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Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890
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Joseph Reff and family, 1880 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
Joseph Reff and family, 1880 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
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Christopher Adams
1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Christopher Adams - cont.
(cont.) Christopher Adams family, 1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York |
- [S678] Cape Vincent Eagle, New York. Cape Vincent., "Former Cape Man Dies in Michigan," April 8 1937, Vol. 69, No. 10, p. 1, col. 4; digital images, \i Northern New York Historical Newspapers\i0 (Reliability: 3), 12 Nov 2012.
Word has been received here of the death of C. A. Adams, 87 which occurrerd at the home of his son, Wayne Adams, Ludington, Mich., at 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 26. He had suffered a heart attack on Sunday, March 21, from which he failed to rally.
Mr. Adams was born at Cape Vincent, March 15, 1850, a son of Christopher and Barbara Adams. He was married here 23 years later, on March 5, 1873, to Miss Ella McWayne, who survives.
The couple remained in this section until 1886, when they removed to Michigan, settling at Hart, where Mr. Adams engaged in the drug business of Cady and Adams. In 1903 he moved to a farm about a mile out of Ludington.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams made their home on the farm until about ten years ago when they moved to Ludington to reside with their son. Always active in community affairs, during this period Mr. Adams served for four years as supervisor of Pere Marquette township, serving as chairman of the board for one year.
He was also a pioneer in Grange activities, having served for four years of Pomona Grange and for five years as Master of of Pere Marquette Grange. During this period he was instrumental in organizing four subordinate Granges in Mason County.
Also active politically, he was a past chairman of the county Republican committee and had served frequently as a delegate from Mason county to State Republican conventions.
Surviving in addition to the widow and son, Wayne, are three sisters, Mrs. Julia Fraley, of Watertown, N.Y., Mrs. Mary Barbara Vincent of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Katherine Cady, of Penwater, Mich., and a brother George Adams, of Ludington, Mich.
Funeral services were held on Monday, March 29 at 2:30 p.m. from the Dorrell chapel, with interment in the Lakeview cemetery, Ludington.
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G. F. Cady and Cate (Adams)
G. F. Cady and Cate (Adams), Penwater, Oceana County, Michigan, 1930
Image source: https://archive.org/stream/michigancensus00reel1020#page/n230/mode/1up |
- [S379] US Census 1860 - Jefferson County, NY, National Archives and Records Administration, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.), NARA Series M653, Roll 762, Pages 189 & 190; Image 193 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2005.
Name: Christopher Adams
Age: 46
Gender: male
Occupation: farmer
Value of real estate: 3200
Value of personal property: 700
Place of birth: France
Name: Barbara Adams
Age: 26
Gender: female
Place of birth: France
Name: Peter Adams
Age: 14
Gender: male
Place of birth: NY
Name: Christopher Adams
Age: 10
Gender: male
Place of birth: NY
Name: Julia Adams
Age: 8
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
Name: Mary Adams
Age: 6
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
Name: Mary Adams
Age: 4
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
Name: Cath Adams
Age: 1
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
- [S377] US Census 1880 - Oceana County, Michigan, National Archives and Records Administration, (Washington, D.C.), NARA Roll: T9_599; Family History Film: 1254599; Page: 465; Enumeration District: 207; Image: 0581 (Reliability: 3), 25 Nov 2005.
- [S379] US Census 1860 - Jefferson County, NY, National Archives and Records Administration, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.), NARA Series M653, Roll 762, Pages 189 & 190; Image 193 (Reliability: 3), 27 Nov 2005.
Name: Christopher Adams
Age: 46
Gender: male
Occupation: farmer
Value of real estate: 3200
Value of personal property: 700
Place of birth: France
Name: Barbara Adams
Age: 26
Gender: female
Place of birth: France
Name: Peter Adams
Age: 14
Gender: male
Place of birth: NY
Name: Christopher Adams
Age: 10
Gender: male
Place of birth: NY
Name: Julia Adams
Age: 8
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
Name: Mary Adams
Age: 6
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
Name: Mary Adams
Age: 4
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
Name: Cath Adams
Age: 1
Gender: female
Place of birth: NY
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Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890
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Joseph Reff and family, 1880 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
Joseph Reff and family, 1880 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
Image source: https://archive.org/stream/10thcensus0838unit#page/n649/mode/1up |
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Christopher Adams
1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Christopher Adams - cont.
