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Name:
James Adams1
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
1821, Register Entry for Baptism of James Adams
1869, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen Return for Death of James Adams
Birth:
Sep 1821
Pill, Somerset2
As his Baptismal Register entry does not give his date of birth it is assumed that he was born a few weeks before his baptism.
Baptism:
7 Oct 1821 (age 0)
the Parish Church of St George3
Address: Easton in Gordano, Somerset
Who else was there is not known.
Present (sibling):
9 Nov 1823 (age 2)
Present at Baptism of his brother William
Present (sibling):
4 Mar 1827 (age 5)
Present at Baptism of his sister Charlotte
Present (sibling):
28 Feb 1830 (age 8)
Present at Baptism of his brother Benjamin Hellen
Present (sibling):
14 Nov 1832 (age 11)
Present at Baptism of his sister Martha
Occupation:
btw 1833 and 1869 (age 11-48)
a sailor||He probably went to sea as a boy on a Bristol pilot cutter working out of Pill. Later he signed on in larger vessels and was serving in a steam ship when he died. Between voyages he returned home to Pill as he is recorded as living in Pill in the 1841 and 1861 Census.
Census (living with mother):
6 Jun 1841 (age 19)
1841 Census. Living with mother
Census (not recorded):
30 Mar 1851 (age 29)
almost certainly because he was away at sea.
Death:
5 Feb 1869 (age 46)
Cause: drowning when he is supposed to have fallen overboard from the S.S. Alippo
As the register gives a precise date for his death it is assumed that he was missed, the ship was searched and when he was not found it was concluded that he had fallen overboard. How he came to fall is a matter for conjecture. Where the ship was when it happened is not known but it is known that in the previous year the Alippo which was a passenger ship burthen 1,398 tons had carried emigrants from Liverpool and Queenstown to New York so she may have been employed on the North Atlantic run. However, as the incident was not recorded by Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen until 11 Mar 1869 at Liverpool the Alippo may have been several thousand miles from her home port when the incident occurred. If he had fallen overboard in the North Atlantic in February he would not have survived for long.
1854, Register Entry for Marriage of James Adams and Harriett Morrison
1861, 1861 Census for Household of James Adams in Pill, Somerset
Spouse:
Marriage:
30 Mar 1854 (age 32)
Address: Pill, Somerset
Judging from their surnames the two witnesses were related the groom but the relationship is not known. Harriett was a widow and the 1861 Census for James and Harriett, and the 1871 Census for Harriett show that Harriett had at least two children with the surname of Roules indicates that she was a widow. James and Harriett did not have any children of their own.
Census for household:
7 Apr 1861 (age 41)
Pill, Somerset13
Address: Narrows
The household consisted of James, his wife Harriett, his so called son-in-law Thomas Roules who was probably his step son as he was single, and James' cousin Thomas Buck. They shared the property with the family of George and Sarah Westley, and their 3 young children.
1841 England Census for Household of Charlotte Adams in Pill, Easton in Gordano, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/956, Book 5, Folio 7, Page 6; James Adams age 18 (i.e. born in 1823) son of Charlotte Adams in Somerset. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/956/5.
Rev. W Mirehouse, Register Entry for the Baptism of James Adams in Easton in Gordano, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1821 Page 74, No. 586; His parents names are recorded as Jame White Adams and Charlotte Adams. Somerset Records Office. Call Number: D\P\e.in.g/2/1/9.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 7 October 1821. Somerset Records Office. Call Number: D\P\e.in.g/2/1/9.
1861 England Census for Household of James Adams in Pill, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG9/1711, Folio 65, Page 6, Schedule 34; James Adams' occupation is a mariner and he is living in Pill, Somerset. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1711.
1841 England Census for Household of Charlotte Adams in Pill, Easton in Gordano, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/956, Book 5, Folio 7, Page 6; James Adams' occupation is shown as a sailor and he is living in Pill, Somerset. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/956/5.
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen , Death Registration for James Adams, (FMP website). He was serving in the S.S. Alippo at the time of his death in February 1869. Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 5 February 1869. Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
England and Wales Death Registration Index, James Adams, Q2 1869, Liverpool, Vol 8b, Page 73, General Register Office.
Parish Register for Marriage of James Adams and Harriett Morrison, St George, Pill, Somerset, 30 March 1854, Somerset Records Office.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of James Adams and Harriett Morrison, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1854 Q1 Bedminster Vol. 5c, Page 1158; Cit. Date: Q1 1854. General Register Office.
1861 England Census for Household of James Adams in Pill, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG9/1711, Folio 65, Page 6, Schedule 34; National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1711.
1871 England Census for Household of Harriett Adams in Pill. Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG10/2517, Folio 67, Page 18, Schedule 107; Harriett AdamsHeadJohn RowlesSon. National Archives. Call Number: RG10/2517.
1861 England Census for Household of James Adams in Pill, Somerset, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG9/1711, Folio 65, Page 6, Schedule 34; Cit. Date: 7 April 1861. National Archives. Call Number: RG9/1711.