Edward Patten Adams (1832 - 1894)

Born 27 Oct 1832 in Devon, England, United Kingdom

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Died 4 Jun 1894 at age 61 in Hagley, Tasmania, Australia

Biography

Edward Patten Adams was born in 1832 in Devonshire, England.

He sailed to Tasmania with Captain Langdon and entered Christ College, Bishopsbourne to train for the Church. He was ordained a deacon in 1855, and received orders for Holy Trinity Church in Launceston.

He married Barbara Bethune.

Together they became the parents of Charlotte (Adams) Tarleton, Edward Adams, Walter Bethune Adams, George Patten Adams, Barbara Isabel Adams, Julia Bethune Adams, Unknown Adams I, Mary Bethune Adams, Unknown Adams II, James Douglas Adams, Barbara Bethune Adams, and Ronald Fraser Adams.

Edward passed away on 4 June 1894 in Hagley, Tasmania, Australia and was buried at St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery in Hagley. ^[1]

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1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199403789/edward-patten-adams : accessed 17 June 2022), memorial page for Edward Patten Adams (unknown–4 Jun 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #199403789, citing St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery, Hagley, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia ; Maintained by Donna M L W (contributor 48594125) .

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OBITUARY.

REV. CANON ADAMS.

Extreme regret was expressed in clerical and other circles yesterday when information was received of the death of Rev. Canon Edward Patten Adams, Anglican clergyman in charge of the Hagley parish, and chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Tasmania. The deceased gentleman, whilst driving to Westbury on Thursday last, was suddenly seized with a chill, and when he returned home he went to bed and remained there until the end came somewhat unexpectedly at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Canon Adams took a prominent part in Church matters and in local literary and social advancement, besides zealously ministering to the wants of persons in distress. To those who knew him most intimately his death will occasion a loss which will be keenly felt. He was born in Devonshire, England, on October 27, 1832, and, whilst a boy, he came out to Tasmania under the care of the late Captain Langdon. He was placed at Christ College, Bishopsbourne, to be educated for the Church, and soon made good headway, and gained a fellowship. In 1855 he was ordained deacon, and in 1856 he received priest's orders at the Holy Trinity Church, Launceston. During the same year he was sent to take charge of the Mersey parish, and there he remained until 1862. At that time there were no such settlements as Latrobe and East or West Devonport ; but at Torquay, afterwards named East Devonport, there were about a dozen small habitations. It will thus be easily imagined that the Mersey parish was large and straggling, and the duties of the clergyman in charge were no sinecure. The bush, too, at that period was thick, and the long rides through unbroken country were fatiguing and uninteresting. However, Canon Adams surmounted all difficulties, and endeared himself to the parishioners in the district, which had been steadily increasing in population and importance as an agricultural centre. His removal in 1879 to the Deloraine parish was deplored by the Mersey people, and in the same year he was again removed, this time to Hagley, where he has been stationed ever since. He has there worked earnestly and unostentatiously, and he will be much missed by all sections of the community. Two of the deceased gentleman's brothers hold responsible positions in Hobart, one being Mr R. P. Adams, puisne judge of the Supreme Court, and the other being Mr George P. Adams, registrar of the Supreme Court, etc. Canon Adams married Miss Barbara Bethune, eldest daughter of Mr Walter Angus Bethune, Dunrobin, Tasmania, who with a family of eleven, seven sons and four daughters, survives. The sons hold prominent positions in the professional and commercial circles of the colonies, the eldest being Mr Edward Walter B. Adams, solicitor, of Westbury. One son is manager of a bank at Orange, New South Wales, and one is engaged as a bank clerk in this city. The funeral will leave St. Mary's Vicarage, Hagley, at 3.30 p.m. to-morrow. Our Hagley correspondent last night supplied the following particulars:— Quite a gloom was spread over the district this morning when the news spread that the Rev. Canon Adams had passed away at his residence, St. Mary's Vicarage, about 10 o'clock. He was taken suddenly ill on Thursday last whilst driving to Westbury, and had been confined to his room ever since, but as no serious results were anticipated his almost sudden death came with a great shock. Universal sympathy is felt for the widow and family in their sad bereavement.

Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas.)

Tuesday, 5 June 1894 , Page 3