Rodney Hamilton Adams

1821 - 1903  (81 years)

• Name	Rodney Hamilton Adams
  Born	9 Nov 1821	Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	disease
  Occupation	1851	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	carpenter
  Misfortune	1876	Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	lost wife and two children to typhoid fever
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-26755
  Died	4 Jun 1903	Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
  Person ID	I26755	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Amos Adams,   b. 12 Feb 1790, Stratton, Windham, Vermont, United States ,   d. 9 Jul 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Leah MacDonald,   b. 26 Feb 1796, , New York State, USA ,   d. 9 Dec 1869, Bethel, Branch, Michigan, United States  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F10188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Elizabeth Stafford,   b. 1828, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Jan 1874, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 46 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1848	, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. William Hamilton Adams,   b. 23 Jun 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Apr 1923, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States  (Age 74 years)   2. Marvin Amos Adams,   b. 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Dec 1876, Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F6995	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 pg 3. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 05594 (1874), Martha Adams. Martha Adams wife of Rodney Adams, d. 17 Jan 1877 Goderich, aged 46, b. Canada, cause: typhoid fever (six weeks), died 16 Dec 1876 Marin Adams aged 25, Lillian Adams 22 Jan 1877 aged 13 all of typhoid fever

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Nov 1821 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Married - 19 Jan 1848 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - carpenter - 1851 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - lost wife and two children to typhoid fever - 1876 - Goderich, Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Jun 1903 - Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth