8 ADAMS siblings.
Asa Edwin Adams (9/26/1835-8/20/1920); married Cyrene Statley Shields (1847-1916) B~1847 KY in Lassan Co., CA in 1864.
3 ADAMS children:
1. Matilda "Mattie" Adams (1867-1929). Never married. Born and died in CA at 67 years of age.
2. Carrie Adams B~1869 CA. Nothing more known.
3. Asa Edwin Adams Jr. (1877-1894). Born and died in CA at 17 years of age. [Not mentioned in census below.]
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"Asa and Cyrene had each traveled overland to California during the 1850's, but about 4 years apart, completely separate from each other and in altogether different wagon groups; they only first met years later in California during the Civil War years, and were married in Lassen County in 1864."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
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Reference:
1850 Atlas, Genesee, MI:
Heber Adams M 48 New York [Ebenezer]
Freelove Adams F 45 New York
Oscar C. Adams M 19 New York
Mary L. Adams F 17 New York
Edwin Adams M 15 New York [Asa Edwin]
Almira Adams F 13 Michigan
Henry Adams M 10 Michigan
John Q. Adams M 8 Michigan
Clarissa Adams F 6 Michigan
Sarah F. Adams F 3 Michigan
Joseph Lynch M 17 Michigan
1870 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA:
Eber Adams M 68y New York
Freeline Adams F 65y New York [Freelove]
Henry Adams M 30y Michigan
[Next entry is Asa Edwin Adams...]
1870 Santa Barbara Co., CA:
-->Asa Adams 34 Butcher NY
Siren Adams 23 KY [Cyrene]
Mattie Adams 3 CA
Carrie Adams 1 CA
__________
"Asa Edwin Adams (b. 1835, NY-1920, CA) and Cyrene Stately Shields (b. 1847, KY - 1916, CA) were my great-grandparents. I grew up hearing stories about their pioneer experiences from my grandmother, stories which prompted an ever-increasing curiosity as I became older, concerning the times in which they had lived ... I wondered what had become of their families, whom they had left back home in Michigan and Kentucky ..."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
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Census and Research: Fraya Weiss, 2011, 2013.
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Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011, 2013.
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WARNER lineage: Asa-8 Edwin Adams Sr., H. Eber-7 Adams, Polly-6 (Warner) Adams, David-5 C. Warner Sr., Jesse-4 Warner Sr., Samuel-3 Warner Sr., Daniel-2 Warner Sr., Andrew-1 WARNER, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
8 ADAMS siblings.
Asa Edwin Adams (9/26/1835-8/20/1920); married Cyrene Statley Shields (1847-1916) B~1847 KY in Lassan Co., CA in 1864.
3 ADAMS children:
1. Matilda "Mattie" Adams (1867-1929). Never married. Born and died in CA at 67 years of age.
2. Carrie Adams B~1869 CA. Nothing more known.
3. Asa Edwin Adams Jr. (1877-1894). Born and died in CA at 17 years of age. [Not mentioned in census below.]
__________
"Asa and Cyrene had each traveled overland to California during the 1850's, but about 4 years apart, completely separate from each other and in altogether different wagon groups; they only first met years later in California during the Civil War years, and were married in Lassen County in 1864."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
__________
Reference:
1850 Atlas, Genesee, MI:
Heber Adams M 48 New York [Ebenezer]
Freelove Adams F 45 New York
Oscar C. Adams M 19 New York
Mary L. Adams F 17 New York
Edwin Adams M 15 New York [Asa Edwin]
Almira Adams F 13 Michigan
Henry Adams M 10 Michigan
John Q. Adams M 8 Michigan
Clarissa Adams F 6 Michigan
Sarah F. Adams F 3 Michigan
Joseph Lynch M 17 Michigan
1870 Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA:
Eber Adams M 68y New York
Freeline Adams F 65y New York [Freelove]
Henry Adams M 30y Michigan
[Next entry is Asa Edwin Adams...]
1870 Santa Barbara Co., CA:
-->Asa Adams 34 Butcher NY
Siren Adams 23 KY [Cyrene]
Mattie Adams 3 CA
Carrie Adams 1 CA
__________
"Asa Edwin Adams (b. 1835, NY-1920, CA) and Cyrene Stately Shields (b. 1847, KY - 1916, CA) were my great-grandparents. I grew up hearing stories about their pioneer experiences from my grandmother, stories which prompted an ever-increasing curiosity as I became older, concerning the times in which they had lived ... I wondered what had become of their families, whom they had left back home in Michigan and Kentucky ..."
Source: Gordon Adams, great-grandson of Asa and Cyrene Adams, 12/31/2014, via email.
_________
Census and Research: Fraya Weiss, 2011, 2013.
__________
Research: Mary E. Warner, 2011, 2013.
__________
WARNER lineage: Asa-8 Edwin Adams Sr., H. Eber-7 Adams, Polly-6 (Warner) Adams, David-5 C. Warner Sr., Jesse-4 Warner Sr., Samuel-3 Warner Sr., Daniel-2 Warner Sr., Andrew-1 WARNER, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
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