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Record #21088
Name :
: Percy Robert ADAMS (1884 - 1963)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 13 Dec 1884

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 28 Jan 1963
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Sussex, Hastings
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Winnipeg
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 4 Apr 1898
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Labrador

Placement Family
: Harder
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesA birth registration was found for Percy Robert Adams: Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1885; District: Hastings; County: Sussex; Volume: 2b; Page: 21. Parents: Thomas Albert Adams and Sarah Howitt Terry, married 1870 at Hastings, Sussex, England.

Percy Robert Adams was christened on March 11, 1885, at Hastings, Sussex, England. Parents: Thomas Albert Adams and Sarah Howitt Adams.

A death registration was found for Thomas Albert Adams: Date: Apr-May-Jun 1886; Age: 36; District: Hastings; County: Sussex; Volume: 2b; Page: 10

In 1898, Percy Adams, 11, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 160 Barnardo children accompanied by Mr. A. B. Owen in charge of the party to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Mr. E. A. Struthers in charge of the parties to Winnipeg and Russell, Manitoba, Canada.

Percy Robert Adams married Lucy Elizabeth Butterfield on November 12, 1931, at Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

Lucy Elizabeth Butterfield Adams died on February 2, 1947 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

Percy Robert Adams remarried Annie Hadfield Walton (widow) after 1952.

Winnipeg Free Press
January 30, 1963

PERCY ROBERT ADAMS

On January 28th 1963 at Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Percy Robert Adams, aged 78 years, beloved husband of Annie Adams, of 1131 Parker Avenue. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday from the Clark Leatherdale Funeral Home, 232 Kennedy Street, with Rev. Dr. W. E. Donnelly officiating. Interment in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens. Born in Hastings, England, Mr. Adams came to Canada sixty years ago. He farmed in the Basswood and Rapid City districts for many years, retiring in 1946, and moved to Winipeg in 1949. Surviving besides his wife, Annie is one son, Herbert J. Walton, two nieces, Mrs. Nora Adams of British Columbia and Mrs. Blanche McGrogan of Toronto, Ontario, And two grandchildren.

Annie Hadfield Walton died at the age of 101 years at Heritage Lodge, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on May 12, 2004. 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-05 17:27:10 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-01-05 19:32:25 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
6255 ADAMS, Ada Gertrude1895ENG, WIL, Highworth Mar 1909 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
18027 ADAMS, Albert1894ENG,     May 1911 : Corinthian CAN Unknown  
25882 ADAMS, Alexander1886 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
17053 ADAMS, Alfred1887ENG,     Sep 1899 : Arawa CAN Barnardos  
6924 ADAMS, Ann Elizabeth1867ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6903 ADAMS, Anna Maria1858ENG, WIL, Potterne Sep 1873 : Polynesian CAN Maria Rye  
22827 ADAMS, C R1885ENG,     Jul 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
7445 ADAMS, Charles 1891ENG,     Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
26477 ADAMS, Charles W R1887ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22901 ADAMS, David1868ENG,     1881 : Manitoban CAN Marchmont Homes  
4994 ADAMS, Edward1915ENG, LDN, London Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Barnardos  
23730 ADAMS, Eliza1887ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
23729 ADAMS, Elizabeth J1877ENG,     Oct 1892 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
7448 ADAMS, Ernest Alfred1889ENG, HAM, Southampton Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
23728 ADAMS, Ethel M1887ENG,     Jul 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
5341 ADAMS, Frank J.1914ENG, KEN, Bridge Apr 1929 : Duchess of York CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
6859 ADAMS, George1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
8777 ADAMS, George1900ENG,     Apr 1916 : Scandinavian CAN Labourers & Domestics  
8778 ADAMS, George1875ENG,     Jun 1887 : Lake Ontario CAN Middlemore  
5602 ADAMS, Gladys1898ENG,     Mar 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
23727 ADAMS, Grace1867ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8886 ADAMS, Henry1889ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
4491 ADAMS, Henry F.1880ENG, ESS, Brighton Mar 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
22545 ADAMS, Henry William1898ENG,     Mar 1912 : Dominion CAN Unknown  
23726 ADAMS, Isabel1888ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
8695 ADAMS, James1884ENG, LDN, London Sep 1896 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
25845 ADAMS, Jane1882 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
23725 ADAMS, Lilian1887ENG,     Nov 1905 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
23724 ADAMS, Lizzie1898ENG,     Jul 1909 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
17045 ADAMS, Mary 1896ENG,     Oct 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
25792 ADAMS, Mary Jane1875 Jun 1891 : Norwegian CAN Quarriers  
9229 ADAMS, Maud1885ENG, LND, Kingsland Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23735 ADAMS, Olive1879ENG,     Aug 1889 : Caspian CAN Barnardos  
22561 ADAMS, Percy1903ENG,     Feb 1914 : Alsatian CAN Louisa Birt  
21088 ADAMS, Percy Robert1884ENG, SSX, Hastings Apr 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
15500 ADAMS, Reuben Stanley1893ENG,     May 1907 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
3278 ADAMS, Robert Henry 1888ENG,     Mar 1901 : Dominion CAN Louisa Birt  
23734 ADAMS, Ruth1872ENG,     Jul 1883 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
8059 ADAMS, Sophia Elizabeth1847ENG, SSX, Hurstpierpoint Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
22767 ADAMS, Sydney1916ENG,     May 1930 : Doric CAN Waifs & Strays  
23733 ADAMS, Thomas1887ENG,     Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
23732 ADAMS, Thomas G1901ENG,     Mar 1909 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
19730 ADAMS, William1876ENG,     May 1893 : Sardinian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
20734 ADAMS, William1893ENG,     Aug 1908 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
21189 ADAMS, William1916ENG, WAR, Aston Jan 1927 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
22562 ADAMS, William1895ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
25417 ADAMS, William1889SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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