Brief Life History of Thomas S
When Thomas S Adams was born on 26 December 1840, in Baddeley Edge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Adams, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Mountford, was 25. He married Jane Durrant on 18 December 1866, in Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1861 and lived in Milton, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1900 and Morgan, Utah, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1870. He died on 29 October 1911, in Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Porterville Cemetery, Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Adams, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, Utah, United States
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, 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.
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