John Westland Adams, III

1841 - 1874  (33 years)

• Name	John Westland Adams  [1]
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1841	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1861	Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member
  FamilySearch ID	LD5S-FQK
  _UID	A24BB913446A4069A5868FFD712841CF7033
  Death	7 Mar 1874	Rideau Lakes Twp (North Crosby), Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  	Cause: typhoid pneumonia - 2 weeks
  	John Westland Adams Jr. was the nephew of John Westland Adams Sr. (memorial #167265735) John Westland Adams, the son of William Robert Adams (c1810-1869) and Eleanor Susannah (Ellis/Adams) Hastings (1813-1895), he was named after his uncle John Westland Adams who is likely the "sorrowing uncle" who buried him and his brother, Edward George, an ex Reeve of North Crosby, is interred in this cemetery as well and was the informant at his death on his Ontario Death registration. His mother may be buried here with her 2nd husband Eleazar Hastings (1807-1882) as there is no record of her burial in Cataraqui Cemetery with her first.
  Burial	Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Inscription Erected by an affectionate sorrowing uncle To the memory of John W. Adams, Junior Of Bathurst Who died rejoicing in hope of the Glory of God Mar 7 1874 Aged 32 y'rs
  Person ID	I43088	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage, My Great Grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	John Westland Adams,   b. 23 Jan 1803, Newrys, Green County, New York, United States d. 29 Jan 1892, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Mother	Lilias "Lily" Ferguson,   b. 24 May 1802, Callander, Perth and Kinross (Perth), Scotland d. 11 Dec 1868, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	Adopted
  Marriage	20 May 1825	Knox Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F11489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	William Robert Adams,   b. 1809, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States d. 10 Sep 1869, Storrington Twp, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Eleanor L. Susannah Ellis,   b. 13 Jul 1812, Ninfield, Wealden District, East Sussex, Sussex, England d. 19 Apr 1895, Rideau Lakes Twp (North Crosby), Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1830	United States
  Family ID	F14543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1841 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1861 - Tay Valley Twp (Bathurst), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - Cause: typhoid pneumonia - 2 weeks - 7 Mar 1874 - Rideau Lakes Twp (North Crosby), Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada Burial - - Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties (Leeds), Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Mar 2024), entry for Eleanor Susanna Ellis, person ID LD5S-XN4. (Reliability: 3). [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 20 Mar 2024), entry for John Westland Adams, person ID LD5S-FQK. (Reliability: 3). [S58] Public Archives of Canada, Canada, 1861 Census, ((http://ancestry.ca)), accessed 9 Aug 2021), J W Adams household; Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1041. (Reliability: 3). [S961] Ontario. Leeds & Grenville., Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947, (familysearch.org :n.d.), "Deaths, 1969-1947." 1874 Deaths, image 486 of 844, John Westland Adams III, accessed 20 Mar 2024. (Reliability: 3).