Birth: December 1841 Leziate, Norfolk, UK
Father: Charles Adams c1802-1870
Mother: Frances Aldgate 1804-1865
Christening: 30 January 1842 All Saints, Ashwicken, Norfolk,, UK
Marriage: October-December 1865 Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Elizabeth (Eliza) Buck 1849-1920
Death: January-March 1908 Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Eliza Adams c1878-a1891
Birth of Thomas Adams in FreeBMD in January-March 1842 in Guiltcross (13 162).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 and in Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for the baptism of Thomas Adams on 30 January 1842 in Leziate, Norfolk, parents Charles and Frances Adams.
Two entries in FreeReg for the baptism of Thomas Adams on 30 January 1842 at All Saints, Ashwicken, Norfolk, parents Charles, a labourer, and Frances Adams of Leziate, one adding his birth in December 1841.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Thomas Adams baptised 30 January 1842 in Ashwicken Cum Leziate, parents Charles and Frances Adams. "Page 33 Baptisms solemnised in the Parish of Ashwicken with Leziate in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1842. [...] 1842 Jan 30 No. [blank] Thomas [parents] Charles [a] Labourer & Frances Adams [of] Leziate". Note that the original is hardly legible.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922 for Thomas Adams baptised 30 January 1842 in Ashwicken with Leziate, parents Charles and Frances Adams. "Page 33 Baptisms solemnised in the Parifh of Ashwicken with Leziate in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1841-42. [...] 1842 Born Dec 1841 1842 Jany 30 No. 261 Thomas [parents] Charles [a] Laborer & Frances Adams [of] Leziate".
His sister was registered in January-March 1845 in Freebridge Lynn and baptised on 31 March 1845 at All Saints, Ashwicken when they lived in Leziate.
His brother was registered in January-March 1847 in Freebridge and baptised on 11 January 1848 at All Saints, Ashwicken when they lived in Leziate.
In the 1851 census as Thomas Adams aged 9, born in Leziate, Norfolk, and living with his parents (Charles and Frances), twwo brothers (George and Robert), two sisters (Sarah and Susan), and grandfather (Mark Aldgate) in Leziate, Norfolk.
In the 1861 census as Francis (sic - on the original) Adams aged 19, born in Leziate, Norfolk, single, no stated employment, and living with his parents (George and Frances) and brother (George) and nephew (William) at Brow of Hill, Leziate, Norfolk.
Marriage of Thomas Adams and Eliza Buck in FreeBMD in October-December 1865 in Kings L (4B 996).
In the 1871 census as Thomas Adams aged 29, born in Leziate, Norfolk, a labourer, and living with his wife (Eliza) and two lodgers (John Dewing aged 19 and born in Briston, Norfolk and William Attle aged 17 and born in Gresham, Norfolk, both single and labourers) at 13 Monk Street, Gateshead, Durham.
A daughter was born in Gateshead circa 1878 but I cannot locate a reference for the birth except in the 1891 census.
I cannot locate the family in the 1881 census.
In the 1891 census as Thomas Adams aged 49, born in Lezaite, Norfolk, a general labourer, and living with his wife (Eliza), daughter (Eliza), and a lodger (Waller Manning aged 39, born in Nacton, Suffolk, single and a general labourer) at 11 Trevelyan Terrace, Gateshead, Durham.
In the 1901 census as Thomas Adams aged 59, born in Leziate, Norfolk, married but not with his wife, a general labourer, and living separate to William R Adams (son of his sister Lucy), wife and family in Thomas Street, South Lynn, Norfolk.
Death of Thomas Adams in FreeBMD in January-March 1908 aged 66 in Kings L (4B 227). .
There are seventy six entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Thomas Adams.
Thomas Adams was the uncle of Rachael (Rachel) Adams, wife of Charles Edward Read, Felicity's second cousin three times removed.
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