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William Robert Adams  (1866 ~ 1943)

 

5.12. Twelfth child of Robert Adams and Jane Patterson, William Robert Adams, was born September 7, 1866, in Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Ontario. 

  He married Harriet Bullied, daughter of Samuel Bullied and Harriet Ashby, April 17, 1889*, Orono, Clarke Twp., Durham Co., Ontario and had three children:  

 

 

  William R. Adams died August 23, 1943, aged 76 years in New Park, Clarke Twp., Ontario and is interred at Pontypool Cemetery and Harriet Bullied Adams died July 29, 1952, aged 77 years in Vancouver, British Columbia is interred at Mountain View Cemetery.

 

 

----- OBITUARIES -----

 

William R. Adams

In Clarke Twp., August 23, 1943, William Robert Adams, in his 84th year. Funeral will be from the Northcutt & Smith Funeral Chapel, Thursday, August 26, at 2 p.m. Interment Pontypool Cemetery. Bowmanville Statesman, Aug. 26, 1943.

 

Harriet Bullied Adams

June 10, 1875 ~ July 29, 1952

Harriet Adams passed away on July 29, 1952 at her residence, 3526 Bellavista Avenue, in her 78th year. She leaves to mourn her loss, one daughter, Mrs. F. G. Robinson, and one son, Russell, both of Vancouver; one sister, Mrs. T. Thompson, in Ontario; three grandchildren; six great grandchildren. Funeral service Friday, August 1 at 2:30 p.m. from Harron Brothers Chapel of Chimes, 55 E. 10th Ave., Rev. T. H. Hamilton officiating. Interment Mountain View Cemetery. Vancouver Sun, July 31, 1952.

 

Samuel Bullied

September 20, 1830 ~ March 20, 1905

On Monday last, March 20, 1905 another of Holland’s old timers was called to join the great majority in the person of Mr. Samuel Bullied, who passed peacefully away at his son James’ home after a lingering illness of a years duration, nine months of which he was confined to his bed in a perfectly helpless condition.  Deceased was seventy one years and five months of age, and had, up to the time of his illness, been a strong, hardy man, always enjoying the best of health, and one well capable of enduring the hardships of the pioneer settlers of this district.

  Internment took place in Brookdale Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon, the remains being accompanied to their last resting place by a large number of friends and acquaintances.

  Deceased was born in the county of Devonshire, England, October 22, 1833 where he resided until he was 15 years of age when he, with his parents, migrated to Canada settling at Port Hope, Ontario. Three years after their arrival in Canada, then a lad of eighteen, he married Miss Harriet Ashby, of Port Hope.

  In 1887 he came west and took up a homestead about nine miles north of Holland, Manitoba where he resided for a number of years, but of late he has made his home with his son James.

  He leaves to mourn his loss a wife, five daughters and five sons: Mrs. W. Gibson of Pontypool, Ontario; Mrs. T. Adams of New Park, Ontario; Mrs. T. Thompson of Raglan, Ontario; Mrs. W. R. Adams of New Leskard, Ontario; Mrs. Fred Pascoe, of Killarney, Manitoba; Thomas Bullied of Toronto, Whitney of London, Ontario; Samuel of Treherne, Manitoba; and James and Charlie of Holland, Manitoba. Funeral services will be preached in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening next, by pastor, Rev. J. C. Switzer. Holland Observer, Mar. 24, 1905.

 

Harriet Ashby Bullied

September 29, 1835 ~ February 28, 1925

The funeral of the late Mrs. Harriet Bullied of Holland, Manitoba was held in the Union Church there on Wednesday, March 4, 1925. Rev. C. Finnemore conducted the service and spoke very highly of the deceased who, in spite of her advanced age, retained all her faculties until the last, and passed away [February 28, 1925] quietly in her sleep at her home of her daughter, Mrs. Pascoe at Killarney, Manitoba with whom she made her home recently.

  The late Mrs. Bullied was born in Northamptonshire, England, on September 29, 1835. She came to Canada when five years of age with her parents, who settled on a farm near Port Hope, Ontario.

  On September 16, 1851, she married Samuel Bullied, there being ten children born to this union. Mr. Bullied came to Manitoba in 1887 and settled on a farm north of Holland, where Mrs. Bullied joined him later. Mr. Bullied predeceased his wife 20 years ago and a son, Thomas, died in 1916. She leaves five daughters and four sons: Mrs. W. H. Gibson of Peterborough, Ont.; Mrs. Thomas Adams of Toronto; Mrs. T. G. Thompson of Ragland; Mrs. W. R. Adams of Vancouver; Mrs. Fred Pascoe of Killarney; Whitney Bullied of London, Ontario; Samuel Bullied of Treherne, Manitoba; James and Charles Bullied of Holland. There are also 54 grandchildren and 61 great-grandchildren. Treherne Times, Mar. 12, 1925.

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