Elbert Garrick Adamson

Brief Life History of Elbert Garrick

When Elbert Garrick Adamson was born on 12 June 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, George Hunter Adamson, was 28 and his mother, Effie Clara Garrick, was 25. He married Beatrice Louise Quist on 10 June 1936, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1932 and lived in Election Precinct 3, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. He died on 1 November 1997, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elbert Garrick Adamson
1909–1997
Beatrice Louise Quist
1913–2002
Marriage: 10 June 1936
Bradley Adamson
1943–2023
Brian Elbert Adamson
1943–

Sources (24)

  • Elbert G Adamson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Elbert Garrick Adamson, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Elbert Garrick Adamson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot, the Rio Grande Depot, is a former train station on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City. The depot was constructed by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to surpass the nearby Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot and was the main jewel of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The depot included a barber shop, a telegraph office a gift shop, a restaurant, a men's smoking room and a women's lounge. The depot opened Salt Lake City to a new influx of immigrants, and was also a central point in shipping soldiers off to war in both World War I and World War II. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. After the State of Utah purchased the depot in 1977, the building was converted to house the Utah State Historical Society and its research center, the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts, as well as the Rio Gallery.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

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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(Bert) Elbert Adamson & Wife Beatrice

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