My Scottish "Wilkie" Family
Robert Blair Adams
1881 - 1954 (73 years)-
Name Robert Blair Adams Birth 10 Jun 1881 Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland Gender Male Death 16 Dec 1954 Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Burial 18 Dec 1954 Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand Person ID I2308 wilkie Last Modified 1 Mar 2019
Family Christina Wilkie, b. 1 Dec 1875, , , New Zealand d. 18 Feb 1954, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 78 years) Marriage 24 Apr 1902 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Source for Marriage record comes from Robert Blair Adams' Attestation Papers
Marriage:
Christina Wilkie (Spinster) on 24 Apr 1902 at Dunedin, Registry Office
Children 1. Robert Thomas James Adams, b. 27 Jul 1903, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. Yes, date unknown 2. Leslie Ralph Adams, b. 25 Mar 1905, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 10 Aug 1946, , , New Zealand (Age 41 years) + 3. William Eric Adams, b. 14 Sep 1906, , , New Zealand d. 6 Sep 1983, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand (Age 76 years) 4. George James Adams, b. Abt 1908, , , New Zealand d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F775 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Mar 2019
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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
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