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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => London and Middlesex => England => London & Middlesex Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Belvoirboy on Wednesday 18 November 20 11:39 GMT (UK)
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Samuel Enoch Adams built the terrace where I live in 1881. He was also living in my house when the 1881 census was taken. Unfortunately he was declared bankrupt later the same year and doesn't reappear in 1891. I am researching the history of my house which is partly constructed using Joseph Tall's patented concrete shuttering system. Joseph lived next door. What I would like to know is what happened next to the Adams family?
Samuel Enoch Adams 35
Emma Anne Adams 31
Emma A 10
Samuel W 9
Harry J 4
Gertrude M 2
Elizabeth E 9m
Clara Beckford 15 Gen Servant
I know more about Clara than I do about the Adams so any help much appreciated. Jim
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Please include birthplaces
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What address is it?
1901?
Samuel E Adams 55 born Plymouth coffee tavern
Emma A 51
Harry J 24
Gustrude M 22
Ernest 19
Harold 16
Maud 13
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1891
Samuel E Adam 45 born Plymouth coffee tavern keeper
Emma A 41
Emma A 20
Samuel W 19
Harry J 14
Gurtrude M 12
Ernest 7
Harold 6
Maud 3
Minnie Mears 19 servant
Same address 1891/1901 which is 74 Peckham Rye Camberwell
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Quite a bit for you to be going on with there :)
Death for Emma same address in 1912.
Samuel died in 1923.
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Thanks for the speedy reply.... Samuel went from being a builder employing 20 men to running a coffee shop on Peckham Rye! I just had a quick look but unfortunately 74 has been demolished to make way for a new block of flats. Apologies for forgetting to put in the original address... 49 Belvoir Road, or 1 Trocadero Villas as it was known then.
The next occupant was a Policeman, Hugh Grant from Scotland... now what stories could he tell?
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Is that all you wanted to know about Samuel - what he did after being a builder?
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I'd like to find out as much as possibly and hopefully find some photographs of Samuel & his family. I have done this with my own family by tracing living relatives with photographs passed down through their families but with a name as common as Adams it could prove to be more difficult.
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Bankruptcy in case you did not have it . . . . .
London Gazette Spt 16 1881
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25015/page/4750/data.pdf (bottom 2nd col)
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25015/page/4751/data.pdf (top first col)
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Thanks for that Ray.... looks like the houses didn't sell and he couldn't repay his loan to the London Land Company. The irony is that all the houses he built in the terrace are now priced at over a million pounds each!