Brief Life History of Troy
When Troy Adams was born on 10 November 1937, in Wisner, Franklin, Louisiana, United States, his father, William Pinkney Adams Jr, was 41 and his mother, Clara Leona Pickering, was 38. He lived in Ward One, Franklin, Louisiana, United States in 1940. He died on 19 December 1969, in Port Allen, West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Ball, Rapides, Louisiana, United States.
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- Troy Adams in household of Pink Adams, "United States Census, 1940"
- Troy Adams in entry for Sherman A Adams, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Troy Adams in entry for Mrs Clara Pickering, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · The Four Freedoms
President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
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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