Alexander McGill Adamson

Brief Life History of Alexander McGill

When Alexander McGill Adamson was born on 11 May 1876, in Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Alexander Gillespie Adamson, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Shaw Mcgill, was 36. He married Rose May Miller on 14 November 1900, in Magna, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 27 May 1954, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander McGill Adamson
1876–1954
Delzina Louise Pennington
1893–1969
Marriage: 22 October 1913
Alma Virginia Adamson
1914–2002
Jessie Valerie Adamson
1915–2016
Delbert Garfield Adamson
1918–2008
Donna Lavon Adamson
1921–2004

Sources (52)

  • Alexander M Adamson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Alexander Mc Gill Adamson - birth-name: Alexander McGill Adamson
  • Alexander M. Adamson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

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.

1896 · Utah becomes a state

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Adam + Middle English son, meaning ‘son of Adam’. The surname is especially common in Scotland, where it is borne by a sept of clan McIntosh. In North America, this surname has absorbed some Polish and possibly also other European patronymics and other derivatives from the personal name Adam. Compare Adams .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Brief Info. on some of the Adamson kids.

This typed document was in the book that LuDean Adamson McGrath compiled about her ancestors.

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