| Birth | Helen Mary Ann Adams was born 1869 in Ramsgate, Kent, England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Birth 1869 MarQ Adams, Helen Mary A. Thanet 2a, 861. (GBCivRegInd LDS6102040.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1881 (3 Apr 1881). Kent Ramsgate. 81 High Street. Helen Adams, daur, 12, Scholar, b.Kent Ramsgate. With family- John Adams, head, mar, 45, Timber Merchant employing 5 men 1 boy. b. Kent St. Lawrence Wife Mary Ann, 45, b. Kent Ramsgate. 5 children from age 8 to 18, all b. Kent Ramsgate. (GBCens1881 RG11/987 20:34.) |
| INFO | MARRIAGE. Ramsgate, Kent. 1895. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Ramsgate in the County of Kent. p.26, #51. 28 May 1895. Frederick Peter Atkins, 28, bachelor, Mariner, of Florence Cottage. Father- Peter John Atkins, Master Mariner. Helen Mary Ann Adams, 26, spinster of Florence Cottage. Father- John Adams, Timber merchant. Married in the Church of S. George according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, after Banns. [Actual signatures of bride and groom.] Witnesses: William Cox, John Adams, John W. Adams, Esther Emma Adams. (CanterMarFMP.) |
| Marriage | She married Frederick Peter Atkins, son of Peter John Atkins and Frances Wood, 28 May 1895 in Ramsgate, Kent, England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Marriage 1895 JunQ . Helen Mary A Adams. Thanet, 2a,1613 (FreeBMD.) |
| INFO | CENSUS 1911 (2 Apr 1911) Thanet Kent census district. Helen Atkins, head, 42, married 15 years, 9 children, 7 living, private means, born Kent Ramsgate. Daughter Constance, 12, school, born Kent Ramsgate. Daughter Mary Atkins, 10, school, born Kent Ramsgate. Daughter Agnes Atkins, 6, born Kent Ramsgate. Daughter Margaret Atkins, 4, born Kent Ramsgate. Daughter Beatrice Atkins, 3, born Kent Ramsgate. Daughter Phyllis Atkins, 2, born Kent Ramsgate. Servant Eva Johncock, 17, single, general servant (domestic), worker, born Kent Minster. Rooms in dwelling: 6. Signed: Helen Atkins Cliff Cottage Westcliff Rd. Broadstairs. (GBCens1911 RG14/4503, 21) [Note 1911 Census: daughter Ethel C. Atkins age 9 is a visitor in the household of George J. Nettleton, Romford, Essex]. |
| Exhibit | EXHIBIT. Photograph of Helen Atkins dated 1919. Her daughter Agnes Vaughan wrote the following note on the back of this photograph, "My Mother 1919 Broadstairs Kent. I loved her very dearly. She was so beautiful. When you are young you don't realize how good life was. I was sixteen when this was taken & the blouse she is wearing was a present. She had a very unhappy marriage & had nine babies, but in spite of everything, once she had left my Father, she was a happy cheerful person & we had a very happy home. (signed) Agnes Vaughan, one of the nine babies." (CorresCOVGH email 9Aug2015.)  |
| Death | Helen Mary Ann Adams died 13 November 1958 in England. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Death 1958 DecQ Atkins, Helen M.A. 89 Amersham [Buckinghamshire] 6a,285. (EngDeaIndAnc.) |
| INFO | PROBATE CALENDAR. 1959. Atkins Helen Mary Ann of Brownswood Cottage 21 Brownswood Road Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire widow died 13 November 1958. Probate London 21 October to Constance Winifred Ellison widow. Effects £4683 6s 11d. (PPRCalenAnc.) |
Helen Mary Ann Adams