Isabella Adams

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Jeffery

• Isabella Adams was born circa 1857 in London Bow. She was the daughter of William Adams and Isabella Park, William was a well knownEngineer and locomotive designer of the middle 1800's.
  
• Her marriage to Gilbert Henry Garrett, son of Thomas Poynder Garrett and Ann (Mary) Jefferis, was registered in the March 1883 Quarter Registration District.
• On 10 March 1889,her husband, Gilbert Henry Garrett died in Newcastle at age 34. His obituary read :- GILBERT HENRY GARRETT (1) was born at Tamworth on the 4th of March, 1855, and was educated at the Clergy Orphan School, Canterbury. From youth his taste lay in the direction of engineering, and accordingly he was educated with a view of embracing that profession, becoming a pupil under Mr. W. Adams, of the Great Eastern Railway. Afterwards, when that gentleman was made Locomotive Superintendent of the London and South-Western Railway, Mr. Garrett was appointed his assistant. In this capacity he materially rendered great help in re-arranging the works connected with that company. A vacancy occurring a t Messrs. Sterne and Co.’s Works, Glasgow, he was made manager, and remained there for about three years. After the death of Mr. Douglass, of Messrs. Stephenson’s Works, Newcastle, he was appointed to direct the affairs of t h a t well-known establishment i n September 1885. Thi s office he filled wi th conspicuous ability up to the time of his premature death, which occurred on the 10th of March, 1889. Mr. Garrett was elected an Associate Member of the Institut ion
  on the 1st of March, 1881.
  
  1 These particulars are derived from a notice in the Newcastle Daily Chronicle
  for March 12,1889.
• Isabella Adams appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in Putney, London. Isabella is shown as a 44 year old born London Bow. There is also a Nancy Helen Garrett living in Putney, aged 13, born Newcaaslte on Tyne.
  
  

Ivor Stuart Adams

• Ivor Stuart Adams was born in 1908 in Queensland.
• He was the son of George Adams and Ethel Ellen May Leggatt.
• Ivor Stuart Adams died on 10 August 1995.
• Ivor was buried on 14 August 1995 in Cabarlah Cemetery. UNIT-00E-0001.

James Adams

• James Adams was born in 1845 in County Derry, Northern Ireland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Matilda Crawford.
• At the age of 30 years, James Adams married Letita Green in 1875 in Queensland.
• James Adams's son, Joseph Adams was buried in Cabarlah Cemetery.
• On 20 December 1885,James Adams's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Adams was buried in Cabarlah Cemetery.
• In 1901 James was listed as a farmer of Geham in the 1901 Crow's Nest Post Office Directory.
  
• James Adams and Letita Green appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Geham. James was a farmer and their son Robert John was a labourer. James' brother John also farmed at Geham.
  
• On 3 April 1921,his wife, Letita Green died in Queensland at age 64.
• James Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1925 and 1930 living at Cabarlah. He was a grazier.
  
• James Adams died on 7 July 1939 in Queensland.
• James was buried on 8 July 1939 in Cabarlah Cemetery. UNIT-00A-0001.

James Adams

• James Adams was born in 1879 in Queensland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Letita Green.
• James Adams died in 1939 in Queensland.

James Adams

• James Adams was born in 1803 in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was the son of Arthur Adams and Elizabeth Black.
  
• James Adams married Matilda Crawford circa 1830.
• On 17 August 1877,his wife, Matilda Crawford died in Queensland.
• James Adams died on 18 October 1892 in Queensland.
• James was buried on 20 October 1892 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery. His headstone shows she was from Geham, Highfields.

Jean Estelle Lillian Adams

• Jean Estelle Lillian Adams was born in 1905 in Halifax, Queensland.
• She was the daughter of David James Adams and Jean Donald Campbell.
• Jean Estelle Lillian Adams died on 3 October 1971 in Brisbane, Queensland. She is buried at Lutwyche with her parents. Jean was a nurse. She never married and cared for her parents in their old age.

John Adams

• John Adams was born in 1841 in Drummond, Londonderry, Ireland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Matilda Crawford.
• At the age of 28 years, John Adams married Matilda Stewart in 1869 in Brisbane, Queensland.
• John Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1901 living at an unknown place . John was listed as a farmer of Geham in the 1901 Crow's Nest Post Office Directory.
  
• He and Matilda Stewart appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1903 living at Geham. John was a farmer. Their daughters Margaret Jane and Elizabeth also lived at Geham and son George farmed there as did brother James. John's brother Robert was a labourer.
  
• On 30 December 1912,his wife, Matilda Stewart died in Cabarlah, Queensland.
• John Adams and Margaret Jane Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1925 living at Geham. He was a farmer and his daughter Margaret carried out home duties.
  
