The Adams Family in both Forests of Dean! (General)

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:11 (5737 days ago) @ rookancestrybest

Since I did the original posting to this I have not only found, that there was/is a Forest of Dean in Poughkeepsie but also a company operating in that part of the USA called The Forest of Dean Iron Co. Whether it originated in Poughkeepsie or our Forest of Dean is not yet clear but I will research it further. I have also found that my relative (who went to Poughkeepsie) had a brother-in-law (surname Adams/Addams) who emigrated there with his family too. This branch of the family lived in Poughkeepsie until the 1870s when the moved to a nearby town in Pennsylvania called Canton. I found this out because I removed a photograph from an old family album. I had no idea who the person was but once I removed it her name was on the back (Maggie Adams) along with the name of the photo-studio in Canton, PA. If anyone is related to Maggie Adams I would be happy to scan them a copy of the photograph. My relative, who went to Poughkeepsie was called Charles J ROOK(E) (born 1824- died Autumn 1854), his wife was Ann Mary Ad[d]ams. (I've put an earlier posting on with their details some time ago). They emigrated in 1848. She appears to have had at least five brothers and it is probably George Adams (1810) who went there with his wife Elizabeth W Adams. He appears to have died before they moved to Pennsylvania but, by then, two of their children, P Benjamin Adams and Stephen Adams were both working age. P Benjamin Adams' wife was called Margaret but so was one of his daughters, I am not sure which of these Maggies is the one in my photograph. It is probably the latter. There is also a possibility that the Adams married other members of the Rook family in an earlier generation. I was not surprised to learn, from his obituary, that Stephen Adams was a blacksmith.