William Adams (c1826-1881/91)


Dates

Birth: About 1826 Stow Bedon, Norfolk, UK
Father: William Adams 1791-1868
Mother: Sarah Edwards c1787-1875

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: October-December 1851 Wayland, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Sarah Ann Sayer c1830-a1901

Death: 1881/91

Children

Thirza Adams 1856-a1891
Lilian (Lillian) May Adams [Jackson] c1875-a1901

Notes

In the 1841 census as William Adams aged 14, born in Norfolk, and living with William (father?), Sarah (mother?), George and Thomas (brothers?), Charllotte (sister?) and William (nephew?) by Church Lane, Stow Bedon, Norfolk.

I cannot find an entry in the 1851 census, but not living with his parents.

Marriage of William Adams and Sarah Ann Sayer in FreeBMD in October-December 1851 in Wayland (13 943).

In the 1861 census as William Adams aged 33, born in Stow Bedon, Norfolk, a cordwainer, and living with his wife (Sarah A) and daughter (Thuresa) at The Market Place, East Harling, Norfolk.

In the 1871 census as William Adams aged 40, born in Stow Bedon, Norfolk, a bootmaker, and living with his wife (Sarah Ann) and daughter (Thurza) at The Market Place, East Harling, Norfolk.

In the 1881 census as William Adams aged 49, born in Stow Bedon, Norfolk, a bootmaker, and living with his wife (Sarah Ann) and two daughters (Lilian May and Thirza) at The Market Place, East Harling, Norfolk. Was Lilian his daughter or granddaughter?

I cannot find an entry for his death but his wife was a widow in 1891 census living in Leeds with Lilian.

Thomas E Straughair has three entries in RootsWeb WorldConnect for William Adams, christened on 24 September 1826 in Stow Beddon, Norfolk, parents William and Sarah Adams.

Stow Bedon is about 20 miles WSW of Norwich on A1075.

Relationship

William Adams was my first cousin three times removed.

Adams Gendex
Croucher Gendex
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