Brief Life History of Samuel A.
When Samuel A. Adams was born on 16 April 1835, in Baddeley Edge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Adams, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Mountford, was 20. He married Emma E Wood on 23 May 1859, in Baddeley Edge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1861 and lived in Randolph, Rich, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. In 1920, at the age of 85, his occupation is listed as farmer in Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States. He died on 31 August 1920, in Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Samuel Adams, "United States Census, 1910"
- Samuel, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Samuel Adams, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Samuel A. Adams (16 April 1835 – 20 August 1920)
Samuel son of Samuel Adams & Elizabeth 'Bessie' Mountford. He was born in Baddley Edge, Norton Staffordshire, England and traveled with his parents & their other children to America. Arriving New Y …
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