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Helen Adams

Helen Adams

Female 1890 -

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Helen Adams was born in May 1890 in New York (daughter of William H. Adams and Mary Brown DeWitt).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1900, Richmond, Monroe Ward, Richmond City, Virginia; Age: 10; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 1910, Richmond Lee Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Age in 1910: 19; Age in 1910: 10; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 1920, Richmond Lee Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Age: 29; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 1935, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Age: 49; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William H. Adams was born about 1860.

    William married Mary Brown DeWitt. Mary (daughter of Thomas H. DeWitt and Elizabeth "Betsey" Ann Betty Fontaine) was born on 9 Oct 1860 in Richmond, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Brown DeWitt was born on 9 Oct 1860 in Richmond, Virginia (daughter of Thomas H. DeWitt and Elizabeth "Betsey" Ann Betty Fontaine).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1880, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
    • Residence: 1900, Richmond, Monroe Ward, Richmond City, Virginia; Age: 38; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1910, Richmond Lee Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Age in 1910: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1920, Richmond Lee Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia; Age: 58; Marital Status: Widowed; Marital Status: Widow; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1935, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia
    • Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA; Age: 79; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Children:
    1. 1. Helen Adams was born in May 1890 in New York.
    2. Anthony Crece Adams was born in Feb 1892 in New Jersey.
    3. Fontaine DeWitt Adams was born on 25 Oct 1893 in Orange, New Jersey; died on 30 Dec 1951; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Thomas H. DeWitt

    Thomas married Elizabeth "Betsey" Ann Betty Fontaine. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund Fontaine and Maria Louisa Shackleford) was born about 1827 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 1 May 1876 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Elizabeth "Betsey" Ann Betty Fontaine was born about 1827 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA (daughter of Edmund Fontaine and Maria Louisa Shackleford); died on 1 May 1876 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, West District, Hanover, Virginia; Age: 24
    • Residence: 1880, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Age: 53; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Self

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Brown DeWitt was born on 9 Oct 1860 in Richmond, Virginia.
    2. Edmund Fontaine DeWitt was born about 1856 in Virginia, USA.
    3. Louisa Fontaine DeWitt died in CHILD.
    4. Nora Braxton DeWitt died in CHILD.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Edmund Fontaine was born on 29 Jan 1801 in Hanove County, Virginia, USA (son of William Fontaine and Anne Morris); died on 26 Jun 1869.

    Notes:

    Edmund was President of the C and O Railroad. The old home at Beaverdam had fallen down but there was a beautiful home that Edmund had built around 1850s. I saw it in 1980s. IT WAS UNOCCUPIED AND WAS A CATTLE FARM. We did record all the Cem. Stones that we could. I think it has now been restored.

    James Fontaine of Rock Castle 1799-1875
    Charley 1842-1868
    James 1838-1852
    Juliet Fontaine 1876
    Maury 1852-1881

    son of William Morris Fontaine 1836-1913
    Joseph Morris Fontaine 1854-1915
    John 1849-1854 Nancy 1846-1856

    Peter Furreau son of Will and Ann Fontaine

    Edmund----
    5 broken stones

    Died:
    Edmund's tombstone is in the middle of the cemetery of 32 graves on the site./"Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

    Edmund married Maria Louisa Shackleford on 15 Dec 1824 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA. Maria was born on 4 Feb 1807 in Hanove County, Virginia, USA; died on 30 May 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  Maria Louisa Shackleford was born on 4 Feb 1807 in Hanove County, Virginia, USA; died on 30 May 1876.

    Notes:

    Died:
    "Beaverdam", Hanover Co., VA

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth "Betsey" Ann Betty Fontaine was born about 1827 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 1 May 1876 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
    2. John Boursiquot Fontaine was born on 1 Apr 1840 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Oct 1864 in Beaver Dam Cemetery, Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    3. Mary Morris Fontaine was born in 1835 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died in 1910.
    4. Edmund Fontaine Fontaine was born in 1837 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jul 1861 in Battle of Manassas, VA.
    5. Lucy Dabney Fontaine was born on 29 May 1844 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Mar 1917 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    6. William Morris Fontaine was born on 6 Jun 1828 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Aug 1842 in Beaver Dam Cemetery, Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    7. Sarah Louisa Fontaine was born on 8 Nov 1831 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died in CHILD in Beaver Dam Cemetery, Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    8. Jane Catherine Fontaine was born on 31 Mar 1833 in Beaverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Oct 1909 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
    9. Richard Morris Fontaine was born on 5 Aug 1842 in Hanover County, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Oct 1914 in Beaver Dam Cemetery, Hanover, Virginia, USA.
    10. Rosalie Shackelford Fontaine was born on 12 Mar 1851 in Beverdam, Hanover, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Jan 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
    11. Rose Maury Fontaine was born on 7 Mar 1848; died on 23 May 1848 in Beaver Dam Cemetery, Hanover, Virginia, USA.