Born in Troppau, Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia, Austria-Hungary
Daughter of Victor Gessner
and Traute (Greipel) Gessner
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Viktor Isidor Ernst Ritter von Klarwill
— married
28 Jul 1935 (to 18 Dec 1937) in Ramsau, Lilienfeld District, Lower Austria, Austria
Wife of
Peter Bally
— married
about 1938 (to 1944) [location unknown]
Wife of
George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE
— married
1944 (to about 1980) [location unknown]
Died
at age 69
in Shaba National Reserve, Kenya, Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Mar 2014
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Biography
Friederike (Gessner) Adamson is Notable.
Joy was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was eventually made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name.
Joy Friederike Victoria Adamson was born on 20 Jan 1910 in Troppau, Austria.[1] She was the daughter of Victor Gessner and Traute Unknown.
On 26 Feb 1954, Frederike Victoria Adamson, age 44, left England for Mombasa, Kenya aboard the ship D G Gungunninghame.[2]
Joy F V Adamson, age 52, British citizen, arrived at New York on 2 Dec 1962.[1]
She was murdered in 1980.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967", The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Number: 2848504; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787 - 2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A3998; NARA Roll Number: 812, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1277 #4432445 (accessed 7 March 2023), Name: Joy F V Adamson; Arrival Age: 52; Birth Date: 20 Jan 1910; Birth Place: Trodoau; Arrival Date: 2 Dec 1962; Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA.
- ↑ "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960", The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; BT27 Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and Successors: Outwards Passenger Lists; Reference Number: Series BT27-184468, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2997 #139827920 (accessed 7 March 2023), Name: Frederike Victoria Adamson; Gender: Female; Departure Age: 44; Birth Date: abt 1910; Departure Date: 26 Feb 1954; Departure Port: England; Ship Name: Kenya; Shipping Line: P and O; Destination Port: Mombasa, Kenya; Master: D G Gungunninghame.
- Joy Adamson on Find A Grave: Memorial #16473602 Retrieved 27 sep 2016.
- This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q93645, en:Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Adamson
Acknowledgements
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