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Peacock fountain at Adamson House. After the death of her husband, Rhoda Rindge Adamson continued to live in the house until her own death in April 1962. [4] After her death, her heirs announced plans to build a $10–12 million "deluxe Waikiki-type beach resort" on the 13-acre (53,000 m 2) site, while preserving the house as an art and history ...
Adamson is an English patronymic surname meaning "son of Adam". [1] It is rare as a given name, although there has been a tradition in some families for the first-born son to be called Adam. People with the surname Adamson include: Adam Adamson (1884–1984), New Zealand businessman; Agar Adamson (1865–1929), Canadian Light Infantry officer ...
The family patriarch, Frederick Hastings Rindge, was vice-president of Union Oil Company, and a director of the Los Angeles Edison Electric Company (later Southern California Edison Company). The Rindges' investments included land near Stockton, California , and real estate holdings in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, and the state of ...
Adamson was born Rhoda Agatha Rindge, the middle child of Rhoda May Knight Rindge and Frederick Hastings Rindge, [11] transplants to California from Michigan and Massachusetts, respectively. The family lived in Santa Monica as well as a Victorian mansion in Malibu Canyon, on the Rindge's 13,315-acre ranch.
The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is a database of genealogical records, compiled from several sources, and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
After Adamson's death in 1996, the Adamson Collection was moved for a second time, to Lambeth Hospital, an inner London mental health unit, part of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM), on permanent loan by the Adamson Collection Trust. The Collection was curated by the hospital Art Therapist, Alice Jackson, until 2012.
Adamson Tannehill was born May 23, 1750, in Frederick County, Maryland, [1] [2] the oldest of nine children born to John Tannehill, owner of a tobacco plantation, and Rachel Adamson Tannehill. [2] Adamson's maternal grandfather took a special interest in the grandchild who bore his name, and he provided "such pecuniary assistance as to secure a ...
The land was granted to Agar Adamson and Mabel Cawthra as a wedding gift. The Cawthra family of Toronto was famous for its business, social and cultural contributions to the city. It is one of the oldest families in Toronto, and many descendants of the family's founder, Joseph Cawthra, continue to play significant roles in Toronto society.