Born in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Frederick Adams
and Eliza Maria (Hopkins) Adams
Sister of
Frederick William Adams, Frank Adams, George Herbert Adams, Sydney James Adams, Lucy Adams, John Adams, Mary Eliza Adams and Fanny (Adams) McHarg
Wife of
Alfred Henry De Castro
— married
30 Dec 1902 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
John Alfred Knox De Castro
Died
at age 92
in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2012
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Biography
Emma, eldest daughter of Fredrick Adams and Hopkins-1833.
Emma Adams worked as a Clerk in Blenheim until she married in 1902 to Alfred De Castro, son of the Rev. Charles Daniel De Castro.
One known child, a son John Alfred, was born during their marriage.
She celebrated her 90th birthday at John's home on Maxwell Street in 1961.
Emma De Castro passed away age 92 and is buried in the Adams family plot in the New Omaka cemetery. BLK 7 PLOT 62
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #161438922
- https://www.marlborough.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-records-search?surname=DE+CASTRO&givenNames=EMMA&cemetery=&yearFrom=&yearTo= BURIAL
- "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24V-9SWX : 27 November 2017), Emma Adams, 1871; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1871/23350, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington. BIRTH
- https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz 1902/5289 Emma Adams Alfred Henry de Castro MARRIAGE
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