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Adam Aleson Sellers 1856–1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04/23/1856

Birth Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 01/30/1925

Death Location: Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA

Father: Henry Sellers

Mother: Elizabeth Smith

Spouse(s): Adam Sellers, Elizabeth Yule

Children(s): Margaret Tilley

The story of Adam Aleson Sellers began in 1856 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Adam Aleson Sellers married Adam Sellers, Elizabeth Margaret Yule, and had children including Margaret Tilley. Adam Aleson Sellers passed away in 1925 in Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Adam Aleson Sellers began in 1856 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Adam Aleson Sellers married Adam Sellers, Elizabeth Margaret Yule, and had children including Margaret Tilley.
  • Adam Aleson Sellers passed away in 1925 in Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Sellers
1819–1863
Birth Location: Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Smith
1821–
Birth Location: Stewartown, Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland
ES

Spouses(s)

Adam Sellers
1856–
Birth Location: Scotland
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Elizabeth Yule
1861–1902
Birth Location: Motherswell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
EY

Children(s)

Margaret Tilley
1882–1966
Birth Location: Logansport, Boone County, Iowa, USA
MT

Adam Sellers's Ancestors

Self
Adam Sellers
1856–1925
Birth Place: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Henry Sellers
1819–1863
Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Smith
1821–
Stewartown, Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland
Grandparents
John Sellar
1791–
, Maybole, Ayr, Scotland
Margaret Mackay
1787–1867
, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
John Smith
1792–1870
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret Millar
1791–1854
Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Sellars*
1764–1796
Jane Dunlop
1770–
Alexander Mackay
1752–
Janet Evandale
1752–
James Smith*
1764–1826
Catharine Lindsay
1769–1856
Adam Miller
1760–
Katherine Witherspoon
1761–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Adam Sellers's Descendants

1.
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Adam (Aleson) Sellers (04/23/1856–01/30/1925) m. Adam Sellers (Apr 1856–) m. Elizabeth (Margaret) Yule (02/06/1861–07/06/1902)
  1. 1. Margaret Tilley 1882–1966 m. Joseph Tilley 1868–1953
    1. 1. Margaret (Irene) Tilley 1907–2002 m. Blounte (C.) Spurgeon 1904–1955 m. Harry (A.) Campbell 1906–2000
    2. 2. Velma (Jeanette (Patricia) Tilley) (Jedrzejas) 1917– m. Charles (Ronald) Jedrzejas 1910–1960
    3. 3. Robert (Sylvester) Tilley 1915–2008
    4. 4. Ethel (May) Tilley 1902–1951 m. Benjamin (Gunerd) Erickson 1890–1949
    5. 5. Joseph (Alfred) Tilley 1909–1995 m. Marie (Elizabeth) Tolliver 1914–1980
      1. 1. Phyllis Tilley 1934–1992
      2. 2. Shirley (Ann) Tilley 1936–1997 m. Robert (Paul) Quillen 1934–2021
      3. 3. Marlin Tilley 1933–1933

Adam Sellers's Timeline

3 Records

1856
04/23/1856
Birth of Adam Aleson Sellers in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1900
1900
Age 44
Adam Aleson Sellers resided here in Yell, Boone, Iowa, USA
Yell, Boone, Iowa, USA
1925
01/30/1925
Age 69
Death of Adam Aleson Sellers in Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA
Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04231856
    Event Place: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Outward Passenger Lists
    [2] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Yell, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240418
    [3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Yell, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240418

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1881
    Record Source:
    [1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Yell, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240418
    [2] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Yell, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240418

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 19 Mar 1883
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Yell, Boone, Iowa, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Yell, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240418
    [2] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Yell, Boone, Iowa; Roll: 418; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 0021; FHL microfilm: 1240418

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 24 Aug 1901
    Event Place: Glasgow, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Outward Passenger Lists

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Liverpool, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01301925
    Event Place: Boone, Boone County, Iowa, USA
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