(cont.) Christopher Adams family, 1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York |
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Name: Chris Adams
Age: 51
Gender: male
Occupation: farmer
Value of real estate: 5000
Value of personal property: 1120
Birthplace: France
Mother/Father of foreign birth
Name: M.B.
Age: 43
Gender: female
Occupation: keeps house
Birthplace: France
Mother/Father of foreign birth
Name: Chris Jr.
Age: 20
Gender: male
Occupation: at home
Birthplace: New York
Mother/Father of foreign birth
Name: Mary A.
Age: 17
Gender: female
Occupation: at home
Birthplace: New York
Mother/Father of foreign birth
Name: Margaret
Age: 14
Gender: female
Occupation: at home
Birthplace: New York
Mother/Father of foreign birth
Name: Katie
Age: 12
Gender: female
Occupation: at home
Birthplace: New York
Mother/Father of foreign birth
Name: Malie
Age: 6
Gender: female
Occupation: at home
Birthplace: New York
Mother/Father of foreign birth
Name: George
Age: 3
Gender: male
Occupation: at home
Birthplace: New York
Mother/Father of foreign birth
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Birth record of Michel Reff, August 19, 1824, Berthelming, Moselle, France
Birth record of Michel Reff, August 19, 1824, Berthelming, Moselle, France
Image source: http://www.archivesnumerisees57.com/mdr/index.php/docnumViewer/afficheDocnum/38/N |
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Chris Adams
page 209, US Census 1870, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
- [S377] US Census 1880 - Oceana County, Michigan, National Archives and Records Administration, (Washington, D.C.), NARA Roll: T9_599; Family History Film: 1254599; Page: 465; Enumeration District: 207; Image: 0581 (Reliability: 3), 25 Nov 2005.
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Letter from Mary Kergall
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Christopher Adams
1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Christopher Adams - cont.
(cont.) Christopher Adams family, 1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York |
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1880 Census - Penwater, Oceana Co., Michigan
Christopher Adams and Mary B Adams (Reff) living with Peter H. Adams, their son and his family. |
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Adams family in Penwater, Michigan
1880 Census, Penwater, Michigan |
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Michael Reff
1860 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Christopher Adams
1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Christopher Adams - cont.
(cont.) Christopher Adams family, 1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York |
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1860 Census, Jefferson County, NY
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- [S844] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925, Michigan. William P. Sackrider, Oceana County Clerk. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (http://familysearch.org :2012.), Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925." 3, 621, 2372, Cady-Bartle, accessed 30 Aug 2014. (Reliability: 3), 30 Aug 2014.
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Michael Reff
US Census 1870, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Chris Adams
page 209, US Census 1870, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Christopher Cady and Elizabeth Bartle
Christopher Cady and Elizabeth Bartle, Jan. 1, 1904
Imag Source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11615-122308-33?cc=1452395 |
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Former Cape Man Dies In Michigan
4/8/1937 (hand written)
Word has been received here of the death of C. A. Adams, 87 which occurrerd at the home of his son, Wayne Adams, Ludington, Mich., at 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 26. He had suffered a heart attack on Sunday, March 21, from which he failed to rally.
Mr. Adams was born at Cape Vincent, March 15, 1850, a son of Christopher and Barbara Adams. He was married here 23 years later, on March 5, 1873, to Miss Ella McWayne, who survives.
The couple remained in this section until 1886, when they removed to Michigan, settling at Hart, where Mr. Adams engaged in the drug business of Cady and Adams. In 1903 he moved to a farm about a mile out of Ludington.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams made their home on the farm until about ten years ago when they moved to Ludington to reside with their son. Always active in community affairs, during this period Mr. Adams served for four years as supervisor of Pere Marquette township, serving as chairman of the board for one year.
