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Alice C <I>Tilton</I> Adams

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Alice C Tilton Adams

Birth
Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
1934 (aged 79–80)
West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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ALICE C (TILTON) ADAMS; b. Chilmark, MA , 15 Mar 1854; dau. of Baze (Bayes) N and Elizabeth N (Poole) Tilton. Alice was born a twin of Avis F Tilton. Her father was a mariner, fisherman and farmer, in his lifetime.

In 1870: Alice and Avis are age 16 and they have a brother Benjamin T, age 7. Living in Chilmark with her parents.
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1876: Marriage to Capt. David Blake Adams (s. David L and Phebe (Mayhew) Adams) in Chilmark, New Year's Eve, 1876. Alice, Age 22. David Adams age 33.

1880: David and Alice are living in the home of her parents Baze (Bayes) and Elizabeth Tilton. David is a "sailor" and her father is a fisherman and farmer.

Children:
Gertrude Florentine b. 1881
Elizabeth Gordon b. 1885
Eric Redfield b. 1889 - d. 1890 of meningitis
Vida Blake b. Sep 1891

1891: Alice's husband Capt. David B Adams, "late of Martha's Vineyard," dies in Honolulu, Hawaii 22 Mar 1891, at the Queen's Hospital, age 45. Funeral services were held at the Central Union Church on 24 Mar 1891. (Alice was pregnant with dau. Vida, when this occurred.) See news clipping.

1896: Death of father, Baze Tilton, age 69, of Plinitis.
1897: Death of mother, Elizabeth (Poole) Tilton; heart disease

By 1910, Alice Adams and all three of her adult daughters are living together in W. Tisbury.Alice, age 56, widowed, has her 'own income.'

1934: Death
ALICE C (TILTON) ADAMS; b. Chilmark, MA , 15 Mar 1854; dau. of Baze (Bayes) N and Elizabeth N (Poole) Tilton. Alice was born a twin of Avis F Tilton. Her father was a mariner, fisherman and farmer, in his lifetime.

In 1870: Alice and Avis are age 16 and they have a brother Benjamin T, age 7. Living in Chilmark with her parents.
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1876: Marriage to Capt. David Blake Adams (s. David L and Phebe (Mayhew) Adams) in Chilmark, New Year's Eve, 1876. Alice, Age 22. David Adams age 33.

1880: David and Alice are living in the home of her parents Baze (Bayes) and Elizabeth Tilton. David is a "sailor" and her father is a fisherman and farmer.

Children:
Gertrude Florentine b. 1881
Elizabeth Gordon b. 1885
Eric Redfield b. 1889 - d. 1890 of meningitis
Vida Blake b. Sep 1891

1891: Alice's husband Capt. David B Adams, "late of Martha's Vineyard," dies in Honolulu, Hawaii 22 Mar 1891, at the Queen's Hospital, age 45. Funeral services were held at the Central Union Church on 24 Mar 1891. (Alice was pregnant with dau. Vida, when this occurred.) See news clipping.

1896: Death of father, Baze Tilton, age 69, of Plinitis.
1897: Death of mother, Elizabeth (Poole) Tilton; heart disease

By 1910, Alice Adams and all three of her adult daughters are living together in W. Tisbury.Alice, age 56, widowed, has her 'own income.'

1934: Death


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  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/225004984/alice_c-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Alice C Tilton Adams (15 Mar 1854–1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 225004984, citing West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by jbsweet (contributor 47731621).