Birth: 1818 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Father: William Adams 1799-1872
Mother: Jane Manard (Maynard) 1797-1858
Christening: 25 October 1818 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 19 September 1836 St Andrew, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Wife: Hannah Vinden (Hindes, Vindon, Winden) 1811-1891
Death: October-December 1886 Shoreditch, Middlesex, UK
George Adams c1837-1899
Eliza Adams [Penson] 1838-1929
Sarah Adams [Mitchell] 1840-1893
Elizabeth Adams [Brockington] 1844-1875
Jane Adams [Collins] 1846-1928
Emma Lucy Adams 1849-a1851
Christening of William Adams in the IGI on 25 October 1818 in Farnham, Surrey, parents William and Jane Adams.
The same informaton is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906. for William Adams baptised on 25 October 1818 in Farnham, parents William and Jane Adams. "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Farnham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1818 [...] Oct [...] 25 No. 926 William, parents William, a tailor, and Jane Adams of Farnham".
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912 for William Adams on 25 October 1818 in Farnham, St Andrew, parents William and Jane Adams. "Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Farnham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1818 [...] Oct [...] 25 No. 926 William, parents William, a tailor, and Jane Adams of Farnham".
There are four entries in the IGI for the marriage of William Adams in Farnham, Surrey to Hannah Winden on 8 May 1836, again on 28 Aug 1836 and again on 19 September 1836, plus to Hannah Hindes also on 19 September 1836.
The same four entries are in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.
Entry in the West Surrey Family History Society Surrey Marriage Index for William Adams and Hannah Winden in Farnham Surrey on 19 September 1836.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for William Adams and Hannah Winden on 19 September 1836 in Farnham, Surrey . "Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Farnham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1836 William Adams of this Parish Bachelor and Hannah Winden (could be Vinden) of this Parish Spinster were married in this church by banns with Consent this Niniteenth Day of September in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight [...] This Marriage was solemnized by us (William signed, Hannah made her mark) In the Presence of William Winden (Vinden?)" who made his mark and one other.
His son and two daughters were born at Hungry Hill, Farnham in 1837 to 1840, his occupation being a shoe make in the christening entries for his daughters.
In the 1841 census as William Adams aged 22, born in Surrey, a shoe M. and living with Hannah (wife?), George (son?), Eliza and Sarah (daughters?), William and Ruth Vindon (parents-in-law?) and Richard Vindon (brother-in-law?) at Hungry Hill, Farnham, Surrey. Another family was living at the same address.
His two daughters were born in Hale in 1844 and 1846, his occupation being shoe maker and third in St George the Martyr in 1849, but christened in Lambeth, his occupation being a lamp lighter.
In the 1851 census as William Adams aged 34, born in Farnham, Surrey, a gas lighter, and living with his wife (Hannah), son (George), and five daughters (Eliza, Elizabeth, Emma, Jane and Sarah) at 2 Bedford Court, St George the Martyr, Middlesex. Four other families lived at this address. The ages of Eliza and George appear to have been the wrong way round.
In the 1861 census as William Adams aged 44, born in Farnham, Surrey, a gas lighter, and living with his wife (Hannah), daughter (Jane), and an orphan (Emily Halfacre aged 9 and born in St George the Martyr, Middlesex) at 9 Bedford Court, St George the Martyr, Holborn, Middlesex.
He was a witness at his daughter Sarah's wedding at St John the Evangelist, Lambeth in 1863.
In the 1871 census census as William Adams aged 54, born in Farnham, Surrey, a gas lighter, and living with his wife (Hannah) at 9 Bedford Court, St George the Martyr, London. His married daughter Jane Collins, son-in-law and granddaughter were living at the same address.
In the 1881 census as William Adams aged 67, born in Farnham, Surrey, a bootmaker, and living with his wife (Hannah), married daughter (Jane Collins), grandson (John W Collins), granddaughter (Alice J Collins) and a visitor (Ellen Hays aged 36, born in Lee, no married status and no stated employment) at 9 Bedford Court, St George the Martyr, London.
Death of William Adams in FreeBMD in October-December 1886 aged 69 in Shoreditch (1c 63).
There are seven entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Adams born in 1817 in Farnham, Surrey, his marriage to Hannah Vinden on 19 September 1836 at Farnham, St Andrew, Surrey, and his six children, four including his death in London in October 1886.
William Adams was the second cousin of Mary Ann Carpenter Adams, wife of Edward Fullick, my first cousin four times removed.
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