Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Adams was born in 1849, in Witham, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Adams, was 27 and her mother, Eliza Hurrell, was 22. She married William Andrews on 5 October 1872. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. She died on 1 February 1890, in Queensland, Australia, at the age of 41.
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Sources (6)
- Louisa Adams in household of George Adams, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Louisa Adams, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
- Louisa Adams in household of George Adams, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1859
The state of Queensland was formed as a partition from its parent, New South Wales, on 6 June 1859, with Brisbane designated as its capital.
1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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