant to the search, I deemed, as W H Adamson was an adult when he may have left the UK and this would not be revealed in censuses, etc. 

Sorry for late reply  - haven't checked rootschat for many weeks. Yes, have ascertained parents as John and Mary Ann (nee Cooper). Still haven't got anywhere with William H, last found in 1881 census.

Yes, that makes sense. I was probably a bit fanciful about the pram.

Cheers

Carole

Any ideas about the date of this portrait? The firm in Manchester operated under the name from 1871 onwards, but curious to know when people would date the bustle and hat etc

Carole

You clearly know your way around! Yes, the insured William was his eldest grandson and the brother of my GGgrandfather. William snr's will mentions monies in government funds, various freehold and leasehold properties (I know he paid land tax in Clapham), but no mention of insurance as such. He left his trade (shop, goods, etc) to his son, John (father of William, and twins John (my GGG) and James).

I'll have a look at Guildhall records to see if apprenticeship records apply, but I wonder, would family have been apprenticed as such, or was that more of an economic contract not necessary if it was a family member?

Another lead worth my following is that all of William snr's children were baptised as non-conformists and most of the baptisms are recorded at Dr William's library.