Leslie Marie Adams

Notes:

Cemetery Records: Invercargill, Eastern Cemetery
Leslie Marie Adams
Age at Death: 6 months
Female
Date of Death: 20 Aug 1938
Date of Burial: 22 Aug 1938
Daughter of William & Gladys Adams

Notes:

Birth Source on Robert Blair Adams Attestation Papers states his children names and their birth dates
Willie - 04 Oct 1906 Invercargill


Cemetery Records Invercargill City, Eastern Cemetery
Name: William Eric Adams
Age: 76 years
Male
Date of Death: Tuesday 06 Sep 1983
Date of Burial: Thursday 25 Oct 1984
Cremation Date: Thursday 08 Sep 1983
Occupation: Hotel Manager
Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Block/Plot: 26 / 30
Other burials in this plot are:
Leslie Marie Adams, age 6 mos, Female
Gladys Grace Adams, Age 77 yrs, Female
Russel John Burns, Age 1 day

William married Gladys Grace. Gladys was born about 1914; died on 20 Apr 1991 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 2 May 1991 in Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cemetery Records, Invercargill - Eastern Cemetery
Name: Gladys Grace Adams
Age: 77 years
Female
Date of Death: Saturday 20 Apr 1991
Date of Burial: Thursday 02 May 1991
Cremation Date: Tuesday, 23 Apr 1991
Occupation: Retired Homemaker

Eastern Cemetery: Block / Plot: 26 / 30
Others interred in this plot are:
Leslie Marie Adams, 6 mos, Female
William Eric Adams, Male, Age 76
John Russel Burns , Male Age 1 day

Notes:

Research related to finding Robert's parents:
Per his military Attestation papers, stated birthplace was Greenock, Renfrewshire Scotland
1891 Census locates a family - Parents Andrwe Adams & Jane Adams
Children Names: Andrew -14;Mary Ann - 13; Robert - 9; Jane -7; and David 5.


Vital Records, New Zealand, Deaths
1954/27928 Adams, Robert Blair 75 years

Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Name: Robert Blair Adams
Age: 75 years
Male
Date of Burial, Saturday 18 Dec 1954
Location: Soldiers Avenue Block 2/ plot 311

Grave Marker Inscription:
34786
Pte RB Adams
Otago Regt
Died 16 Dec 1954
1st NZEF
Aged 76 years

Attestation Papers WWI
Name: Robert Blair ADAMS
Military #: 34786
Infantry
Birthplace: Greenock Scotland
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1881
Trade: Cook
Last Address: Makarewa
Married & has 3 children
enlisted: 25 Aug 1916
Discharged 21.3.19 - no longer physically fit for war service - on account of wounds and gas poisoning

Robert married Christina Wilkie on 24 Apr 1902 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Christina (daughter of Robert Wilkie and Elizabeth Mitchell) was born on 1 Dec 1875 in , , New Zealand; died on 18 Feb 1954 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

New Zealand Civic Records Indexes 1800-1966
Name: Christina Wilkie
Birth Date: 1876
Place: New Zealand
Father's Name: Robert Wilkie
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Wilkie
Registration Number: 1876/14081

Another strong possible - Christina is a paternal Grandmother name; Birth Date is possible - needs more verification however 2019 hw

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1946 Southland Invercargill
#22 Adams, Christina 163 Mary Street Married
#25 Adams, Gladys Grace 163 Mary Street Married* Possibly Wm's Wife
#30 Adams, Robert Blair 163 Mary Street Cook
#31 Adams, William Eric 163 Mary Street Labourer

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1949 Southland Invercargill
#21 - Christina Adams
#25 Gladys Grace
#29 Robert Blair
#31 William Eric
All info exactly same as in 1946

Vital Statistics, New Zealand
Death Records
1954/20637 Adams, Christina Age 77 years

Cremation Record
Name: Adams, Christina
Age: 77 years
Female
Date of Death: 18 Feb 1954
Place of Death: Invercargill
Last Address: 163 Mary Street, Invercargill
Date of Cremation: 20 Feb 1954
Ashes: Scattered 21 Feb 1954
Occupation: Married
Native of New Zealand - Years in New Zealand: 77

New Zealand Cemetery Records 1800-2007
Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Burial REgister Vol 10 1945-1956 Page 2334
Name: Adams, Christina
Died 18 Feb 1954 Aged 77 years, Married. Resident of 163 Mary Street, Invercargill
Born New Zealand
Cremation Register #3745 Died at Kew Hospital, Invercargill
Ashes Scattered

