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Record #6903
Name :
: Anna Maria ADAMS (1858 - 1916)
  aka : Ann Adams


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 7 Dec 1858

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 24 Mar 1916
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Wiltshire, Potterne
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, New Westminster
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 29 Sep 1873
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Polynesian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Maria Rye
NotesA birth registration was found for Anna Maria Adams: Year of Registration: 1859; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; District: Devizes; County: Wiltshire; Volume: 5a; Page: 99. Parents: Jabez Adams and Sarah Hayward, married 1855 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England.

A death registration was found for Sarah Adams: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836; Year of Registration: 1872; Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec; Age at Death: 36; District: Melksham; County: Wiltshire; Volume: 5a; Page: 67l.

In 1873, Ann Adams, 14, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 60 Maria Rye children en route to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.

On November 26, 1877, at Plympton, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Ann Adams, 19, born in England to Jabez and Sarah Adams; and Joseph A(lbert) Dark, 20, born in Borangunt, Canada, to Robert and Phoebe Dark.

Joseph Albert and Anna Maria Adams Dark had at least 5 children: Edith Alberta Maud Dark, born July 16, 1878, in Rockwood, Manitoba, Canada; Florence (or Flora) May Dark, born January 20, 1879, in Rockwood, Manitoba, Canada; George Henry Dark, born October 31, 1882 in the United States; died November 2, 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Ethel Blanche Dark was born November 3, 1884 and died September 17, 1946, in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada; and Cecil Robert Dark, born June 26, 1887 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, and died July 1 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The family relocated after 1901 to British Columbia, Canada. Sometime after the name Dark periodically became Darke.

Anna Maria Adams Darke died March 24, 1916, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (Registration #: 1916-09-094233).

Joseph Albert Darke remarried on September 9, 1916, to Katherine Bowden in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. (Registration Number: 1916-09-127895.)

Joseph Albert Darke died September 14, 1924, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (Registration #: 1924-09-336371). 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-04-13 04:16:25 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-06-29 20:41:43 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
6903 ADAMS, Anna Maria1858ENG, WIL, Potterne Sep 1873 : Polynesian CAN Maria Rye