He was also a pioneer in Grange activities, having served for four years of Pomona Grange and for five years as Master of of Pere Marquette Grange. During this period he was instrumental in organizing four subordinate Granges in Mason County.
Also active politically, he was a past chairman of the county Republican committee and had served frequently as a delegate from Mason county to State Republican conventions.
Surviving in addition to the widow and son, Wayne, are three sisters, Mrs. Julia Fraley, of Watertown, N.Y., Mrs. Mary Barbara Vincent of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Katherine Cady, of Penwater, Mich., and a brother George Adams, of Ludington, Mich.
Funeral services were held on Monday, March 29 at 2:30 p.m. from the Dorrell chapel, with interment in the Lakeview cemetery, Ludington.
- [S678] Cape Vincent Eagle, New York. Cape Vincent., "Former Cape Man Dies in Michigan," April 8 1937, Vol. 69, No. 10, p. 1, col. 4; digital images, \i Northern New York Historical Newspapers\i0 (Reliability: 3), 12 Nov 2012.
Word has been received here of the death of C. A. Adams, 87 which occurrerd at the home of his son, Wayne Adams, Ludington, Mich., at 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 26. He had suffered a heart attack on Sunday, March 21, from which he failed to rally.
Mr. Adams was born at Cape Vincent, March 15, 1850, a son of Christopher and Barbara Adams. He was married here 23 years later, on March 5, 1873, to Miss Ella McWayne, who survives.
The couple remained in this section until 1886, when they removed to Michigan, settling at Hart, where Mr. Adams engaged in the drug business of Cady and Adams. In 1903 he moved to a farm about a mile out of Ludington.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams made their home on the farm until about ten years ago when they moved to Ludington to reside with their son. Always active in community affairs, during this period Mr. Adams served for four years as supervisor of Pere Marquette township, serving as chairman of the board for one year.
He was also a pioneer in Grange activities, having served for four years of Pomona Grange and for five years as Master of of Pere Marquette Grange. During this period he was instrumental in organizing four subordinate Granges in Mason County.
Also active politically, he was a past chairman of the county Republican committee and had served frequently as a delegate from Mason county to State Republican conventions.
Surviving in addition to the widow and son, Wayne, are three sisters, Mrs. Julia Fraley, of Watertown, N.Y., Mrs. Mary Barbara Vincent of Grand Rapids, and Mrs. Katherine Cady, of Penwater, Mich., and a brother George Adams, of Ludington, Mich.
Funeral services were held on Monday, March 29 at 2:30 p.m. from the Dorrell chapel, with interment in the Lakeview cemetery, Ludington.
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Birth record of Michel Reff, August 19, 1824, Berthelming, Moselle, France
Birth record of Michel Reff, August 19, 1824, Berthelming, Moselle, France
Image source: http://www.archivesnumerisees57.com/mdr/index.php/docnumViewer/afficheDocnum/38/N |
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Christopher Adams
1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY |
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Christopher Adams - cont.
(cont.) Christopher Adams family, 1850 US Census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York |
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- [S736] Michigan County Marriages, 1820 - 1956., Michigan. Montcalm., 4: 36, Adams-Schick; FHL microfilm 1295522 2,342,489, item 333. (Reliability: 3), 12 Nov 2012.
groom's name: George Adams
groom's race:
groom's age: 23 years
groom's birth date: 1867
groom's birthplace: New York
bride's name: Maggie Shick
bride's race:
bride's age: 18 years
bride's birth date: 1872
bride's birthplace:
marriage type:
marriage date: 26 Apr 1890
marriage place: Hart, Oceana, Michigan
groom's father: Christopher Adams
groom's mother: Barbary Reff
bride's father: L. Shick
bride's mother:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband:
film number: 2342489
frame number:
digital folder number: 4208216
image number: 478
reference number: v 4 p 36 rn 333
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