Adams - Scraps of Family History

 

 


ADAMS

 

 

The first of this name on our Irish side that has been found is Con or Hugh Adams. His first name has not been verified. Well, whatever his first name turns out to be, he married a woman by hte name of Ellen Sharp. They had one child which is known to us, William Adams



William Adams was born 1849 in County Cork, Ireland. It was said of William that he was a farmer of English Descent. It is said that William received a grant from Sir James Cotter of 540 acres in Knuttery, Burnfort, County Cork. He married Elizabeth O'Keefe in Ireland and they had 12 children.

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Elizabeth Adams

 


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Catherine Adams

Children of WILLIAM ADAMS and ELIZABETH O'KEEFE are:

JOHN ADAMS, b. Ireland.

HUGH ADAMS, b. Ireland.

SAMUEL ADAMS, b. Ireland; d. May 10, 1934.

DAN ADAMS, b. Ireland.

CHRISTINE ADAMS, b. Ireland.

MINNIE ADAMS, b. Ireland; m. ? DORGAN.

MARGARET MAG ADAMS, b. Ireland; m. TIM DOYLE, Boston.

JULIA ADAMS, b. Ireland; m. DAVID O'KEEFE.

CORNELIUS ADAMS, b. Ireland.

ELIZABETH ADAMS, b. Ireland; d. December 06, 1958, New York; m. JAMES KIERAN; d. May 26, 1939, New York.

ELLEN 'NELL" ADAMS, b. 1875 in Ireland; m. DAN O'CALLAHAN ,d.New York

CATHERINE ADAMS, b. 1878, Cork, IR; d. May 23, 1960, Burnfort Knochbrach Mallow, Cork, Ireland m. JAMES NYHAN, Abt. 1902, Cork, Ireland.

 

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