Brief Life History of Joseph Frederick
When Joseph Frederick Adam was born on 10 November 1876, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Fred Adam IV, was 32 and his mother, Hermina Bosshard, was 19. He married Grace Gertrude Howland on 22 December 1895. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Inglewood Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 29 August 1952, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Fredric Adam, "United States Census, 1910"
- Fred Adams, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Fred Adam, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1884
Rosedale Cemetery was founded in 1884.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Ukrainian (standard transliteration Adamovych) and Belorussian: patronymic from the personal name Adam .
Americanized form of Serbian and Croatian Adamović, Slovak Adamovič, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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