Robert John Adams was a fireman of the Titanic. He died in the sinking. He was the son of Robert Adams (1849-1893) and Kate Knott (1853-1934). His parents, both natives of Hampshire, were married in Portsea in 1879. Robert had six siblings: twins Frederick and Kate (b. 1887), Ernest (b. 1889), Charles (b. 1891), Ada Lilian (b. 1892) and Ellen (b. 1895). Robert first appears on the 1891 census when he and his family were living at 13 Nelson Road, Millbrook, Hampshire. His father, a mariner, died in 1893.