See also
Husband: | James ADAM ( -1841) | |
Wife: | Margaret FRENCH ( - ) |
Name: | James ADAM | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | James ADAM (1760-1849) | |
Mother: | Janet SHEDDEN (1788-1863) | |
Occupation | Civil Engineer | |
Death | 23 Nov 1841 | New Zealand |
Name: | Margaret FRENCH | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | - | |
Mother: | - |
information from Memoir of William Wilson of Crummock
James Adam, civil engineer, married Margaret, daughter of … French of Edinburgh; emigrated to New Zealand in 1840, and was drowned through the capsizing of the ship’s boat during a squall in Manukau Bay on 23rd November 1841, leaving, besides his widow, one child, both of whom afterwards died in Sydney, N.S.W.