Robert Blair Adams: Wilkie Family

My Scottish "Wilkie" Family

1881 - 1954 (73 years)

Generation: 1

Robert Blair Adams was born on 10 Jun 1881 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland; died on 16 Dec 1954 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 18 Dec 1954 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

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]

Children:

2. Robert Thomas James Adams was born on 27 Jul 1903 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; and died.
3. Leslie Ralph Adams was born on 25 Mar 1905 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; died on 10 Aug 1946 in , , New Zealand; was buried in Ashburton Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand.
4. William Eric Adams was born on 14 Sep 1906 in , , New Zealand; died on 6 Sep 1983 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 25 Oct 1984 in Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
5. George James Adams was born about 1908 in , , New Zealand; and died.

Generation: 2

2. Robert Thomas James Adams (1.Robert¹) was born on 27 Jul 1903 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; and died.
Notes:
Birth Source taken from Robert Blair Adams' Attestation Papers

Leslie Ralph Adams

(1.Robert¹) was born on 25 Mar 1905 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; died on 10 Aug 1946 in , , New Zealand; was buried in Ashburton Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Notes:

Birth Source:
Robert Blair Adams' Attestation Papers

Cemetery Records, New Zealand, Ashburton Cemetery
Name: Adams, Leslie Ralph
Age: 42 years
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death: 10 Aug 1946
Interment Date: 12 Aug 1946

Leslie has a military marker - with Military # 22539
Spr (Sapper) of New Zealand Engineers
Grave plot shared with Gladys Irene Adams 1909 - 1980

Family/Spouse: Gladys Irene. Gladys was born in 1909; died in 1986; was buried in Ashburton Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William Eric Adams

(1.Robert¹) was born on 14 Sep 1906 in , , New Zealand; died on 6 Sep 1983 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 25 Oct 1984 in Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

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

Family/Spouse: 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]

Children:

6. Leslie Marie Adams was born in Mar 1938 in , , New Zealand; died on 20 Aug 1938 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 22 Aug 1938 in Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

5. George James Adams (1.Robert¹) was born about 1908 in , , New Zealand; and died.

Generation: 3

Leslie Marie Adams

(4.William², 1.Robert¹) was born in Mar 1938 in , , New Zealand; died on 20 Aug 1938 in Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand; was buried on 22 Aug 1938 in Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

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