Notes:

Married:

Source for Marriage record comes from Robert Blair Adams' Attestation Papers

Marriage:
Christina Wilkie (Spinster) on 24 Apr 1902 at Dunedin, Registry Office

Other Events and Attributes:

• Marriage: 16 Jun 1865, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
• 1871 Census: 1871, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland; 1871 Scotland Census
• Migration: 1874; Migration to New Zealand aboard 'Auckland'

Notes:

1851 Scotland Census, Roll CSSCT1851_85, Parish 411, BurntIsland, Household 33, Line 10
Robert Wilkie, birth abt 1845, Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland

1865, Statutory Marriage 444/00/0023
Leslie, County Fife, Page 12
1865, on 16 June at Leslie after Banns according to the Forms of the United Presbyterian church,
Groom: Robert Wilkie,
Bachelor, Ploughman
Age 21
Residence, Ingrie, Leslie,
Parents: William Wilkie, ploughman & Margaret Fraser

Bride: Elizabeth Mitchell
Single, Bleacher
Age 21
Residence: Leslie, Fife
Parents: Andrew Mitchell, Bleacher & Elizabeth Robertson
Witnesses: William Mitchell & Janet Wilkie
Minister: Archibald Alison
Registrar: John Swan

Have searched again (Jan 2011) for a census location 1861 for Robert Wilkie - as in 1865 he is 21 and marrying Elizabeth Mitchell - wonder how the Robert & Elizabeth met - presumably in the area as marriage cert. states Robert a ploughman and Elizabeth a bleacher.

1871 Scotland Census: Reg # 440, Line 22, Roll CSSCT1871_75, Household #70
Robert Wilkie, Head, Male, married, Age 26, Occ Yarn Bleacher
Elizabeth Mitchell, Female, Wife, Married, Age 26
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Son, Age 3
Elizabeth Wilkie, Female, Dtr, Age 7 mos

Robert & Elizabeth moved to London England as Daughter Elizabeth married a William Ayres in 1889 ( Bride was 19 & Groom 21) Again - questions - how did Elizabeth meet her bridegroom? are there family connections in someway that are introducing the younger generation to one another????? One connection would be John Robert Wilkie & Barbara Hay's family. John died in 1854 thus prior to 1861 census - would family attend one another's funerals in those days (seems very unlikely) - seemed so very little time between death and burials and a lengthy distance to travel.

Large gap here, as when did Robert sail for New Zealand. Did Elizabeth accompany him?

ancestry.ca file - Auckland Ship - 1245 tons, Captain: Stevens, Surgeon Superintendant:
Sailed Glasgow 27th August 1874 - arrived Dunedin 21st November 1874
List of Passengers:
Wilkie, William D., Age 57, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Margaret, Age 55
Wilkie, Christiana, Age 21
Wilkie, William Age 16
Wilkie, Peter Age 14
Wilkie, Charles Age 12

Wilkie, Robert Age 26, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 26
Wilkie, Andrew Age 7
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 3
Wilkie, Margaret Age 1
Certainly there seems to be a little discrepancy in the ages and birth dates as I know them, but then this did happen on passenger lists and other databases - so for the moment this checks out. I wonder, though, why Janet left earlier and was married in New Zealand, then also Son James - seems he was perhaps married there also - why did they leave earlier. I also wonder if all of these families or just some were sponsored by the govt to migrate to New Zealand????? HW Jan 2011

New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1880-1881 Otago Taieri
#736 Wilkie, Robert Residential, Residence is West Taieri, Occupation Farm servant


Obituary: Otago Witness Newspaper, National Library, Papers Past, 26 September 1895, Deaths, New Zealand
Wilkie: on the 21st September 1895 at his residence, Greytown South, Robert Wilkie; aged 51 years. Deeply regretted

No mention of his wife Elizabeth. Did she remain in England, return to Scotland or accompany him to New Zealand - but it seems on a timeline that Robert left England sometime after 1889 and journied to New Zealand - dying there in 1895.

New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records 1843-1998
Last Will & Testament of me, Robert Wilkie of Greytown, East Taieri in Province of Otago, Colony of New Zealand
I appoint James Carrell Renton of Easti Taieri, Province of Otago, Colony of New Zealand as my sole Executor
I give devise and bequeath unto said James Carrell Renton my executor all that I may be possesed of or entitled at the time of my decease; power to sell the property on which I now reside in the township of Greytown, Block II Section 18 & 19 East Taieri, Province of Otago, Colony of New Zealand for the benefit of my wife Elizabeth during her lifetime and after her decease to be equally divided amongst my surviving children.

