Albert Ignatz Adam^[1]

1872 - 1910  (37 years)

• Name	Albert Ignatz Adam
  Born	7 Aug 1872	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Catholic
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Apprentice Blacksmith
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  	Roman Catholic
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1898	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	blacksmith
  Occupation	1898	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Blacksmith
  Crime	1910
  	murdered wife
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-143724
  Died	6 Apr 1910	Weissenburg, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario
  Person ID	I143724	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Ignatus "Ignace" Adam,   b. 3 Nov 1830, , France ,   d. 14 Sep 1907, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Rosalia Hause,   b. 25 Mar 1836, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 1 Nov 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Married	24 Nov 1857  [6]
  Family ID	F18122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Reinhart,   b. 25 Dec 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1910, Weissenburg, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario  (Age 30 years)
  Married	27 Jul 1898	Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Wilhelmina Almina "Minnie" Adam,   b. 4 Feb 1901, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hugh Albert Adams,   b. 8 Apr 1903, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jan 1976, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States  (Age 72 years)   3. Charles Richard Adam,   b. 4 Apr 1905, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Jul 1956  (Age 51 years)   4. Louise Ellen Mary Adam,   b. 15 Feb 1908, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1909, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F39097	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Terrible Tragedy At Weissenburg Albert Adam, Blacksmith, Kills His Wife and Shoots Himself. Inquest Will Be Held. A terrible tragedy occurred at Weissenberg, near New Germany, on Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock when Albert Adam, blacksmith at that village shot his wife and killed himself. It appears the couple had been quarreling, their three children having been taken away from the parents some time ago and resided at the hotel at that place. The day previous he had given his wife a sum of money and yesterday he asked that the money be returned. She refused to comply with his request and he forthwith went to Guelph where he bought a revolver and returning met his wife on the road near the railway and shot her dead. He was afterwards found dead in the parlor of his home having also taken his own life. He was about 38 years old and his wife 32 years of age. The coroner from Guelph was summoned and an inquest will be held. The Chronicle Telegraph 7 Apr 1910, p. 4 __________________ LICENSE SALE OF FIREARMS Result of Inquest of Adams Tragedy at Ariss on April 5th Guelph, April 11 - Coroner Dr. H. C. McLean and his jury resumed their inquest into the death of Mrs. Mary Adams at 10.30 this morning in the Adams home, and in the same room in which Adams committed the act which occasioned this inquiry. The first witness called was Louisa Hauck, the young wqman who was aiding Mrs. Adams to do the house cleaning at the time of the shooting. Her testimony threw practically no further light on the matter, but she did establish beyond doubt the fact that the direct cause of the shooting was that Mrs. Adams refused to deliver to her husband the $100 which his brother, Ignatz Adams, had paid him on a note the previous Saturday. Adams came up and knocked at the door, but Mrs. Adams told Miss Hauck to say that she (Mrs Adams) was not in there, which she did. The evidence of Michael Meyer the man who gave Adams a drive home from Guelph, cleared up the question of what became, of the four bullets which had been discharged. He stated that just after they had passed Marden, Adams took out the revolver and loaded it and fired one shot. This shot, the one which killed Mrs. Adams, the one which taken out of the wall by Constable Merewether, and the one with which Adams killed himself, made up the four which were discharged, and leave no doubt as to how many shots were fired by Adams in the house. Major Merewether and Constable Young detailed the state of affairs when they arrived, and also stated that they had searched the house an been unable to find the money which Mrs. Adams told Miss Hauck she had hidden from her husband. The jury's verdict was as follows: "That Mary Adams came to her death in the township of Pilkington, on the 6th day of April, 1910, as the result of a bullet wound inflicted by her husband, Albert Adams, with muderous intent." They added a very strong recommendation, to be sent to the Attorney-General, in the matter of the careless and indiscriminate use and sale of firearms. The Chronicle Telegraph, 21 Apr 1910, p. 2

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 014763-1898. Albert Adam, 25, occ. Blacksmith, b. Waterloo Twp., res. Waterloo Twp son of Ignatz and Rosella, Married Mary Reinhardt, 19, Spinster, b. Waterloo Twp., res. same, daughter of Henry and Sarah; Witness(s): Martin Haus, Theresia Reinhardt, Waterloo Tp. 27 July 1898 at New Germany [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 23. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 14763 (1898), Adam-Reinhardt. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Waterloo Township, Sect. 1 Page 22. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Section 1 page 49. [S91] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Maryhill - St. Boniface Roman Catholic [found cited on various sources on the internet and family histories]. Ignatus Adam, 25, s/o Joseph & Magdalena Thoman of Alsace married 24 Nov 1857 to Rosalia Haus d/o Hieronimus & Maria Anna Schwoob of Alsace, witnesses: Frederick Erlinger & Theresia Haus

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Aug 1872 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Catholic - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Apprentice Blacksmith - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - blacksmith - 1898 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1898 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Jul 1898 - Maryhill (New Germany) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario Died - 6 Apr 1910 - Weissenburg, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth