Adams was born in 1848 at
Greenvale, Victoria. Her mother, Jane Anderson, was Scottish, and her father, the farmer Robert Adams, was Irish. She was known as Annie, and she received her education at
Geelong High School and at a private institution in
St Kilda, Victoria. After her schooling, she travelled through Europe with her mother. On 21 January 1874, she married
James Wilson at St Enochs station near
Skipton, Victoria. Her husband had bought of land in the
Rangitikei District of New Zealand in 1873, and by the end of 1874, the Wilsons were living there. ==References==