Alexander Adams

Brief Life History of Alexander

When Alexander Adams was born on 21 January 1871, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, Nathan William Adams, was 38 and his mother, Mary Melinda Plunkett, was 33. He married Martha Jane Cameron on 14 May 1913, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Paria, Kane, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 8 March 1953, in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Delta City Cemetery, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander Adams
1871–1953
Martha Jane Cameron
1889–1964
Marriage: 14 May 1913
Nathan Cameron Adams
1916–2002
William Frank Adams
1917–1986
Mary Adams
1918–1992
Clarence L. Adams
1921–1942
Georganna Adams
1925–1988
Martha Maie Adams
1928–2004
John A Adams
1931–2018
Gevene Adams
1933–2020

Sources (64)

  • Alexander Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Alexander Adams, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Alexander Adams, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

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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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Alexander Adams was born January 21,1871 at Kanab, Kane County, Utah. He was the ninth child of eleven children born to Nathan Adams and Mary Melinda Plunket Adams. This history was relate to Alexande …

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