• John Adams died on 21 April 1929 in Queensland.
• John was buried in Cabarlah Cemetery.

Joseph Adams

• Joseph Adams was born in 1879 in Queensland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Letita Green.
• Joseph Adams died in December 1880 in Queensland.
• Joseph was buried in Cabarlah Cemetery.

Joseph George Adams

• Joseph George Adams was born in 1886 in Queensland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Letita Green.
• At the age of 26 years, Joseph George Adams married Annie Askin, daughter of Richard Askin and Emma Thatcher, in 1912 in Queensland.
• In January 1918 Joseph was made a Justice of the Peace.
  
• Joseph George Adams and Annie Askin appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1925 and 1930 living at Cabarlah. Joseph was a farmer.
  
• Joseph George Adams gave the bride away at the wedding of Leslie Andrew McPhail and Daisy Emma Askin on 8 June 1925 in Neil Street Methodist Church, Toowoomba. The Queenslander reported "A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated, in the Neil-street Methodist Church on Monday morning, when Miss Daisy E. Askin (second youngest daughter of Mrs. K. Askin and the late Mr. R. Askin, of Crow's Nest) was married to Mr. Andrew Leslie M'Phail (youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John M'Phail, of Pierce Creek). The Rev. H. Garrett (Crow's Nest) officiated. The bride who was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. T. Adams, wore her travelling frock, which was composed of sand crepe Marocain, straight-lined, beautifully beaded frock, with which a close fitting navy blue hat was worn. Miss May Askin (sister of the bride) attended as bridesmaid, and wore a frock of lemon fugi silk, trimmed with pin tucks and stitchery. A small black, satin cloche was also worn. Mr. Albert Barnes was best man. The honeymoon is being spent in Brisbane and at the seaside"
  At the time of their marriage Daisy lived in Crow's Nest and worked in the library. After their marriage Les and Daisy moved to River Trees in New South Wales and eventually settled in Wilson's Downfall. He signed his portion of the Pierce Creek farm over to his sister Jessie in 1937.
  
• The following article appeared in the The Courier-Mail on 3 October 1941. "Patrick Costello, 23, farm hand, and Joseph Adams, 55 farmer, both of Cabarlah, were knocked off their horses on the Cooby Creek road by a limb which fell from a burning tree as they were returning from fighting a bush fire. Costello received a fracture of the pelvis and Adams an incised wound over the right eye and abrasions on the left hand. The Toowoomba ambulance took Costello to the Toowoomba General Hospital and Adams to a private hospital.
  
• Joseph George Adams died on 16 December 1979 in Brisbane, Queensland.
• Joseph was buried in Cabarlah Cemetery.

Joseph Skilton Adams

• Joseph Skilton Adams's birth was registered in the Ware, Hertfordshire Registration District in the September 1872 Quarter. He was the son of Robert Adams and __ Skilton.
  
• His marriage, at 20 years and 9 months, to Annie Selina Rowell was registered in the June 1893 Quarter, Isle of Wight, Hampshire Registration District.
• Joseph Skilton Adams and Annie Selina Rowell immigrated on 31 July 1909. Joseph 35 and Annie 41 travelled on the SS Waipara with their two sons Bertram 14 and Leslie 12.
  
• On 17 March 1910, Joseph Skilton Adams enrolled his son Leslie Walter Adams in Pinelands State School. He was 12 years 9 months old. His father was a farmer at Pinelands.
  
  
• Joseph Skilton Adams and Annie Selina Rowell appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Oaklands, Pinelands. Joseph was a farmer and Annie carried out home duties. Their sons were also farmers in the district.
  
• Joseph Skilton Adams died on 9 November 1950 in Queensland at age 78.
• Joseph was buried on 11 November 1950 in Crow's Nest Cemetery.

Kenneth Stewart Campbell Adams

• Kenneth Stewart Campbell Adams was born on 18 September 1907 in Halifax, Queensland. He married Kathleen Isobel Thorsborne at Beenleigh. After her death he married Patricia Mary Haswell in Rockhampton.
  
• He was the son of David James Adams and Jean Donald Campbell.
• Kenneth Stewart Campbell Adams died on 15 July 1976 in Brisbane, Queensland, at age 68. He is buried in Pinaroo Cemetery.

Leila Mavis Crawford Adams

• Leila Mavis Crawford Adams was born in 1912 in Woongoolba, Queensland. She married James Bell.
• She was the daughter of David James Adams and Jean Donald Campbell.

Leslie Walter Adams

• Leslie Walter Adams's birth was registered in the Blean, Kent Registration District in the March 1897 Quarter.
• He was the son of Joseph Skilton Adams and Annie Selina Rowell.
• Leslie Walter Adams immigrated on 31 July 1909 with Joseph Skilton Adams and Annie Selina Rowell. Joseph 35 and Annie 41 travelled on the SS Waipara with their two sons Bertram 14 and Leslie 12.
  
