William Phillip Adams

William Phillip Adams

• Father: Hugh Adams b. 10 October 1830, d. 27 September 1865
• Mother: Barbara Lyall b. 2 March 1831, d. 7 August 1918

• William Phillip Adams was born on 24 June 1857 in Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada.
• Hugh Adams and Barbara Lyall appeared in the 14 January 1861 provincial census of "Canada" in Toronto, York County, Canada West (later Ontario), at Sayre Street, St. John's Ward. Other members of the household included William Phillip Adams, Isabella Adams, Margaret Adams and William Adams. It seems very likely that servant William Adams (age 25) is Hugh's brother William, enumerated as a five-year-old in the family's 1841 household.
• Hugh Adams and Barbara Lyall arrived in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, circa 1863, accompanied by William Phillip Adams, Isabella Adams, Margaret Adams and Barbara T. Adams.
• Hugh Adams and Barbara Lyall appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1865 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included William Phillip Adams, Isabella Adams, Margaret Adams and Barbara T. Adams.
• David Harwood and Barbara Lyall, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included William Phillip Adams, William A. Harwood, Annie E. Harwood, John L. Harwood, Isabella Adams, Barbara T. Adams and Anna Adams. Daughter Margaret Adams (age 14) is not enumerated with in the household.
• Barbara Lyall appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1875 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included William Phillip Adams, Isabella Adams, Margaret Adams, Barbara T. Adams, Anna Adams, John L. Harwood and Lyall Harwood. And David Harwood is enumerated in a boarding house elsewhere in Buffalo.
• He married Mary (?) circa 1879.
• William Phillip Adams and Mary (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 24 Fremont Place.
• He was working in a lead factory, according to the 1880 census.
• William Phillip Adams became a widower at the between 1880 and 1898 death of his wife Mary (?)
• He married Margaret A. Vierfelder, daughter of Samuel Vierfelder and Sarah Jane Potter, on 26 June 1898 in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, with Joseph F. Shaw, pastor of Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating, witnessed by James R. Woolley and Essie T. Cole.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at 565 Broadway. Other members of the household included William P. Adams and Sarah Jane Potter.
• He was a carpenter, according to the 1900 census.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, at 702 Cookman Avenue. Other members of the household included Etta H. Earl.
• He was a house electrician, according to the 1910 census.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 142 Sixteenth Street. Etta is identified as their niece.
• He was self-employed as an electrician, according to the 1915 census.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 359 Lafayette Avenue. Other members of the household included Etta H. Earl.
• He was an electrician, according to the 1920 census.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1925 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Etta H. Earl. Etta is identified as their niece.
• He was self-employed as an electrician, according to the 1925 census.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, New York, at 359 Lafayette Avenue. Other members of the household included Etta H. Earl.
• He was an electrical engineer, according to the 1930 census.
• Etta H. Earl appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, New York, at 359 Lafayette Avenue. Other members of the household included William Phillip Adams, Margaret A. Vierfelder. Etta is identified as head of household, and William and Margaret Adams as cousins.
• William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder appeared in the 1946 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 359 Lafayette Avenue.
• William Phillip Adams died on 30 October 1947 at age 90 in Buffalo, New York, at 359 Lafayette Avenue at his residence.
• Margaret A. Vierfelder became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Greenlawn Cemetery, West Long Branch, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
• A single grave marker identifies the graves of William Phillip Adams and Margaret A. Vierfelder and Sarah Jane Potter, Catherine Adams, William P. Adams and Etta H. Earl.

• Last Edited: 7 Nov 2015