Julia Thankful Adams

Brief Life History of Julia Thankful

When Julia Thankful Adams was born on 11 August 1847, in Farnhamville, Calhoun, Iowa, United States, her father, Barnabas Lothrope Adams, was 34 and her mother, Julia Ann Banker, was 21. She married Joseph Watson Young on 2 December 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1920. She died on 26 February 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Watson Young
1828–1873
Julia Thankful Adams
1847–1939
Marriage: 2 December 1865
Julie Ann Young
1867–1964
Asenath Ann Young
1870–1870
Persis Goodall Young
1872–1949

Sources (30)

  • Julia L Young in household of James H Kiskadden, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Julia Thankful ADAMS (3 Wife) - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Julia Thankful ADAMS
  • Julia T A Young, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962"

World Events (8)

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

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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