Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Adams was born on 26 September 1833, in Bathurst, Gloucester, New Brunswick, British North America, his father, Arza Matson Adams, was 29 and his mother, Sabina Clark, was 21. He married Lydia Meacham Thornton on 1 November 1854, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1853 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 22 February 1906, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Joshua Adams, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joshua Adams - birth: 7 September 1855; American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1838 · Aroostook War
The Aroostook War took place from 1838-1839. It was a conflict between the state of Maine and New Brunswick over the northern boarder. The battle was bloodless.
1850
Historical Boundaries 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1860
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
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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Joshua Adams & Nathan Adams Travels with Alexander Williams Company (Early April to May 1853) from San Bernadino, CA to Utah
Seven people traveled in this small company from San Bernardino, California, to Utah with 2 wagons, 8 mules, and 6 horses. Not known why Joshua and Nathan Adams were with them, though other family sou …
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