Notes Parents: John Robert Balfour Adamson and Margaret Davidson Daniel, married July 14, 1891, at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
On January 22, 1903, Margaret Davidson Daniel Adamson died at 119 Henderson Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, of Phthisis Pulmonalis.
In 1905, James (incorrectly transcribed on the LAC Index as Ian) Adamson, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 102 Quarrier children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
On October 24, 1916, his father, John Robert Balfour Adamson died in the Combination Poorhouse, Thornton, Markinch, Fifeshire, Scotland, at the age of 50 of Cirrhosis of Liver, Ascites, and Heart Failure.
On September 6, 1922, at Stayner, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between James Balfour Adamson, 27, mechanic, born in Scotland to James Adamson and Christina Daniels; and another home child, Muriel Worthington, 19, household duties, born in England to Arthur and Mary Ann Eliza Worthington.
James Balfour and Muriel Worthington Adamson had at least 6 children: Eric Albert Adamson, born 1929; Bernard Arthur Adamson, born 1933; and 4 children still living.
On February 8, 1964, James Balfour Adamson died at the age of 71, of colon cancer. On January 15, 1989, Muriel Worthington Adamson died of gangrene and heart failure. They are both buried at Stayner Union Cemetery, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.