Frank David Adams

Brief Life History of Frank David

When Frank David Adams was born on 24 October 1893, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Hyrum Railey Adams, was 38 and his mother, Annie Laurie Maryette Penrod, was 23. He married Leona Layton on 16 June 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Layton Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 3 June 1981, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank David Adams
1893–1981
Leona Layton
1893–1985
Marriage: 16 June 1920
Frankie Joan Adams
1921–2006
Jean Adams
1923–1925
Carmen Ruth Adams
1924–2009
Luke Layton Adams
1930–2023

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  • Frank D Adams, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Frank David Adams, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Frank D Adams, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

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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