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Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams 1900–1996 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 July 1900

Birth Location: Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 22 Feb 1996

Death Location: Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: Daniel Adams

Mother: Queen Pressley

Spouse(s): John Rogers

Children(s):

Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams was born in 1900 in Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA, the child of Daniel Harrison Adams And Queen Ester Pressley. Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams married Frady, John Newton Rogers, King. Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams passed away in 1996 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams was born in 1900 in Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA, the child of Daniel Harrison Adams And Queen Ester Pressley.
  • Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams married Frady, John Newton Rogers, King.
  • Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams passed away in 1996 in Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Esther Adams's Ancestors

Self
Esther Adams
1900–1996
Birth Place: Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Daniel Harrison Adams
1876–1967
North Carolina, USA
Queen (Ester) Pressley
1879–1965
Speedwell, Jackson County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
James (Banister) Adams
1826–1910
Burke, North Carolina, United States
Clarinda Evitt
1834–1892
North Carolina, United States
Lewis (Clingman) Pressley
1843–1917
Speedwell, Jackson, North Carolina, United States
Dorothea (Matilda "Dorcus\Darcus") Mathis
1846–1911
Speedwell, Jackson, North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Joshua Jr
1777–1870
Martha Brown
1780–1860
George Evitt
1804–1850
Gemima Mullinax
1804–1903
Andrew Pressley
1804–1912
Nancy Tilley
1810–1884
Easter Parker
1822–1914
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Adams
1743–1819
Phoebe Easley
1748–1846
John Brown
1743–1824
Hannah Light
1745–1837
John Evitt
1773–1837
William Mullenax
1771–1850
Aaron Boggs
1770–1830
Dunnin Sr
1780–1850
Mary Warren
1782–1860
Stephen Tilley
1784–1826
Catherine Powell
1795–1850
William Jr
1794–1868
Elizabeth Massengale
1796–1860

Esther Adams's Timeline

2 Records

1900
1 July 1900
Birth of Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams in Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
1996
22 Feb 1996
Age 96
Death of Esther „Hester“ Matilda Adams in Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States
Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 July 1900
    Event Place: Cullowhee, Jackson, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1996
    Event Place: Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sylva, Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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