Brief Life History of Orval Webster
When Orval Webster Adams Sr was born on 10 April 1884, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, Orval Ferdinand Adams, was 25 and his mother, Marion Nelson, was 22. He married Luella Nebeker on 2 June 1911, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1922 and United States in 1949. He died on 18 May 1968, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Orval Webster Adams in entry for Allan Nebeker Adams, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- Orval Webster Adams, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- O W Adams in entry for Lane Webster Adams and Elaine Evans, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1884–1968 Male
1887–1974 Female
Children (6)
1912–1996 Male
1915–1993 Male
1917–1984 Male
1920–1990 Male
1924–2015 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1858–1933 Male
1861–1902 Female
Siblings (2)
1884–1968 Male
1885–1974 Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1891 · The Logan Tabernacle is Dedicated
Age 7
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 22
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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Orval Webster Adams
My grandfather was a banker at Zions First National Bank in Salt Lake City, Utah. He loved to play golf. He and my grandma had a very beautiful home in the Federal Heights area in Salt Lake City. He w …
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