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Name : Mrs Annie Adams Daughter of : James Bishopp and Lizzie Bishopp (née Brooks) of Brabourne, Kent. Born : 1889, Boughton Aluph, Kent. Married : Herbert John Adams, 1919, Dover, Kent. |
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Census information
: 1891 : James and Lizzie Bishopp, with Annie aged 2, are at Lees, Boughton Aluph, Kent. James Bishopp is a Shepherd. 1901 : James and Lizzie Bishopp, with Annie aged 12, are at Lees, Boughton Aluph, Kent. James Bishopp is a Shepherd. 1911 : Annie Bishopp, aged 22, is in service at 11 Northampton Road, Addiscombe, Croydon. (Employing family is not at home). |
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Electoral roll information
: 1922 - 25 : The Adams family is listed at 1 Trinity Terrace, Trinity Road, Ventnor. 1929 - 38 : The Adams family is listed at Aratrum Villa, High Street, Ventnor. |
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| Casualty Details
: Died : 17 January 1943, aged 55, at High Street, Ventnor. Buried at : Ventnor Cemetery, Plot Q 56 on 21 January 1943. CWGC Record |
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| Commemorated on these
Memorials : Ventnor War Memorial |
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Documents and Newspaper cuttings :
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Friday, January 22, 1943 Page 3 Funerals of Island Air Raid Victims ... The funeral of Mrs. Annie Adams, wife of Mr. H.J. Adams, another victim of enemy action, took place at a Cemetery on the same afternoon. Civil Defence and W.V.S. personnel, with which deceased was associated, lined the Cemetery entrance. The mourners were Mr. H.J. Adams (husband), Mr. W. Bishopp (father), Mr. W. Bishopp (brother), Miss Elsie Bishopp (sister), Mrs. Bishopp (sister-in-law), Mr. and Mrs. E. Adams (brother-in-law and sister-in-law), and Mrs. W.J. Fairminer. Others present included the Chairman and Clerk of the local Council, representatives of the British Legion, County Council, Musical and Dramatic Society, and a number of personal friends. Wreaths included those sent by the Musical Society and one inscribed "to a loyal and valiant member, from the W.V.S." (not all the report has been transcribed)
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Friday, January 29, 1943 Page 2 DEATH ADAMS. - On Jan. 17, Annie Adams, beloved wife of H.J. Adams, Aratrum, Ventnor, aged 54. ACKNOWLEDGMENT ADAMS. - Mr. H.J. Adams and Miss Elsie Bishopp desire to thank all their friends for many expressions of kindness and sympathy. note : there are slight discrepancies in Mrs Adams' reported age and the first initial of her father. |
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| Acknowledgments : Janet Griffin for Newspaper research. |
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