• Leslie Walter Adams commenced school at Pinelands State School on 17 March 1910.
• At the age of 25 years, Leslie Walter Adams married Florence Anstine/Austene Stark, daughter of Herman Stark and Ellen Cosntance Heath Ranger, in 1923 in Queensland.
• Leslie Walter Adams and Florence Anstine/Austene Stark appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Pinelands. Les was a farmer as was his father and brother Bert.
  
• Leslie Walter Adams died in 1983 in Queensland.

Lewis John Adams

• Lewis John Adams was born on 25 July 1924.
• Lewis John Adams died in 1978 in New Zealand.

Lillia Margaret Crawford Adams

• Charts: Descendants of William Crawford.

• Lillia Margaret Crawford Adams was also known as Leila Margarita.
• She was born in 1881 in Sydney, New South Wales.
• She was the daughter of Alexander Adams and Mary Ann Johnston.
• At the age of 23 years, Lillia Margaret Crawford Adams married George W Fraser in 1904 in Woollahra, New South Wales.
• Lillia Margaret Crawford Adams died in 1950 in Chatswood, New South Wales.

Margaret Adams

• Margaret Adams was born in 1860. She was the daugher of John Adams and Mary Boyd.
  
• Margaret Adams married Joseph Quirey circa 1885.
• Margaret Adams and Joseph Quirey appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Crow's Nest. No occupation was given for Joseph. Margaret carried out home duties.
  
• Margaret Adams died on 10 August 1930 in Queensland.
• Margaret was buried in Crow's Nest Cemetery.

Margaret Jane Adams

• Margaret Jane Adams was born on 4 June 1870 in Cabarlah, Queensland.
• She was the daughter of John Adams and Matilda Stewart.
• Margaret Jane Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll with John Adams and Matilda Stewart in 1903 in Geham. John was a farmer. Their daughters Margaret Jane and Elizabeth also lived at Geham and son George farmed there as did brother James. John's brother Robert was a labourer.
  
• Margaret Jane Adams and John Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1925 living at Geham. He was a farmer and his daughter Margaret carried out home duties.
  
• Margaret Jane Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll in 1930 living at Geham. She carried out home duties.
  
• Margaret Jane Adams died on 13 July 1959 in Queensland at age 89.
• Margaret was buried in Cabarlah Cemetery.

Martha Letita Adams

• Martha Letita Adams was born in 1889 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of James Adams and Letita Green.
• At the age of 23 years, Martha Letita Adams married William Pearce, son of Edwin John Pearce and Ann Horton, on 31 January 1912 in Geham Presbyterian Church, Queensland.
• Martha Letita Adams and William Pearce appeared on the Electoral Roll between 1930 and 1943 living at Pechey. William was a farmer.
  
• In 1968,her husband, William Pearce died in Queensland.
• Martha Letita Adams died in 1970 in Queensland.

Mary Elizabeth Adams

• Mary Elizabeth Adams was born in 1883 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of James Adams and Letita Green.
• Mary Elizabeth Adams died on 19 December 1885 in Queensland.
• Mary was buried on 20 December 1885 in Cabarlah Cemetery.

Matilda Adams

• Matilda Adams was born in 1885 in Queensland.
• She was the daughter of James Adams and Letita Green.
• Matilda Adams died in 1886 in Queensland.

Oliver Martin Adams

• Oliver Martin Adams died in 1896 in Queensland.
• He was born in 1896 in Queeensland. He was a twin to Ernest Albert.
  
• He was the son of Arthur Patch and Alice Amelia Whyte.

Rheinhold Meitzten Adams

• Charts: Descendants of Thomas Jeffery

• Rheinhold Meitzten Adams was born in 1886 in Plymouth, England.
• At the age of 27 years, Rheinhold Meitzten Adams married Nancy Helen Garrett, daughter of Gilbert Henry Garrett and Isabella Adams, on 12 October 1913 in Karachi, Bombay, India.
• Rheinhold Meitzten Adams died on 22 April 1917 in Summarah, Iraq.

Robert Adams

• Robert Adams was born in 1839 in Drummond, Londonderry, Ireland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Matilda Crawford.
• Robert Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll with John Adams and Matilda Stewart in 1903 in Geham. John was a farmer. Their daughters Margaret Jane and Elizabeth also lived at Geham and son George farmed there as did brother James. John's brother Robert was a labourer.
  
• Robert Adams died in 1919 in Brisbane, Queensland.

