William Frank Adams

Brief Life History of William Frank

When William Frank Adams was born on 5 March 1917, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, Alexander Adams, was 46 and his mother, Martha Jane Cameron, was 27. He married Alice Memmott on 4 June 1945, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1935 and Utah, United States in 1938. He died on 28 March 1986, in Kearns, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Memorial Redwood Mortuary and Cemetery, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Frank Adams
1917–1986
Alice Memmott
1924–2014
Marriage: 4 June 1945
Dee Wayne Frank Adams
1950–2023
Darla Jean Adams
1960–2014

Sources (26)

  • Frank Adams, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Frank Adams, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • William Frank Adams, "North Carolina, First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

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.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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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