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Wilbur Fiske Adams

Birth
Acton, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
3 Aug 1886 (aged 52)
Saint Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Saint Clair, St. Clair County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
NO MARKER however DC record confirms burial in Hillside
Memorial ID
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Wilbur married Sept. 30,1857 to Nancy Christie (1836-1918) daughter of Robert Christie and Marie Boyd.
They moved from Ontario to Michigan about 1876. After Wilbur's death, Nancy and children moved to Nebraska.
They had four children:
(1) Esther Maria Adams (Sept.17,1858-Dec.17,1909) married John Neale (Jan.13,1849-aft.1900) native of Boston, MA, son of John and Caroline Neale.

(2) Marietta Augusta Adams (Nov.8,1860-Apr.3,1926) born in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, married Frank Glass. She died in Brainerd, MN but buried in PA. They had three children:
- Frank A. Jr. (Dec.1883-Jan.15,1942), unmarried, died in Minneapolis, MN;
- May A. (Feb.15,1885-Feb.27,1974) married Orrin Ortho Williams about 1904 and had four daughters and two sons;
- Orianna Bernice (May 17,1891-Mar.16,1978), unmarried, died in Minneapolis.
(note - stone photo for Marietta's memorial has birth year as 1857 which should be 1860)

(3) Frederick Joseph Adams (Feb.4,1870-Jan.19,1960) married Martha Blair Stone (Mar.1872-May 4,1961). Both died in Omaha, NE. They had three sons:
- Emerson S. (dept. manager for county)
- Payson S. (physician and surgeon)
- Blair S. (physician and surgeon)

(4) Wilbur (AKA William) Stewart Adams
(Aug.18,1875-Sept.26,1936)
married Hattie E. Stevens (Feb.1873-Nov.17,
1966). Both died in Omaha, NE.
(note - although his birth registration in Ontario indicates WILBUR as given name, he was known as WILLIAM in adult life and tombstone indicates same)
They had four children:
- Ward W.
- Edith M.
- Ruth E.
- Elmer F.

Wilbur married Sept. 30,1857 to Nancy Christie (1836-1918) daughter of Robert Christie and Marie Boyd.
They moved from Ontario to Michigan about 1876. After Wilbur's death, Nancy and children moved to Nebraska.
They had four children:
(1) Esther Maria Adams (Sept.17,1858-Dec.17,1909) married John Neale (Jan.13,1849-aft.1900) native of Boston, MA, son of John and Caroline Neale.

(2) Marietta Augusta Adams (Nov.8,1860-Apr.3,1926) born in Owen Sound, Grey County, Ontario, married Frank Glass. She died in Brainerd, MN but buried in PA. They had three children:
- Frank A. Jr. (Dec.1883-Jan.15,1942), unmarried, died in Minneapolis, MN;
- May A. (Feb.15,1885-Feb.27,1974) married Orrin Ortho Williams about 1904 and had four daughters and two sons;
- Orianna Bernice (May 17,1891-Mar.16,1978), unmarried, died in Minneapolis.
(note - stone photo for Marietta's memorial has birth year as 1857 which should be 1860)

(3) Frederick Joseph Adams (Feb.4,1870-Jan.19,1960) married Martha Blair Stone (Mar.1872-May 4,1961). Both died in Omaha, NE. They had three sons:
- Emerson S. (dept. manager for county)
- Payson S. (physician and surgeon)
- Blair S. (physician and surgeon)

(4) Wilbur (AKA William) Stewart Adams
(Aug.18,1875-Sept.26,1936)
married Hattie E. Stevens (Feb.1873-Nov.17,
1966). Both died in Omaha, NE.
(note - although his birth registration in Ontario indicates WILBUR as given name, he was known as WILLIAM in adult life and tombstone indicates same)
They had four children:
- Ward W.
- Edith M.
- Ruth E.
- Elmer F.



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