William Hamilton Adams: Waterloo Region Generations

Generation: 1

1.	William Hamilton Adams was born 23 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Rodney Hamilton Adams and Martha Elizabeth Stafford); died 3 Apr 1923, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Other Events: Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26757

Generation: 2

Rodney Hamilton Adams was born 9 Nov 1821, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States (son of Amos Adams and Leah MacDonald); died 4 Jun 1903, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States.

Other Events:

Interesting: disease
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26755
Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
Misfortune: 1876, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; lost wife and two children to typhoid fever

Rodney married Martha Elizabeth Stafford 19 Jan 1848, , Ontario, Canada. Martha was born 1828, , Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1874, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Martha Elizabeth Stafford was born 1828, , Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jan 1874, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Name: Martha Elizabeth Adams
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-26756

Children:

1. William Hamilton Adams was born 23 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Apr 1923, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
Marvin Amos Adams was born 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Dec 1876, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 3

Amos Adams was born 12 Feb 1790, Stratton, Windham, Vermont, United States; died 9 Jul 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Limerick-Cornell Cemetery, Waterloo Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events:

Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113522P
Birth: CALC 17 Apr 1793
Possessions: 1834, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 23, Waterloo County, Ontario
Possessions: 1837, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 08, Waterloo County, Ontario
Occupation: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; school teacher

Notes:

The first meeting to examine teachers in this county was held at Freeport in December, 1843. The commissioners present were Dr. Fulsom, James Phin, William Tilt, Jacob Lutz and a Church of England clergyman from Guelph who presided. The candidates for certificates were Amos Adams, Benjamin Burkholder, Nelson Newcombe, Elias Eby and one Lazarus who was then teaching in Berlin. Mr. Lazarus, after glancing around the room and making an estimate of the calibre of the Board, walked out remarking quite audibly that he was not going to be examined by a "set of farmers." The other four received their certificates, the first issued in the county, but Mr. Lazarus received none and had to resign his position in Berlin. For subsequent examinations teachers were obliged to go to Guelph, the then county town of the united counties of Wellington, Waterloo and Grey.

School History, Waterloo County and Berlin, By Thomas Pearce PART I. WATERLOO COUNTY. 1802 to 1870., Waterloo Historical Society Annual Volume 1914, pg 32

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Amos is reported born in Palmer, Hampden Co., MA, documenation needed.

Amos — Leah MacDonald. Leah was born 26 Feb 1796, , New York State, USA; died 9 Dec 1869, Bethel, Branch, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet]

Leah MacDonald was born 26 Feb 1796, , New York State, USA; died 9 Dec 1869, Bethel, Branch, Michigan, United States.

Other Events:

Name: Leah Adams
Eby ID Number: Waterloo-114503

Notes:

Leah Adams - Certified copy of Record of Death from County Clerk, Coldwater, Branch Co., MI shows date of death Dec. 9, 1869. This would make birth date 26 Feb 1796. Record Number 326: Place of Death, Bethel; Cause: Dropsy; Birthplace: NY;Age atg death 73 y, 9m, 12 days ; Widow; Parents Unknown;date of record June 1, 1870

unknown if relevant

Children:

Mary Ann "Polly Adams was born 1821, , New York State, USA; died 12 Mar 1906, Seattle, King, Washington, USA.
2. Rodney Hamilton Adams was born 9 Nov 1821, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States; died 4 Jun 1903, Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States.
George Oliver Adams was born 21 Feb 1835, , Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jan 1900, Fremont, Isabella, Michigan; was buried , Union Cemetery, Blanchard, Isabella, Michigan, United States.