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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: KatC on Sunday 29 August 10 17:34 BST (UK)
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Looking for information on Rev. Henry Adamson born in Co. Down, Ireland. He was a minister in Port Chalmers for 3 years beginning 1892. His father John was the head of the Ballydougan School in Ireland.
Also missing is Robert Adamson, probably a brother to Henry, said to be in NZ.
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http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d1-d20.html
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/1870-1908/1891.May.Star.Christchurch.BMD.html
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Wonderful. It makes sense that he was in Christchurch earlier than Port Chalmers as quite a few Ballydougan families went there. If the records are somewhat complete, it sounds like I should check for an Irish marriage, but he could have been posted anywhere as he is a minister.
Thanks for the help.
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there are lots of mentions of him the NZ newspapers
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
use the exact search term Rev Henry Adamson
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I haven't searched NZ in a while and so much new is on-line. Thanks for leading me to these sites. I followed the Christchurch lead and found a stillborn buried at Addington in 1891 and Henry buried at Sydenham in 1925. Henry Arnold is also buried at Sydenham and might be a son born 1893. There was no obvious wife buried at either place.
Henry was born about 1858 and came to NZ as a student said one record and went into the ministry in NZ. Pebbleton? and Lincoln was his first assignment except for something I did not understand. He quit that for ill health and the reference you provided said he left Port Chalmers which he took immediately after the first assignment for ill health.
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Hi Kat,
There is a 1890 marriage for a Marianne Burke to Henry Adamson
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2fqueryEntry.m%3ftype%3dmarriages#SearchResults
If this is the right couple they had the following children
1891Robert de Burgh Adamson to Marianne and Henry
1892 Henry Arnold Adamson to Marianne and Henry
1893 Frank Vernon Adamson to Marianne and Henry
1895 Michael Ian Adamson to Marianne and Henry
1898 Marguerite Mary De Burgh Adamson to Marianne and Henry
Cheers Janette
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A death for Marianne Adamson aged 86Yrs in 1951
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try the presbyterian Church of N Z website Ministers register.
http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page146.htm.
for info on his ministry dates,
Jan(Otago)
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He came from the Presbyterian Church of Ireland as a probationer in 1886 according to the above website
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Thank you all so much. Several years ago when I first heard of Henry I found only one reference. Your help is very much appreciated and opens up ways to research some of my other families.
Unfortunately Henry's sons apparently all died young. Henry Arnold died in NZ May 3, 1919, Frank Vernon in France killed in action Oct 31, 1918, and Michael Ian died of wounds in France Mar 30, 1918. That apparently leaves Marguerite as the sole surviving child. Such a heartache for the parents.
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Hi Kat there was a Robert as well
He died 1952 Adamson Robert de Burgh aged 61Yrs
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There is a probate held at the Christchurch branch of Archives
ADAMSON Robert De Burgh - Christchurch - Teacher 1952 - 1952
agency series accession box / item sep record no. part alternative no.
CAHX 2989 CH171 495 / CH2555/1952
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Thanks again, everyone. I missed Robert in the message. He was wounded in 1915, but went on to a B.Sc. in 1918. I see that de Burgh and Burke are equivalent, but I don't understand the importance of the de Burgh name. Anyway, I will hope his children are on-line some time as I would love to know more about the family.
Robert, the brother of Henry, died in Ireland so he is not missing in NZ. Henry's uncle Robert is my ggg grandfather, uncle's son Robert went to Illinois, USA via upstate NY, and uncle's grandson Robert went to upstate NY. I'm from uncle's daughter who went to upstate NY.