Alfred Adams' death record states he died at Providence Hospital three hours after the incident. chief cause of death: fractured bones of face and skull; contributing cause of death: lifelong history of epilepsy. It looks more likely it was a medical issue rather than a criminal event since the contributing cause would have listed an assault or accident etc. It also states Alfred had lived in Seattle for 25 years and was 36 years of age. Sarah Thorson Little -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 2/11/17, Lars E. Oyane <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [NOR] Alfred Adams of Seattle, WA - killed on Dec. 24, 1901? To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 11, 2017, 5:11 PM Dear Listers! I have today learned of a tragic event in Seattle, WA which I hope someone can help me «clarify»? Bertha Hendrickson from Luster Co., Norway (1859-1943) was married in Tacoma, WA July 21, 1900 to Alfred Adams, a Seattle, WA teamster, supposedly born in Missouri about 1865. Then I find the death record of Alfred ADAM(!) in Seattle, WA on Dec. 24, 1901 - cause of death: FRACTURE OF SKULL! I have no idea what happened, but the cause of death suggests a criminal act, unless he had a very tragic accident!?  In both cases I presume there should be a newspaper write-up about the incident, which I hope can be found? I am also interested in any information that can be found in regard to his origin in Missouri!? Thanks a million in advance for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Sarah, Bill and other Listers! Thank you very much for your efforts trying to identify and find further information about Alfred Adams! It is interesting to read he had resided in Seattle, WA for 25 years at the time of his death, and still there is absolutely no sign of him there before 1900! I do suspect, however, he be identical to this gentleman from the 1880 census of Eagle Creek precinct, Clackamah Co., OR: JONES, E. D. 55 OH NY NY farmer ADAMS, Alferd 15 MO MO MO servant And this Alfred is probably the one who in 1870 at the age of 5, born in MO, was a (foster?) child with Jacob and Anna Elizabeth Ochsenbein of Swiss origin farming in Bogle township, Gentry Co., MO. The Ochsenbeins moved in the 1870’s to Milwaukie, Clackamas Co., OR where Jacob died as a widower May 16, 1884. It sounds like Alfred Adams’ life story is a hard one to trace… Thanks again for your great interest and efforts in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Feb 13, 2017, at 4:07 AM, Sarah Thorson Little <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alfred Adams' death record states he died at Providence Hospital three hours after the incident. chief cause of death: fractured bones of face and skull; contributing cause of death: lifelong history of epilepsy. It looks more likely it was a medical issue rather than a criminal event since the contributing cause would have listed an assault or accident etc. It also states Alfred had lived in Seattle for 25 years and was 36 years of age. > > Sarah Thorson Little ~~~~~ > On Feb 12, 2017, at 12:37 AM, Bill Henshaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lars, > > I looked at the Seattle Times historical newspaper archives and the newspapers for 12/22/1901 - 12/31/1902 are gone. I can't find any reference to him before 12/22/1901 or after 12/31/1902. If an article was written about what happened or if an obituary was put in the paper, it must have been between 12/22 and 12/31. > > Bill > ~~~~~ > On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 05:11 pm, Lars E. Oyane <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Listers! >> >> I have today learned of a tragic event in Seattle, WA which I hope someone can help me «clarify»? >> >> Bertha Hendrickson from Luster Co., Norway (1859-1943) was married in Tacoma, WA July 21, 1900 to Alfred Adams, a Seattle, WA teamster, supposedly born in Missouri about 1865. >> >> Then I find the death record of Alfred ADAM(!) in Seattle, WA on Dec. 24, 1901 - cause of death: FRACTURE OF SKULL! >> >> I have no idea what happened, but the cause of death suggests a criminal act, unless he had a very tragic accident!? In both cases I presume there should be a newspaper write-up about the incident, which I hope can be found? >> >> I am also interested in any information that can be found in regard to his origin in Missouri!? >> >> Thanks a million in advance for your great assistance in this matter! >> >> Very sincerely yours, >> >> Lars E. Oyane >> > --------------------------------------------