William
Edgar
Adams
Born in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of William Adams
and Sarah (Hillier) Adams
Husband of
Catherine Elizabeth (Dunstone) James
— married
1882 in Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Gertrude Marion (Adams) Ford, Arthur Ernest Adams, Beatrice Emily (Adams) Savage and Leslie John Adams
Died
at age 34
in Richmond, Victoria, Australia
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| Created 19 Oct 2020
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Biography
William Adams was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)
Birth
William Edgar Adams was born on 26 July 1857 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, the son of Sarah Adams and William Adams.[1]
Marriage
He married Catherine Elizabeth Dunstone in 1882 in Victoria.[2] Their children were: Gertrude Marion (Adams) Ford (1883-1963) Arthur Ernest Adams (1884-1968) Beatrice Emily (Adams) Savage (1886-1977) Leslie John Adams (1889-abt.1970)
Death
William died on 25 March 1892 in Richmond, Victoria.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Birth record: 11848 / 1857. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
(Name: William Edgar ADAMS); (Place: CASTLEMAIN); (Mother: Sarah HILLIER); (Father: William) - ↑ Victoria BDM Marriages: 988 / 1882
- ↑ Victoria BDM Deaths: 3901 / 1892. Parents on death certificate Sarah Hillier and William Adams.
Victoria Registry of Birth Deaths and Marriages [BDM] online database: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5fdb465410c0341bf105f989?q=efamily
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Leanne Gibbs 
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Leslie Anderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BT6746914 [compare]
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~0.78%
Karen Anderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ND7524912 [compare], yourDNAportal KAR7a2cf062, Ancestry member eldorvic
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