William Edwin Adams

Brief Life History of William Edwin

When William Edwin Adams was born on 4 August 1852, in Cradley, Worcestershire, England, his father, Jabez Adams, was 38 and his mother, Nancy Billingham, was 32. He married Sarah Tildesley on 25 September 1876, in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Halesowen, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Cradley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 18 February 1894, in Cradley, Worcestershire, England, at the age of 41.

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William Edwin Adams
1852–1894
Sarah Tildesley
1856–1897
Marriage: 25 September 1876
Alice Adams
1877–1949
Thomas Adams
1878–
Albert Adams
1881–1883
Walter Edwin Adams
1883–1947
Adams
1885–1887
Ernest Rupert Adams
1886–
Beatrice Adams
1887–
William Albert Adams
1889–1937
Frederick James Adams
1891–1892

Sources (5)

  • Willm Edw Adams, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • William Edwin Adams, "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957"
  • William Ed Adams, "England and Wales Census, 1891"

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World Events (3)

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.

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).

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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