George Albert Adams

Brief Life History of George Albert

When George Albert Adams was born on 4 December 1864, in Paragonah, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, William Adams, was 42 and his mother, Mary Barbara Bolanz, was 31. He married Nancy Evelyn Mortensen on 22 April 1885, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1870 and Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States for about 15 years. He died on 8 May 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Albert Adams
1864–1935
Nancy Evelyn Mortensen
1866–1938
Marriage: 22 April 1885
Mary Cornelia Adams
1886–1980
Minnie Ursula Adams
1887–1887
Zola Evelyn Adams
1889–1971
George Albert Adams Jr.
1891–1969
Hazel Louise Adams
1894–1980
Adella Adams
1896–1983
Vaughn Mortensen Adams
1898–1985
Roland Platt Adams
1902–1930
Iva Fay Adams
1904–1995
Donald Theone Adams
1907–1991
Leon William Adams
1909–2001

Sources (71)

  • George Albert Adams, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • George Albert Adams, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • George A in entry for William Leon Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1880

Historical Boundaries: 1880: San Juan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: San Juan, Utah, United States

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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GEORGE ALBERT ADAMS 1864-1935

GEORGE ALBERT ADAMS 1864-1935 (Reduced from an autobiography written in 1934) George Albert Adams was born Dec. 4, 1864, in Paragonah, Utah, the oldest child of William Adams and Mary Barbara Bolanz. …

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