Adam Cockburn 1824 - 1912

\n\nAdam Cockburn was born on 13 November 1824 in Newbattle Midlothian, where he was christened on 12 December 1824. He was the fourth child and second son of <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"More Cockburn 1796\" /><ac:link-body>Moore Carfrae Cockburn</ac:link-body></ac:link> and Christian Duncan Anderson.\n\nHe spent all of his early years in Newbattle, some time after 1841, but before 1845 he moved to Berwick - most likely in pursuite of work.\n\nIn Berwick he met Mary Spence Murrary, whom he married in Earlston Berwick in April 1845. Mary Spence Murray was born abt 1826 in Lauder Berwick, she was the daughter of Margaret Spence and an unspecified father.\n\nAdam and Mary produced fifteen children (seven sons and eight daughters) between Moore and Christian produced ten children (six sons and four daughters) between 1845 and 1871. Only ten of the children survived to adulthood:\n\n<ul>\n <li>Margaret Cockburn Born 11 April 1846. Died 18 Oct 1862</li>\n <li>Christina Cockburn Born 12 May 1848. Married John Fairbairn on 4 Jun 1880</li>\n <li>unnamed female Cockburn Born abt 1849.</li>\n <li>William Cockburn Born 2 July 1850. Married Isabella Struth on 30 Oct 1874</li>\n <li>unnamed male Cockburn Born abt 1852.</li>\n <li>unnamed male Cockburn Born abt 1854.</li>\n <li>Lilias Cockburn Born 3 Mar 1855. Christened 9 Mar 1855. Married <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title=\"Joseph Charles Kitching 1852\" /><ac:link-body>Joseph Charles Kitching</ac:link-body></ac:link> on 27 Dec 1872</li>\n <li>Adam Cockburn Born 22 Nov 1857. Died 22 Nov 1862</li>\n <li>Mary Cockburn Born 25 May 1860. Married Robert Redpath on 14 Dec 1877.</li>\n <li>Walter Cockburn Born 17 Aug 1861. Married Annie Black on 3 Jul 1885.</li>\n <li>Jane Cockburn (twin) Born 13 Feb 1864</li>\n <li>Margaret Cockburn (twin) Born 13 Feb 1864.</li>\n <li>Adam More Cockburn Born 24 Sep 1866. Married Agnes Dodds on 2 Jun 1887</li>\n <li>Ann Cockburn Born 1 Oct 1868. Died 29 Apr 1912</li>\n <li>Alexander Spence Cockburn Born 16 Aug 1871. Died 4 May 1912</li>\n</ul>\n\n\nAfter their marriage Mary and Adam were residing in Wester Housebyres, and at the time of the 1851 census, the family is recorded as living on "south side of main street running thro\' burgh of Lauder (No actual address).\n\nBy 1855 the family had moved to Trabrown in Lauder Berwick where they were residing at the time of the 1861 census - 14 Trabrown, Lauder, Berwick.\n\nIn late 1861 the family moved to Maltbarns, Channelkirk where their tenth child - Walter was born. About a year after Walter\'s birth the family experienced a double tragedy when Typhoid fever struck down their children Margaret and Adam - who died within one month of each other.\n\nDespite this early setback, the family must have been relatively happy in Channelkirk, for they stayed there for over 20 years. During this period Adam worked as a gamekeeper on Carfraemill Farm, and the family lived in the cottage named Maltbarns, which still stands today (right).\n\nFor reasons unknown, the family relocated some time during the next ten years - most likely around 1884 - the family moved to\n\nRoxburgh, where in 1891 they were living in a Farm Tenants house at Smailholm Mains - a small house with 3 windowed rooms - and Adam was working as a Forester and hedger. Living with Adam and Mary at the time were their son Alexander Spence Cockburn, their daughter Margaret and her two illegitimate children - Adam Carruthers Cockburn and Alexander Spence Cockburn - their grandson William Redpath and granddaughter Jemima Scott Cockburn - illegitimate daughter of his eldest daughter Christina - who it appears they raised as their daughter.\n\nThe family were still living in Roxburgh - at Hundale Mill in Jedburgh - when Mary died on 6 Feb 1898. After her death, Adam moved to Fogo in Berwick, where he was living in 1901 at the Sisterpath Cottages with a number of his children and grandchildren. Also residing in the household were his grandchildren Adam Carruthers Cockburn Alexander Spence Cockburn and Jemima Scott Cockburn his daughters Margaret and Annie and Annies illegitimate son - William Spence Cockburn.