Harriet Adams

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Adams was born on 18 November 1873, in Baddeley Edge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Adams, was 42 and her mother, Mary, was 38. She married Joseph Mountford on 29 May 1898, in Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Milton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Hanley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died in December 1959, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Mountford
1872–1955
Harriet Adams
1873–1959
Marriage: 29 May 1898
Mary E Mountford
1898–
Ethel Mountford
1899–
Elsie Mountford
1902–
Harriett Mountford
1903–
Emma Mountford
1905–
Thomas Mountford
1910–

Sources (9)

  • Harriet Adams in household of Samuel Adams, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Harriet Mountford, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
  • Harriet Mountford in entry for Mary Elizabeth Mountford, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"

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World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

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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