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Name	Thomas ADKINS [8]
Birth	Male; 1850; Birmingham UK
Death	1921, age about 71
Occupation	Thought to have owned an iron & steel business [11]
Residence	UK
Father	Henry ADKINS (1822 - 1898)
Mother	Julia Bartleet MALINS (1829 - 1898)

Spouse:

1	Married, 1875
Name	Ellen SOTHAM [8]
Birth	Female; 11 Oct 1843; Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire UK
Death	About 1937, age about 93
Death Memo	DA thought she died abt 1942 age 98 [46]
Residence	UK
Father	Henry SOTHAM
Mother	Ellen NASH (1812 - )

Marriage

3 June 1875, Holy Trinity Church, Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire UK

Children (3):	Henry Francis 'Frank' ADKINS (1878 - 1950)
	John Caleb 'Jack' ADKINS (1880 - ~1963)
	Florence Evelyn ADKINS (1882 - 1937)

Notes for Thomas ADKINS

1881 Census - Living in New Road, Woodleigh, Kings Norton, Staffordshire UK. Noted on son's wedding certificate as a 'Gentleman'.

Travelled from Widney, Knowle, Warwickshire UK, to Birmingham every day by train for business.

Notes for Ellen SOTHAM

Of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire UK. Lived at Barnt Green, Worcestershire UK around 1910-15. The picture is said to have been taken at the wedding of her grand-daughter Eleanor Wenham and Bryan Isaac in about 1927/8 when Ellen was about 83 but she really doesn't look that old!

Lived at Padstow, Beech Avenue, Sanderstead, Surrey UK, in her retiring years.

Sources

8.	Document, Evelyn GOODMAN research
11.	Interview, 21 July 2001, Dennis Adkins, Interviewed by STB
46.	Interview, Dennis Adkins

Person record last updated: 7 Feb 2023
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