\n\nThe movements of the family over the next ten years are unknown, however it is likely that at some point in time during this period, Adam resided at Hassington Mains in Eccles Berwick with his daughter Ann and son Alexander Spence - both of whom died there in early 1912.\n\nBy August 1912, Adam was living with his daughter in Lauder Berwick with his daughter Christina and her husband John Fairbairn, and it is here that he died on 12 August 1912 of heart disease, he was 87.\n\nAssociated Documents\n<ul>\n <li>Death Certificate of Adam Cockburn (1824 - 1912)</li>\n <li>Death Certificate of Mary Spence Murray (1826 - 1898)</li>\n <li>1891 Census Records - Adam and Mary Spence Cockburn and family</li>\n <li>1901 Census Records - Adam Cockburn and family</li>\n <li>Death Certificates of Margaret Cockburn and Adam Cockburn (died 1862)</li>\n</ul>\n',557344,2),(786665,'h1. Moore Carfrae Cockburn (abt 1787 - 1870)\r\n\r\nMoore Carfrae Cockburn was born in Redheugh, Cockpen, Midlothian about 1787. Current research indicates that he was one of two know children of *Alexander Cockburn and Marian Swanston* (AKA Ann Watson). His only known sibling is John Cockburn, born about 1783.\r\n\r\nHe was lived in Midlothian for most of his life, and some time around 1819 he married Christian Duncan Anderson, most likely in Duddingston.\r\n\r\n*Christian Duncan Anderson* was born on 22 Feb 1799 in Duddingston Midlothian, where she was christened on 3 March 1799. She is the eldest of five known children of *Adam Anderson and Lillias Smith*. Her siblings include Margaret (b. 1803) ; John (b. 1813) ; Isabel (b. 1816) ; and Adam (b. 1819). Given the dates of birth, it is highly likely that there are other unknown siblings).\r\n\r\nMoore and Christian produced ten children (six sons and four daughters) between 1820 and 1845:\r\n\r\n* Lily Cockburn Born 1820. Christened 7 May 1820. Married James Campbell on 19 Feb 1841.\r\n* Ann Watson Cockburn Born 1821. Christened 29 Jul 1821. Married James Webster on 24 Apr 1846\r\n* Alexander Cockburn Born 17 Apr 1823. Christened 4 May 1823. Married Mary Symington on 12 Dec 1847\r\n* [Adam Cockburn|Adam Cockburn 184] Born 13 Nov 1824. Christened 12 Dec 1824. Married Mary Spence Murray in Apr 1845\r\n* John Cockburn Born 10 Jan 1827. Christened 11 Feb 1827. Married Margaret Allan 29 Nov 1850.\r\n* Christian Cockburn Born 21 Dec 1830. Christened 18 Jan 1831. Married Walter Laidlaw 19 Dec 1858.\r\n* William Cockburn Born 12 Aug 1833. Christened 25 Aug 1833. Married Agnes McKellar on 10 Dec 1857\r\n* More Cockburn Born 28 Nov 1835. Christened 20 Dec 1835. Married Christina Hardie on 19 Dec 1856 and then Margaret King on 5 Jul 1859.\r\n* James Cockburn Born 21 Jun 1841. Christened 1 Aug 1841.\r\n* Jane Cockburn Born abt 1845. Married her cousin David Cockburn on 11 Jun 1869.\r\n\r\nHe was primarily employed as a ploughman or agricultural labourer for most of his life. This may have been the reason why he and Christian appear to have moved a number of times during the birth of their children, living in Duddingston for the birth of their first child, Dalkeith for the second, Redheugh in Cockpen for the third before settling in Newbattle, Midlothian where their remaining children were born.\r\n\r\nChristian died on 9th November 1864 in Whitelaw, Lauder Berwick, and in his later years - after Christians death - it appears that More lived with his daughter Ann Watson Cockburn and son-in-law James Webster in Lowholm, Newbattle, Midlothian. It is here he died on 3 March 1870. His death was registered by his son-in-law.\r\n\r\nAssociated Documents\r\n* Death Certificate of Moore Cockburn (1787 - 1870)\r\n* 1841 Census and other associated Records (coming)',557345,0),(786666,'h1. Adam Cockburn (1824 - 1912)\n\nAdam Cockburn was born on 13 November 1824 in Newbattle Midlothian, where he was christened on 12 December 1824. He was the fourth child and second son of *[Moore Carfrae Cockburn|FAMHIS:More Cockburn 1796]* *and Christian Duncan Anderson*.\n\nHe spent all of his early years in Newbattle, some time after 1841, but before 1845 he moved to Berwick - most likely in pursuite of work.\n\nIn Berwick he met *Mary Spence Murrary*, whom he married in Earlston Berwick in April 1845. Mary Spence Murray was born abt 1826 in Lauder Berwick, she was the daughter of *Margaret Spence* and an unspecified father.