Brief Life History of Emory Francis
When Emory Francis Adams was born on 9 December 1888, in Perry, Dallas, Iowa, United States, his father, Eli Edwin Adams Sr, was 46 and his mother, Savilla Linissa Dunkle, was 40. He married Clara Angeline Fields on 1 December 1910, in Story, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1950 and California, United States in 1958. He died on 17 November 1962, in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States.
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- Emory Adams, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emory Francis Adams - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Emery Francis Adams
- Emory Adams, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Spouse and Children
1888–1962 Male
1893–1969 Female
Children (11)
1911–2000 Female
1913–1988 Male
1915–2015 Female
1917–1920 Male
1920–1996 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1842–1927 Male
1848–1928 Female
Siblings (10)
1870–1947 Female
1871–1935 Female
1873–1958 Male
1875–1893 Male
1877–1878 Male
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 2
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
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Name Meaning
English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.
History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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