David Ellison Adams

Brief Life History of David Ellison

When David Ellison Adams was born on 30 August 1920, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Jabez Samuel Adams, was 36 and his mother, Alice Louise Ellison, was 31. He married Margaret Elizabeth Anderson on 26 March 1947, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Layton Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 21 January 2013, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Ellison Adams
1920–2013
Margaret Elizabeth Anderson
1926–2023
Marriage: 26 March 1947
Russell Anderson Adams
1950–1952

Sources (21)

  • David E Adams, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: David Ellison Adams - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: David Ellison Adams
  • David Ellison Adams, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1924 · The Egyptian Theater is Constructed

"After the Arlington Hotel burnt down in 1923, Harman and Louis Peery devised a plan to build a grand theater like the Grand Opera House but with moving pictures. It was constructed after the manner of other famous theaters that were Egyptian-themed. The first feature played there was a silent film titled, ""Wanderer of the Wasteland"" and was accompanied by the famous pipe organ named, ""The Mighty Wurlitzer"". In 1951 the theater was renovated so that more people would be able to enjoy the films shown there. The theater exists today but only as a community theater and performing arts house."

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

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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