Marriage:
Robert Wilkie, Ploughman, Bachelor, Age 21, Ingrie Leslie, Son of William Wilkie, Ploughman & Margaret Fraser married Elizabeth Mitchell, Bleacher, Single, Age 21, of Leslie, Daughter of Andrew Mitchell, Bleacher & Elizabeth Robertson

Robert married Elizabeth Mitchell on 16 Jun 1865 in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of A. Mitchell and E. Robertson) was born in 1844 in , , , Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1851 Census: 1851, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland; 1851 Scotland Census
• 1861 Census: 1861, Leslie, Fife, Scotland; 1861 Scotland Census
• Marriage: 16 Jun 1865, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland; Scotland marriage records
• 1871 Census: 1871, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland; 1871 Scotland census
• Migration: 1874, Scotland to New Zealand

Notes:

1865, Statutory Marriage 444/00/0023
Leslie, County Fife, Page 12
1865, on 16 June at Leslie after Banns according to the Forms of the United Presbyterian church,
Groom: Robert Wilkie,
Bachelor, Ploughman
Age 21
Residence, Ingrie, Leslie,
Parents: William Wilkie, ploughman & Margaret Fraser

Bride: Elizabeth Mitchell
Single, Bleacher
Age 21
Residence: Leslie, Fife
Parents: Andrew Mitchell, Bleacher & Elizabeth Robertson
Witnesses: William Mitchell & Janet Wilkie
Minister: Archibald Alison
Registrar: John Swan


1871 Scotland Census: Reg # 440, Line 22, Roll CSSCT1871_75, Household #70
Robert Wilkie, Head, Male, married, Age 26, Occ Yarn Bleacher
Elizabeth Mitchell, Female, Wife, Married, Age 26
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Son, Age 3
Elizabeth Wilkie, Female, Dtr, Age 7 mos

Robert & Elizabeth moved to England, London as Daughter Elizabeth married a William Ayres in 1889 ( Bride was 19 & Groom 21)

Elizabeth's trail goes cold in England as I cannot find anymore info. hw 2010

I have tried ancestry.ca, findmypast, Free BMD New Zealand and cemeteries, and Otago Witness newspaper for more info on Robert & Elizabeth but cannot find anything new. There are some Mitchells and Wilkies, seemingly tog in Dunedin cemeteries, but tis a Margaret Mitchell not an Elizabeth - so rather and unlikely fit at this time HW Jan 2011


ancestry.ca file - Auckland Ship - 1245 tons, Captain: Stevens, Surgeon Superintendant:
Sailed Glasgow 27th August 1874 - arrived Dunedin 21st November 1874
List of Passengers:
Wilkie, William D., Age 57, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Margaret, Age 55
Wilkie, Christiana, Age 21
Wilkie, William Age 16
Wilkie, Peter Age 14
Wilkie, Charles Age 12

Wilkie, Robert Age 26, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 26
Wilkie, Andrew Age 7
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 3
Wilkie, Margaret Age 1
Certainly there seems to be a little discrepancy in the ages and birth dates as I know them, but then this did happen on passenger lists and other databases - so for the moment this checks out. I wonder, though, why Janet left earlier and was married in New Zealand, then also Son James - seems he was perhaps married there also - why did they leave earlier. I also wonder if all of these families or just some were sponsored by the govt to migrate to New Zealand????? HW Jan 2011

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1905-1906, Otago Taieri
#4378 Wilkie, Elizabeth, East Taieri, Widow
A possiblitity that this person may be Robert Wilkie's wife - Elizabeth (Mitchell) Wilkie
Robert was a farm labourer in the East Taieri district, died in 1895, thus this time is a strong probability. Other Wilkie families listed on this document are Robert & Elizabeth's relatives.
such as Charles & Annie Esther Wilkie of Mosgiel; William Dick Wilkie Mosgiel, Peter Fraser Wilkie of Allanton etc 2019 hw

Migration:
Depart Glasgow Scotland, arrived Dunedin, New Zealand

Notes:

Married:
On birth certificate of Margaret Wilkie born 1872, Elizabeth Mitchell & Robert Wilkie\s marriage date is noted as 12 June 1864 at Leslie, Fife Scotland