Selana Alice ADAMS

1874 - 1901  (22 years)

• Name	Selana Alice ADAMS
  Birth	17 Oct 1874	Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Between 1897 and 1901	Gold River, Lunenburg, NS   [3]
  Person ID	I58619	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Henry ADAMS,   b. 10 May 1852, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ann Lavinia HILTZ,   b. 30 Jun 1853, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS d. 18 Feb 1893, Lunenburg County, NS (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1874	Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS   [4]
  Family ID	F78365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Arthur Elias SAWLER,   b. 17 Jan 1870, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS d. Bef 1896, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS (Age < 25 years)
  Marriage	23 Jun 1893	Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS   [5]
  Children	1. Effie Maria SAWLER,   b. 9 Oct 1893, Gold River, Lunenburg, NS d. 22 Dec 1979, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS (Age 86 years)   2. Alfred St. Clair SAWLER, [Twin],   b. 14 Dec 1894, Gold River, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   3. Austin Norman SAWLER, [Twin],   b. 21 Dec 1894, Gold River, Lunenburg, NS d. 29 Mar 1925, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F23674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 2	John Albert SAWLER,   b. 12 Nov 1861, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS d. 25 Dec 1946, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	30 Dec 1896	Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, NS   [6]
  Children	1. Effie SAWLER,   b. 10 Oct 1892, Western Shore Area, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   2. Austin SAWLER,   b. 17 Dec 1894, Western Shore, Lunenburg, NS d. Yes, date unknown   3. Theophilus St. Clair SAWLER,   b. 20 Nov 1897, Gold River, Lunenburg, NS d. 30 Oct 1917, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F23673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  On 23 Jun 1893, one Selina ADAMS, d/o Henry and Lavinia, m. Arthur SAWLER, s/o James & Eliza. However, neither Arthur nor Selina can be found in the 1901 Census. On 30 Dec 1896, one Lena Alice ADAMS, d/o Henry and Lavinia, marries a man named in the record as John Alfred SAWLER, s/o James & Eliza [see his notes]. I think this is probably the Albert SAWLER who appears in the 1901 Census, as a widower, with children Effie, Austin, and Offie. In the 1901 Census Albert is shown with daughter Effie b. 1892, son Austin b.1894, and son Offie, b. 1897, and in the record of her marriage to “John Alfred” she is a widow, meaning that Effie and Norman are probably children by a previous husband. But note that their name is SAWLER. The clue to the solution of this puzzle is the fact that, in the 1881 Census, Henry and Lavinia ADAMS have a daughter Selina but no daughter named Lena or Alice. So Selina and Lena Alice are almost certainly the same person. This being the case, Arthur does not appear in the 1901 Census beCAUS ofe he dies bet. 1894-1896, leaving Selina as a widow with two small children. So in 1896, Selina marries his brother Albert and she herself then dies between 1897 -1901, after son Offie [Orpheus] is born. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] 1881 Census of *NS*, Lunenburg County, Chester, family #147. [S9299] Parish Register, St. Stephen's Anglican Church--Chester. [S81] 1901 Census of *NS*, Her husband is a widower in this census. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Year: 1874 - Book: 1828 - Page: 102 - Number: 165. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, Year: 1893 - Book: 1829 - Page: 121 - Number: 97. [S12554] !NS Historical Vital Statistics, 1896, p. 184, #254--transcribed by Joe Whitby.