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KING, Jane
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Name KING, Jane Birth Between 1817 and 1818 Gloucestershire, England
Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I861 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family ADAMS, Charles, b. Between 1810 and 1811, Gloucestershire, England
d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1840 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Children 1. ADAMS, Sarah Ann, b. 11 Oct 1844, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
d. 2 Apr 1922, Blackburn, Victoria, Australia
(Age 77 years)Family ID F273 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JANE ADAMS née KING 1817 or 1818-
Charles ADAMS and Jane KING were married in 1840.
(GRO December Q 1840 Stroud [Gloucestershire] 11 643)
From the 1841 census of Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England:
Charles Adams, aged 30, woollen c worker, born in Gloucestershire;
*Jane Adams, aged 20. born in Gloucestershire;
Mary Adams, aged 8, born in Gloucestershire;
Daniel Adams, aged 6, born in Gloucestershire;
Eliza Adams, aged 5, born in Gloucestershire.
(HO107/370/6/27/17)
NOTE: adult ages were rounded down in the 1841 census.
Charles and Sarah ADAMS and their children left Bristol on 21 August 1841 and arrived in Port Phillip, New South Wales, Australia, on 16 December 1841. From the manifest of the ship Ward Chapman:
Charles ADAMS, aged 30, labourer, bounty £19
Jane ADAMS, aged 23, house servant, bounty £19
Daniel ADAMS, aged 7, bounty £10
Mary ADAMS, aged 9, bounty £10
Eliza ADAMS, aged 6, bounty £5
All the family were Protestants and Charles and Jane could read and write. Their native place was said to be Gloucestershire.
(New South Wales Assisted Immigrants 1828-1896)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Was Jane KING his second wife? Mary ADAMS was 9 years old when Jane was 23.

