Birth: 3 June 1856 East Harling, Norfolk, UK
Father: William Adams 1826-1881/91
Mother: Sarah Ann Sayer c1830-a1901
Christening: 6 June 1856 East Harling, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: Unknown
Husband: Unknown
Death: After 1891
Unknown
Birth in FreeBMD as * (Thirza on handwritten original) Adams in July-September 1856 in Guiltcross (4b 211).
Birth of of Thirza Adams in the IGI on 3 June 1856 and her christening on 6 June 1856 in East Harling, Norfolk, parents William Adams and Mary Ann Sayer.
In the 1861 census as Thuresa (illegible on the original) Adams aged 4, born in East Harling, Norfolk and living with her parents (William and Sarah A) at The Market Place, East Harling, Norfolk.
In the 1871 census as Thurza Adams aged 13, born in East Harling, Norfolk, and living with her parents (William and Sarah Ann) at The Market Place, East Harling, Norfolk.
In the 1881 census as Thirza Adams aged 22, born in East Harling, Norfolk, single, a music teacher and living with her parents (William and Sarah Ann) and sister (Lilian Mary (May on the original)) at the Market Place, East Harling, Norfolk.
Her father must have died 1881-1891.
In the 1891 census as T Adams aged 29, born in East Harling, Norfolk, a domestic servant and living with Geo Temple (aged 52, born in Darlington, widowed and a bootmaker), his son (Thos aged 17, born in Leeds and no stated employment) and daughter (Annie aged 16, born in Leeds) at 4 Headingley Lane, Headingley, Yorkshire.
I cannot find any later information. Note it is possible that her sister Lilian May was her daughter.
Note the ages given for her mother in the censuses are very inconsistent from 1830 in the 1861 census to 1846 in the 1901 census.
Entry in Behind the Name states Tirzah means "favourable" in Hebrew. Tirzah is the name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad in the Old Testament. It also occurs in the Old Testament as a place name, the early residence of the kings of the northern kingdom. Thirza is the Dutch spelling.
East Harling is about 10 miles east of Thetford on the B1111.
Thirza Adams was my second cousin twice removed.
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