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Dianna Adams

Dianna Adams

Female 1834 - 1925  (91 years)

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  • Name Dianna Adams  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Born 10 Feb 1834  Columbus, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    • her death record says she was born at Columbus; daughter Minnie's death record says Dianna Adams was born at Raglan
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1852  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    age 18, in home of James & Amanda Cochran 
    Residence 1861  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    visiting her Adams family of origin 
    Residence 1861  Cartwright Township, Durham, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    with her family with husband Philip Harper 
    Residence 1871  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1881  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1891  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1901  East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1911  Columbus, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 30 May 1925  Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • 43 Colborne Street East; informant daughter Evelina ("Mrs. Blight") of same address
    Buried 1 Jun 1925  Columbus, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Methodist Cemetery; burial date is from death record
    Person ID I413  English Corners Project / Columbus (Ontario) Families
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2023 

    Father Richard Adams,   b. Abt 1796, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1847, Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anne Dabb,   b. 12 May 1805, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1882, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 17 Mar 1827  Saint Blazey, Cornwall, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Richard Adams - Anne Dabb - Marriage    		 Richard Adams - Anne Dabb - Marriage
    St. Blazey Marriages & Banns (1813-1837) - Page 52 - Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St Blazey in the County of Cornwall in the Year 1827 - No. 120 - Richard Adams of the Parish of St Austell Bachelor and Ann Dabb of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this Seventeenth Day of March in the Year One thousand eight hundred and Twenty Seven by me Edward Wood, Curate. This Marriage was solemnized between us, the mark X of Richard Adams, the mark X of Ann Dabb, In the Presence of Edw'd ?Miorfield?, The mark X of Wm Wadge
    Family ID F43  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philip Harper,   b. 10 Oct 1834, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1906, Columbus, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married Abt 1852  Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Hannah Anna Harper,   b. 17 Sep 1854, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1927, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     2. Margaret Ellen Harper,   b. 17 Jul 1856, Whitby Township, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1857, Whitby, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)  [natural]
    +3. John Harper,   b. 20 Aug 1858, , , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1935, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    +4. Minnie May Harper,   b. 23 Sep 1860, Columbus, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1927, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  [natural]
     5. Richard Harper,   b. 26 Feb 1862, Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1935  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     6. Dianna Harper,   b. 4 Mar 1864  [natural]
    +7. Nellie Harper,   b. 9 Aug 1866, Columbus, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1904, Toronto, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)  [natural]
     8. Philip Harper,   b. 7 Sep 1869, Whitby, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1937  (Age 67 years)  [natural]
    +9. Evelina Harper,   b. 3 Aug 1871, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1946  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
     10. Frank Thomas James Harper,   b. 1 Jul 1873, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1892, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)  [natural]
     11. Nancy Ann Harper,   b. 17 Jun 1877, East Whitby Township, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2023 
    Family ID F110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Diana Adams    		Diana Adams
    Gravestone of Phillip Harper (1834-1906)    		Gravestone of Phillip Harper (1834-1906)
    Columbus (Ontario) Methodist Cemetery -- photograph thanks to Christine Ferguson Text reads: "Phillip Harper died July 30 1906 at the age 71 years 9 mths -- his wife -- Diannah Adams died May 30 1925 at the age of 92 years"

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scoti;).
      Birth date: abt 1834
      Birth place: Upper Canada
      Residence date: 1852
      Residence place: Ontario County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1851canada&h=148197&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia      		 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia


    2. [S7] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1861 Canada Census Index..Original data - Census returns for 1861. Microfilm C-999 to C;).
      Birth date: 1834
      Birth place: Upper Canada
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861canada&h=795402469&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1861 Census of Canada      		 1861 Census of Canada


    3. [S14] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.Original data: Library and Archive;).
      Birth date: February 1834
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1911
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911canada&h=5436397&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1911 Census of Canada      		 1911 Census of Canada


    4. [S11] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556.Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Ce;).
      Birth date: 1834
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Whitby (East/est), Ontario (South/Sud), Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901canada&h=14016938&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1901 Census of Canada      		 1901 Census of Canada


    5. [S12] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. RG31, T-6290 to T-6427. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Ce;).
      Birth date: abt 1833
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1891
      Residence place: Ontaro South, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891canada&h=3950559&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1891 Census of Canada      		 1891 Census of Canada


    6. [S10] 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. 1881 Canada Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;).
      Birth date: 1835
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: abt 1881
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881canada&h=3021127&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1881 Census of Canada      		 1881 Census of Canada


    7. [S8] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1871 Canada Census Index.Images reproduced by courtesy of Library and Archives Canada, ;).
      Birth date: abt 1834
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: '1871'
      Residence place: Ontario South, Ontario, 'canada'
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1871canada&h=161638&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1871 Census of Canada      		 1871 Census of Canada


    8. [S5] Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1934. MS 935, 496 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Ontario;), Roll: MS935_327.
      Birth date: abt 1834
      Birth place: Columbus East Whitby
      Death date: 30 May 1925
      Death place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_deaths&h=2347026&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934      		 Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934
      Roll: MS935_327.


    9. [S7] 1861 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009. Appreciation is expressed to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for providing the 1861 Canada Census Index..Original data - Census returns for 1861. Microfilm C-999 to C;).
      Birth date: 1835
      Birth place: Canada West
      Residence date: 1861
      Residence place: Durham, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1861canada&h=794568671&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1861 Census of Canada      		 1861 Census of Canada