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 Male Other Information: Birth Year <1870> Birthplace Whitehaven, Cumberland, England Age 11 Occupation Scholar Marital Status Head of Household Joseph ADAMS <http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1881BR_5436980_0&frompage=5> Relation Son Disability Source Information: Dwelling 11Plumblands Lane Census Place Whitehaven, Cumberland, England Family History Library Film 1342251 <http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C180%2C0&filmno=1342251>
 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 5186 / 58 Page Number 20 ..............................................................................
 The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Monday 12 December 1921, page 4
 ' It is with very great regret that we
 announco tho death of Mr. John
 Adams, secretary of the Hobart Marine
 Board, which waa as sudden as it was
 unexpected. Tho deceased'' attended
 his office for the last time on Saturday
 week, and in the afternoon was at
 work in his garden. On the nest day,
 not feeling well, he arranged for'«,
 deputy to take his place at Chalmers
 Churcn, at which he was au officebearer,
 as well as choirmaster. His
 medical adviser was called in, and on
 Wednesday morning he was removed to
 Highbury Hospital, where he died on
 Saturday morning from enterio fever
 and septicomia. The news of his death
 caused quite a shock to the community.
 H© was held in widespread respect and
 esteem, and was universally popular*
 Ho hailed from Whitehaven, Cumberland
 (Eng.), wliere he was bom in 1869.
 Educated in his nalivotown, he was
 clork thero to the Official Receiver in
 Bankruptcy until May, 1888, when ha
 left for Hobart to .ioin his parents, his
 father, ¡Mr. Joseph Adams, being an
 engineer in this city. For seven months '
 Mr. Adams was in the offico of Messrs.
 Dobson, Mitchell, and Allport, and in
 February, 1889, lie joined tho literary
 staff of "Tho Mercury," ou which lie
 performed excellent work. In J]jly,
 11891, ho resigned to join the service of
 the Hobart Marine Board an clerk, and
 on Octoher 1, 1899, was appointed acting
 secretary on the retirement of Mr.
 H. Smith, who had held tho position
 since 1877, and was appointed secretan*
 on October 2, 1300. Mr. Adams filled
 the position of secretary with conspicu- »
 ous ability, and he was held in tho
 highest esteem by the wardens, who
 regarded him as a mOEt painstaking
 and conscientious officer. He kept himself
 well informed of harbour practice
 in the chief ports of the world, and had
 a great fund of information on mar»-'
 timo matters for thoso who desired it.
 He contributed articles to various
 periodicals on Hobart port matters, bc
 trides preparing tlie matter for thd
 booklets issued by the Marine Board.
 He showed great capacity for organisation,
 and so complete were the records'
 of the Board's proceedings that information
 on any matter for any period
 was always instantly available whefl
 called for. Mr. Adams was an immediate
 Pastmasîer of the Union (Masoni^
 Lodge, a member of the committee of
 the Listitution for Blind, Deaf und
 Dumb, a. member of the Sandy Bay
 Rifle Club, afld_ treasurer of the King
 Edward Memorial Fund. Ho leaves a
 widow undM-wn sons, and both of his
 parents also survivo him._ Flags wera
 half-masted in shipping circles and on
 city houses on Saturday out of respect
 to his memory.
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