Mary Adams

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Adams was born in 1842, in Wayne, Michigan, United States. She married William Hooks in 1861, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870. She died on 31 July 1891, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

William Hooks
1836–1918
Mary Adams
1842–1891
Marriage: 1861
Amanda J. Hooks
1863–1913
Mary Hooks
1865–1938
James Hooks
1867–1942
William Hooks
1870–1944
Martha Hooks
1877–1952
Margaret Hooks
1877–1952
Clara Belle Hooks
1878–1958
Thomas Hooks
1881–1935

Sources (52)

  • Mary Hooks in household of William Hooks, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Mary Hooks, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Moving the State Capital

The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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