Brief Life History of Jesse LeGrand
When Jesse LeGrand Adamson was born on 18 November 1916, in Highland, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, David Hutchison Adamson, was 43 and his mother, Jessie Dianthia Myers, was 37. He married Cora Loraine Beck on 10 October 1941, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in World in 1940 and American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 2007. He died on 23 April 2001, in Highland, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Legrand J Adamson in household of David Hutchingson Adamson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985
- U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1918 · Chapman Branch Library
The Chapman Branch Library is a Carnegie library that was built in 1918 and is now is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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Grandpa Adamson
I am such a better man for having known Grandpa Adamson. What an amazing heart and soul that man has. I love him dearly and think of him often. Kind. Gentle. Soft-spoken. Humble. But so very powerful. …
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