Brief Life History of Everett Eugene
When Everett Eugene Adams was born on 12 September 1881, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, George Everett Adams, was 35 and his mother, Elenora Martin Learned, was 36. He married Leah Mitchell Wall on 28 June 1906, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1940. In 1940, at the age of 59, his occupation is listed as vice president of a railroad company in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. He died on 18 January 1954, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States.
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- Everett E Adams in household of Geo E Adams, "United States Census, 1900"
- Everett Eugene Adams, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- E E Adams, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1885 · The World's First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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