Brief Life History of G. Harry
When G. Harry Adams was born on 13 August 1870, in New Jersey, United States, his father, George Coffee, was 27 and his mother, Annastaza Adams, was 20. He married Martha Stranger Downs on 2 October 1892, in Randolph Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New Gretna, Bass River Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States in 1900 and Bass River Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States in 1920. He died in 1926, in Wading River, Bass River Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Adams-Leek-McKeen Cemetery, Wading River, Bass River Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States.
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- Harry Adams in household of George S Coffee, "United States Census, 1900"
- Geo. H. Adams, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- G. Harry Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1879
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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