Robert John Adams

• Robert John Adams was born in 1878 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Letita Green.
• Robert John Adams and Thomas Henry Adams served in the Boer War ( between 1899 and 1902.)
• Robert John Adams appeared on the Electoral Roll with Letita Green and James Adams in 1903 in Geham. James was a farmer and their son Robert John was a labourer. James' brother John also farmed at Geham.
  
• Robert John Adams began military service on 16 April 1917 in Perth, Western Australia. He was a 38 year old teamster, a widower and listed his next of kin as his son Robert James Adams of Swan Orphanage, Ellis Creek, Barragup WA. He was a trooper in the 29th Battalion Reinforcements and served in the Middle East and returned to Australia.
  
• Robert John Adams died on 29 April 1919 in Freemantle, Western Australia. He died in hospital from pneumonia.

Selina Adams

• Charts: Descendants of John Burgess

• Selina Adams was born circa 1860. She was the daughter of John Adams and Sarah.
  
• Selina Adams married Henry John Burgess, son of Henry Burgess and Grace Difford, in 1883 in Penrith, New South Wales.
• On 23 November 1903,her husband, Henry John Burgess died in St Marys, New South Wales.
• Selina Adams died in 1923 in Penrith, New South Wales.

Selwyn David John Adams

• Selwyn David John Adams was born on 16 October 1909 in Woongoolba, Queensland. He married Daphne Joy Daniells in Toowoomba.
• He was the son of David James Adams and Jean Donald Campbell.
• Selwyn David John Adams died on 7 September 1998 in Toowoomba at age 88.
• Selwyn was buried on 12 September 1998 in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery.

Silias Adams

• Silias Adams was born in 1892 in Queensland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Letita Green.
• At the age of 23 years, Silias Adams married Sylvia Alma Patch, daughter of Arthur Patch and Alice Amelia Whyte, in 1915 in Queeensland.
• Silias Adams died in 1959 in Queensland.

Stuart Donald Vivian Adams

• Stuart Donald Vivian Adams was born on 12 August 1914 in Woongoolba, Queensland. He married Dorothy Evans and served in WW2 as a Rat of Tobruk (QX10803.)
• He was the son of David James Adams and Jean Donald Campbell.
• Stuart Donald Vivian Adams died in 1980 in Queensland.

Thomas Henry Adams

• Thomas Henry Adams was born in 1880 in Cabarlah, Queensland.
• He was the son of James Adams and Letita Green.
• Thomas Henry Adams and Robert John Adams served in the Boer War ( between 1899 and 1902.)
• The following article appeared in the The Courier Mail on 17 September 1940. " 42 YEARS' SERVICE IN ARMY AND POLICE. Senior-sergeant T. A. Adams, of the Valley police, who retired from the force on Saturday, his 60th birthday, has been in uniform, partly in the military,
  for 42 years. Born at Cabarlah, near Toowoomba, he joined the 7th Moreton Regiment in 1898. He was one of the 25 infantry-men picked to represent Queensland at the signing of the Federation in Sydney in 1900. He joined the Queensland Imperial Bushmen at the outbreak of the Boer War, and was on active service in South Africa until the end of the war in 1902. He joined the police force in 1905, and did valuable work in various country centres. He was promoted to senior-sergeant while at South Townsville in 1935. He will be entertained to-night by police attached to the Valley station."
  
• The following article appeared in the The Courier-Mail on 25 May 1949. " EDMUND SWEENEY, Boer War veteran, the front rider depicted in this 48-year-old water colour (above) has died in Brisbane.
  This picture, entitled 'For the V.C.' was first printed in a Brisbane Courier supplement in 1901.
  Lines under the picture stated that an officer of the fifth Queensland contingent, writing from South Africa, said he had heard that one of the men, named Sweeney, had been recommended for the Victoria Cross. He rode back under fire to a man whose horse had been shot, and got the man up behind him. Then he himself was shot in the chest, and fell, gasping, 'Never mind me, save yourself, old chap, I'm done for.' Mr. Sweeney never received what would have been Queensland's first V.C, but was granted the Distinguished Conduct Medal. His brother (Mr. William Sweeney, Margate) said yesterday that the man he saved was former Police Sergeant Adams, of Cabarlah, near Toowoomba, now a plumber in Sydney. Mr. Sweeney, a former teamster and Main Roads Commission overseer, has left a widow and four children. He was 69."
  
• Thomas Henry Adams died in 1954 in Liverpool, New South Wales.

Venetia Madge Matilda Adams

• Venetia Madge Matilda Adams was born on 4 December 1903 in Halifax, Queensland.
• She was the daughter of David James Adams and Jean Donald Campbell.
• At the age of 26 years and 14 days, Venetia Madge Matilda Adams married John Stanley Coulter on 18 December 1929 in Brisbane, Queensland.
• Venetia Madge Matilda Adams died on 26 May 1980 in Pimpama at age 76.