Born in Poonindie, South Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Adams
and Louisa (Roberts) Adams
Sister of
John Milera [half], William Adams, Maria Doordy (Adams) Angie, Thomas Frederick Adams, Ethela Poonindie (Adams) Sansbury, Ada Adams, Herbert Adams and Maude Alice Adams
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 64
in Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2016
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Biography
May (Adams) Edwards is an Indigenous Australian.
May was the daughter of Thomas Adams and Louisa Roberts, and was born on 22 May 1882 at the Poonindie Mission, near Port Lincoln, South Australia.[1]
On 1 June 1899 May married Joseph Edwards at the Wesleyan Parsonage in Maitland, South Australia.[2]
May died on 7 July 1946 at Wallaroo, South Australia.[3]
Research Notes
No burial for May was found in any cemetery administered by the Copper Coast Council. Ford-7139 12:37, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑ South Australia Births 1842-1928 (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 29 January 2021) database entry for Adams, May (Birthdate: 22 May 1882, Father: Thomas Adams, Mother: Louisa Millera, Birthplace: Poonindie) Reference: District: Flinders, Book/Page: 285/370.
- ↑ South Australia Marriages 1842-1937 (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com ; accessed 29 January 2021) database entry for Adams, May (Age: 17, Status: Single, Father: Thomas Adams) and Edwards, Joseph (Age: 22, Status: Single, Father: ) on 1 June 1899 at Wesleyan Parsonage Maitland, Reference: District: Daly, Book/Page: 199/849.
- ↑ South Australia Deaths 1842-1972 (FindMyPast, https://www.findmypast.com : accessed 29 January 2021) database entry for Edwards, May (Death Date: 7 July 1946, Marital Status: Married, Age: 65y, Relative: Joseph Edwards (Husband), Residence: Point Pearce, Death Place: Wallaroo) Reference: District: Daly, Book/Page: 702/3131.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with May by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with May:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with May by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with May:
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~6.25%
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