Is the J C Coode the civil engineer - Sir John Coode (see http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/iln/nxxxx72.htm for his connection with Douglas and http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/manx/iln/n220569.htm for the ill-fated Port Erin Break water

The Adams might be related the lawyer W A Adams