Alexander Samuel Adams (1861 - 1937)

Born 4 Aug 1861 in Taieri Mouth, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Tough (Boyd) Adams — married 1887 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1937 at age 76 in Burnside, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Biography

Alexander Adams lived in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

Alexander, son of Elizabeth and John James Adams, was born on 4 Aug 1861 at Tairei Mouth, Dunedin New Zealand.^{[1] [2]}

Alexander married Margaret Boyd in 1887 in New Zealand.^[3][4]

The couple had four children.

1. Francis Boyd Adams (1889-1973)
2. Gladys Mabel (Adams) Stuart (1890-)
3. Herbert Stanley Adams (1891-1966)
4. Margaret Noble (Adams) Morris (1906-1990)

Alexander was mentioned as next of kin in the military records of both sons who served during World War II.^[5][6]

Judge died on 10 September 1937 and was buried in Burnside, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.^[7]

He passed away in 1937.^[8]

Research Notes

https://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/Cemeteries/Waimairi/WaimairiCemeteryWalk.pdf

ADAMS, Alexander Samuel b 4 August 1861, died 10 September 1937. Alexander ADAMS was of Otago stock. His father arrived in the province in 1848. Alexander was a lawyer, being in partnership with his brother and later with his sons. He had been educated at the Stone School in Dunedin where Robert STOUT was a teacher. In 1888 he successfully fought the Roche case against his former teacher who had gone into politics and law and was currently a dominating personality in the legal world. ADAMS won the battle which meant that married women could not hold a publican’s licence. This was an interesting case of two men fighting a battle on purely legal grounds and not allowing their judgement to be affected by the anti�liquor viewpoint which they shared. ADAMS was ‘a rather dour Baptist prohibitionist of fearsome rectitude’. From 1921-33 he was a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Who's Who in NZ: "New Zealand, Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific, 1908, 1925, 1938"
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 6207 #5055 (accessed 24 April 2022)
Name: Alexander Samuel Adams; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 1861; Birth Place: Taieri Mouth; Residence Place: Dunedin; Spouse: Margaret Boyd; Spouse Gender: Female; Father: John James Adams; Spouse Father: John Boyd.

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Birth: 1860/3532 Adams Alexander Samuel Elizabeth John
2. ↑ * Birth: "New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950"
   New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950
   Ancestry au Record 8949 #2125364 (accessed 24 April 2022)
   Alexander Samuel Adams born in 1861 in New Zealand.
3. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Marriage: 1887/1623 Margaret Tough Boyd Alexander Samuel Adams
4. ↑ * Marriage: "New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937"
   Ancestry au Record 8950 #375920 (accessed 24 April 2022)
   Alexander Samuel Adams marriage to Margaret Tougl Boyd in 1887 in New Zealand.
5. ↑ Military:"New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920"
   Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61564 #102672326 (accessed 19 June 2022)
   Name: Alexander Sam Adams; Gender: Male; Birth Place: New Zealand; Spouse: Margaret Adams; Child: Francis Boyd Adams.
6. ↑ Military: "New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920"
   Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61564 #101629719 (accessed 19 June 2022)
   Name: Alexander Samuel Adams; Gender: Male; Birth Place: Tauri Month; Spouse: Margaret Adams; Child: Herbert Stanley Adams.
7. ↑ Burial: "Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current"
   Ancestry au Record 60528 #924967 (accessed 19 June 2022)
   Judge Alexander Samuel Adams burial (died on 10 Sep 1937) in Burnside, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand.
8. ↑ * Burial: "New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007"
   New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 60547 #1346663 (accessed 24 April 2022)
   Alexander Samuel Adams burial (died on 10 Sep 1937) in Canterbury, North, Central.