Brief Life History of Forest Grant
When Forest Grant Adams was born on 8 April 1899, in Coldwater Township, Butler, Iowa, United States, his father, Orin Grant Adams, was 29 and his mother, Bertha Mary Uker, was 26. He married Irene Layton in 1921. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bowen Township, Sargent, North Dakota, United States in 1920 and Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States in 1930. He died on 25 November 1969, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (21)
- Forest S Addams in household of Oren G Addams, "United States Census, 1910"
- Forest Grant Adams, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Forest Grant Adams, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1899–1969 Male
1903–1979 Female
Children (1)
1922–1945 Male
Parents and Siblings
1869–1942 Male
1872–1952 Female
Siblings (2)
1899–1969 Male
1902–1968 Male
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 1
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
Age 14
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 19
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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