Adams, Thomas
Birth Name | Adams, Thomas |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | about 87 years |
Narrative
Adams Thomas (Climbing the Hill, pp. 4-5, 14-15) Emigrated to Lot 13, P.E.I. in 1851 from
Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England and was employed as general manager and accountant by his uncle, James Yeo,
Jr. in his Port Hill shipyards. He also built vessels himself and shipped timber. He was elected to the
Canadian Parliament in 1889. He married Susan Yeo (1852-1918), daughter of Lawrence and Catherine (McIntosh) Yeo, 20 June 1888, and they had three children.
"Early in the twentieth century James Yeo's youngest son Senator John Yeo still owned several wooden sailing ships...Two of them were the barkentines Kathleen and Daisy, named for the daughters of Thomas Adams, the manager and accountant from Kilkhampton who played a large part in the fortunes of James Yeo." Westcountrymen in Prince Edward's Isle
Name Thomas Adams
Christening Date 27 Dec 1835
Christening Place KILKHAMPTON,CORNWALL,ENGLAND
Father's Name Henry Adams
Mother's Name Grace
Citing this Record "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N53T-N8P : 11 February 2018, Thomas Adams, 27 Dec 1835); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 897,356.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | about 1836 | Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England | ||
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Death | 1923 | Port Hill, Lot 13, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada | date from his obit, at age 88 | |
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Arrival | 1851 | arrived in PEI, nephew of James Yeo Climbing the Hill, page 4 | ||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Adams, Henry | about 1808 | June 26, 1889 | |
Mother | Yeo, Grace | 1818 | before 1851 | |
Adams, Thomas | about 1836 | 1923 | ||
Brother | Adams, John Henry | 1839 | August 23, 1918 | |
Sister | Adams, Maria Grace | about 1844 |
Families
Family of Adams, Thomas and Yeo, Susan Marie |
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Married | Wife | Yeo, Susan Marie ( * 1852 + 1918 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Adams, Mary Kathleen | May 31, 1889 | January 9, 1944 |
Adams, Daisy | June 27, 1892 | 1974 |
Adams, John | 1894 | 1894 |