\n\nAdam and Mary produced fifteen children (seven sons and eight daughters) between Moore and Christian produced ten children (six sons and four daughters) between 1845 and 1871. Only ten of the children survived to adulthood:\n\n* *Margaret Cockburn* Born 11 April 1846. Died 18 Oct 1862\n* *Christina Cockburn* Born 12 May 1848. Married _John Fairbairn_ on 4 Jun 1880\n* unnamed female Cockburn Born abt 1849.\n* *William Cockburn* Born 2 July 1850. Married _Isabella Struth_ on 30 Oct 1874\n* unnamed male Cockburn Born abt 1852.\n* unnamed male Cockburn Born abt 1854.\n* *Lilias Cockburn* Born 3 Mar 1855. Christened 9 Mar 1855. Married *_[Joseph Charles Kitching|FAMHIS:Joseph Charles Kitching 1852]_* on 27 Dec 1872\n* *Adam Cockburn* Born 22 Nov 1857. Died 22 Nov 1862\n* *Mary Cockburn* Born 25 May 1860. Married _Robert Redpath_ on 14 Dec 1877.\n* *Walter Cockburn* Born 17 Aug 1861. Married _Annie Black_ on 3 Jul 1885.\n* *Jane Cockburn* (twin) Born 13 Feb 1864\n* *Margaret Cockburn* (twin) Born 13 Feb 1864.\n* *Adam More Cockburn* Born 24 Sep 1866. Married _Agnes Dodds_ on 2 Jun 1887\n* *Ann Cockburn* Born 1 Oct 1868. Died 29 Apr 1912\n* *Alexander Spence Cockburn* Born 16 Aug 1871. Died 4 May 1912\n\nAfter their marriage Mary and Adam were residing in Wester Housebyres, and at the time of the 1851 census, the family is recorded as living on \"south side of main street running thro\' burgh of Lauder (No actual address).\n\nBy 1855 the family had moved to Trabrown in Lauder Berwick where they were residing at the time of the 1861 census - 14 Trabrown, Lauder, Berwick.\n\nIn late 1861 the family moved to Maltbarns, Channelkirk where their tenth child - Walter was born. About a year after Walter\'s birth the family experienced a double tragedy when Typhoid fever struck down their children Margaret and Adam - who died within one month of each other.\n\nDespite this early setback, the family must have been relatively happy in Channelkirk, for they stayed there for over 20 years. During this period Adam worked as a gamekeeper on Carfraemill Farm, and the family lived in the cottage named Maltbarns, which still stands today (right).\n\nFor reasons unknown, the family relocated some time during the next ten years - most likely around 1884 - the family moved to\n\nRoxburgh, where in 1891 they were living in a Farm Tenants house at Smailholm Mains - a small house with 3 windowed rooms - and Adam was working as a Forester and hedger. Living with Adam and Mary at the time were their son Alexander Spence Cockburn, their daughter Margaret and her two illegitimate children - Adam Carruthers Cockburn and Alexander Spence Cockburn - their grandson William Redpath and granddaughter Jemima Scott Cockburn - illegitimate daughter of his eldest daughter Christina - who it appears they raised as their daughter.\n\nThe family were still living in Roxburgh - at Hundale Mill in Jedburgh - when Mary died on 6 Feb 1898. After her death, Adam moved to Fogo in Berwick, where he was living in 1901 at the Sisterpath Cottages with a number of his children and grandchildren. Also residing in the household were his grandchildren Adam Carruthers Cockburn Alexander Spence Cockburn and Jemima Scott Cockburn his daughters Margaret and Annie and Annies illegitimate son - William Spence Cockburn.\n\nThe movements of the family over the next ten years are unknown, however it is likely that at some point in time during this period, Adam resided at Hassington Mains in Eccles Berwick with his daughter Ann and son Alexander Spence - both of whom died there in early 1912.\n\nBy August 1912, Adam was living with his daughter in Lauder Berwick with his daughter Christina and her husband John Fairbairn, and it is here that he died on 12 August 1912 of heart disease, he was 87.\n\nAssociated Documents\n* Death Certificate of Adam Cockburn (1824 - 1912)\n* Death Certificate of Mary Spence Murray (1826 - 1898)\n* 1891 Census Records - Adam and Mary Spence Cockburn and family\n* 1901 Census Records - Adam Cockburn and family\n* Death Certificates of Margaret Cockburn and Adam Cockburn (died 1862)',557346,0),(786668,'

Adam Cockburn 1824 - 1912

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