Gertrude Adams

Female Abt 1878 -


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gertrude Adams was born about 1878 (daughter of Henry Adams and Rebecca Adams).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry AdamsHenry Adams was born on 3 Mar 1836 in Hollins End, Handsworth, Yorkshire (son of James Adams and Rebecca Pinch); died on 12 Dec 1906.

    Notes:

    From The Origin and History of the Primitive Methodist Church, Vol 2.

    "Mr. Henry Adams of Sheffield is a pronounced progressive in regard to chapel extension, and his influence and liberality have been a very considerable factor in the development of primitive Methodism in Sheffield and the district. Mr. Adams was born at Hollinsend in '36, and went to Sheffield in '63, some two years after his conversion. In this same year he became an agent for the Refuge Assurance Company, and began what was destined to be one of the most successful careers known to the Assurance world. In this work he discovered and developed his genius for business. For many years now he has been a Director of the Company, for which he was once only an agent. Mr. Adams has been the Steward of Sheffield Fifth since its formation, and for many years he has been recognised as one of the leaders of our Church, in both its District and Connexional Courts, and he was elected Vice-President of the Conferenee of 1883. Mr. Adams has taken a remarkable interest in chapel-building affairs. In Sheffield Fifth, Eighth and Ninth Circuits, and in Hoyland Circuit particularly, our places of worship are memorials of his enterprise and liberality. Mr. Adams' private beneficence is well known, his beneficence is not confined to his own Communion, nor does Mr. Adams' Christian life exhaust itself in officialism. He is exemplary in his attendance at the means of grace even on the week-night and he loves an old-fashioned Methodist prayer-meeting. In all his life-work Mr. Adams has had a willing helper in his devoted wife. "

    From "Friend in Deed" by Cyril Clegg (a book about the Refuge Assurance Co. Ltd.)

    "Henry Adams,who was born at Hollins End near Sheffield,on March 3rd 1836,The youngest of of a large family who,at the age of nine,commenced work in a Yorkshire coal mine.His Family,to improve their circumstances, moved frequently,living at Masborough,Intake and Wombell Main Colliery,near Barnsley.

    Henry Adams had none of the educational advantages enjoyed by the Youth of today,but like so many of the early Refuge Members,he was a devoted Methodist and received his early training at Sunday School.He was a thoughtful man.and working in the mines man under the conditions of those days,the need of the working man to save and protect himself and his family against the misfortunes of accident,disease and death was very apparant to him.

    By the time he left the mines at the age of 27 in 1863 to join forces with James Proctor,he had already begun to form his own little local society in South Yorkshire;and in the years that followed until his death in 1906,he successfully developed the business of the Refuge not only in South Yorkshire,but in the Counties of Derby,Lincoln and Nottingham,While his son William Adams pioneered the business in the Birmingham area."

    Entry on My Primitive Methodist Ancestors

    Henry married Rebecca Adams in Mar 1857. Rebecca was born on 20 Aug 1837 in Brampton, Derbyshire; died on 15 Jul 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rebecca Adams was born on 20 Aug 1837 in Brampton, Derbyshire; died on 15 Jul 1904.

    Notes:

    Entry on My Primitive Ancestors

    Children:
    1. William Adams, J.P. was born in 1857 in Darfield, Yorks; died in 1911 in Sorrento, Wake Green Road, Moseley.
    2. Elizabeth Adams was born in 1860 in Darfield, Yorks.
    3. Esther Adams was born in 1861 in Darfield, Yorks.
    4. Herbert Adams was born about 1863.
    5. Ada Adams was born about 1865 in Sheffield, Yorks.
    6. Ernest Adams was born on 3 Sep 1866 in Sheffield.
    7. Henry Adams was born about 1874.
    8. Gladstone Adams was born in 1876; died on 19 Aug 1917; was buried in St. Tudno's cemetery, Llandudno, Conwy.
    9. 1. Gertrude Adams was born about 1878.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Adams was born about 1796 in Youlgreave, Derbyshire, England.

    James married Rebecca Pinch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rebecca Pinch
    Children:
    1. John Adams was born in 1816; died in 1899; was buried in City Road Cemetery, Sheffield.
    2. Mary Adams was born in 1819.
    3. Rebecca Adams was born in 1821.
    4. Charles Adams was born in 1823.
    5. Elizabeth Adams was born about 1826.
    6. James Adams was born about 1828.
    7. Amy Adams was born in 1831.
    8. William Adams was born about 1834; died in 1909.
    9. 2. Henry Adams was born on 3 Mar 1836 in Hollins End, Handsworth, Yorkshire; died on 12 Dec 1906.


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