Charles Wigton ADAMS [1904-????]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 12/11/2023 - 23:50
Names
Given
Charles Wigton
Family
Adams
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
Birthplace (town, state)
Franklin, Pennsylvania
Birthplace (country)
United States

Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Interned at Stanley, where he worked in the camp kitchen.  Repatriated in August 1942.  From Omaha, NB.

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Thanks, Moddsey!  Charles Adams is one of the crew that I know the least about, so here's hoping we'll eventually learn more about him.  --Steve

Is the name correct? Could there have been a mistake in transcription?

I found Charles Wayne Adams born 23 December 1904 in Franklin Pennsylvania. His Draft Card shows him in New York. His occupation was American President Lines  birth date 23 December 1904. Death records have him in San Francisco birth 23 December 1904 and death on 26 January 1966.

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Interesting!  The details for Charles Wayne Adams are pretty close to those for Charles Wigton Adams.  All the sources I've seen give the middle name of Wigton, but it's quite possible his name got garbled somewhere along the line. 

 

 

As far as I can ascertain, the sources for Charles Wigton Adams, where Wigton are mentioned came from these sources:

1. https://www.chinafamilies.net/internees/7085-adams-charles-wigton/

2. http://www.usmm.org/pownames.html

3. https://aad.archives.gov/aad/display-partial-records.jsp?s=644&dt=3159&tf=F&bc=%2Csl%2Cfd&q=adams&btnSearch=Search&as_alq=&as_anq=&as_epq=&as_woq=&mtch=262&pg=1

Thanks, moddsey.  I hadn't considered the China Families website since Charles Adams had no connection to China or family there.  He just had the bad luck to end up in the Stanley camp.