Looking for any information on parents of Seraphina (Sarah) Adams whose parents were J.P. and Honora. They resided in Nevada City, Ca. and were affiliated with the New York Hotel. Does anyone out there know what name the intials J.P. may have represented?

Marriage of J. P. & Honora: July 2, 1853 location unknown.

Seraphina Adams died July 27, 1860 in Nevada City at the age of 6.

Honora Adams died: Feb. 15th 1869 at San Francisco, CA (leaving six children under 21 yrs of age.

Of the children, a J.P. aged 5 also appears on the 1860 Census of Nevada Township. According to this census, father J.P. was a 43 yr old hotel keeper, native of France. Mother, Honora 28 yr old native of Ireland.

Does anyone know what became of J.P. and family after Honora's death?

I don't have any connection but just enjoy searching.

I found a John P. Adams age 65 in San Francisco in the 1880 census. Roll:T9_77 Enumeration district 165: Image 0510. He was born in France and is a Bootblack. He is widowed and with him are his children:
John 25 steward
William 16 boot (or boat) maker
Agnes 20 works in shirt factory
Minnie 19 keeping house

The ages of John and Agnes match with J.P and A. in the 1860 census. The children are all listed as born in Nevada and both parents are listed as born in France but who knows how accurate that is.

I have not found this family in the 1870 census.

I found a William P. Adams in the 1900 census in Portland OR, Multnomah Ward 5 Dist. 50. He was born Feb 1865 in CA with father born in France and mother in Ireland (doesn't seem to be a comman occurance).
He is with his wife Amelia and daughter Helen b Sept 1896. They were living with her parents(listed as grandparents but unlikely) Henry and Christina Fleckenstein.

In 1910 the family was still in Portland with two daughters Helen13 and Marjorie 7 as well as sister Agatha Adams (A.?) who was a seamstress. The Fleckensteins lived next door.

In 1920 the family was still in Portland with Helen C. 23 and Marjorie G. 17 and Amelia's mother Christina Fleckenstein 72 a widow.

That's as far as I have gotten. No proof that the Oregon family is connected to J.P and Honora but I'm willing to bet that John P. in the 1880 census is the right one.

Do you know the names of other children who survived Honora beside J.P. and A.?

Barbara

Barbara,

Thank you ever so much for your diligent research, and I do agree with you that the John P. family you found on the 1880 census is one and the same as the family I've been researching. The children all being born in Nevada may actually have been an error as I believe they were born in Nevada City, California, however, the town in which they resided was originally called Nevada (the City being tagged on to the name after the State of Nevada entered the union to avoid confusion between the two) which may have led to this mistake. The mother, Honora, died in San Francisco in 1869, so that ties the family to that locale as well.

I do not have any other names of children of J.P. and Honora but do have information that another boy was born to the family on November 13, 1867. Something must have happened to him, as none of the children present on the 1880 census you found are the right age (12). Adding this son to the 4 children you revealed leaves one additional child (of the six that survived Honora) in limbo, this child may have been old enough to marry or could possibly have died prior to 1880.

The next time I get to the research library I'll take a look-see into your poser regarding your Great Aunt Katrine Thomsen Ditlevson who died in Boca, CA. Information may be somewhat limited due to location, but may be able to come up with something.

Thanks again, and good luck in your search.

Donna

You may already have found, but following is at URL:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~historic/h...
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Census of Old St. Patrick's Cemetery

Adams, Seraphina; 7/23/1854 - 7/27/1860
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J P’s name appears as ADDAMS in Nevada City index in

Bean's history and directory of Nevada County, California : containing a complete history of the county, with sketches of the various towns and mining camps, the names and occupation of residents : also, full statistics of mining and all other industrial resources
Nevada: Printed at the Daily Gazette Book and Job Office, 1867, 438 pgs.

Ad for New York Hotel (Page 163) attached reflects same spelling

Thank you so much for your help.

I have a little information on the Adams family as I am researching material for a book on hotels in Nevada County.
At a public auction in front of the courthouse steps on Aug. 11, 1869 John C. Dewel (lawyer) was the highest bidder at $867.00 and he assigned the same on July 20, 2870 to P.L. Ryan, of Grass Valley. The sale was the result from a Judgement between John Henninger? and J.P. Adams and the Estate of Hanna Adams. Neither of those parties bid on the property to get it back therefore it went to the highest bidder.
I had not yet found a deed where Adams was the buyer of the New York Hotel. In 1857 Tracy Stroud sold the hotel to George Lippert.
Deed books prior to 1856 were destroyed in the 1856 fire.
The town of Nevada City was in the first two decades known by only "Nevada" and this is the town in Nevada County not the State of Nevada that later took the name for what was before a part of the Utah Territory.

Thank you very much for your information. I am doing research for a possible book on Old St. Patrick's Cemetery in Grass Valley where Honora and J. P Adams daughter, Seraphina is interred. As such, it seems as if I almost live at the Doris Foley Library.

Seraphina's mother, Honora, purchased the "New York Hotel Lot" upon which the New York Hotel recently stood from Gerhard Schmittburg on May 27, 1858 for $1,000. On June 30, 1860 she purchased a parcel of land adjoining this property from Wymore & Baker. She owned The New York Hotel as her separate property during her lifetime, until her death in San Francisco on Feb. 15, 1869.

When at the Foley Library you can find J.P. Adams listed as proprietor of New York Hotel (1861 Directory) in the Business Card Index.

I found the deed information through Kitt's Index at Foley as well, it is listed on microfilm "Deeds" Book 3 beginning on bottom of pg. 286 (Schmittburg to Adams); and Book 6 beginning middle of pg 342 (Wymore/Baker to Adams).

Further Source: Original Assessment Roll Nevada County, 1866 pg. 125 (Assessor book at Foley Library)
Nevada ~ Adams, J. P. agent of Honora Adams House + Lot on North Side of Broad St. adj. Lot of Monroe known as New York Hotel including funiture 1800. Total Value of Taxable Property 1800. Total amount State and County Tax 35.10 when paid area is blank.

Am sure that the Adams name should appear in the other Assessor books for the years they owned this property as well, but don't feel I need to pull each and everyone of them for the research I am doing.

Thank you again, and I'm sure the information contained here will be useful to you for your book on Hotels. As far as I can tell, nobody else has come across the information that this Hotel was owned by a woman back in the day when that was very unusual.

Donna