Conroy Searle Adams

1911–1994 (Age 83)
New Jersey, United States

The Life of Conroy Searle

When Conroy Searle Adams was born in November 1911, in New Jersey, United States, his father, Edward Putt Adams, was 42 and his mother, Honor Cole Cornish Wheeler, was 37. He married Norma Valesca Elliott in April 1936, in New Jersey, United States. He died in November 1994, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Conroy Searle Adams
1911–1994
Norma Valesca Elliott
1911–1983
Marriage: April 1936

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
April 1936
New Jersey, United States

Parents & Siblings

  • Edward Putt Adams

    Male1869–1916Male

  • Honor Cole Cornish Wheeler

    Female1874–1957Female

siblings

(5)

  • Edward George Adams

    Male1901–1973Male

  • Joseph Robert Oldrieve Adams

    Male1903–1983Male

  • Dorothy Alice Ann Adams

    Female1905–1973Female

  • Honor W Adams

    Female1908–2004Female

  • Conroy Searle Adams

    Male1911–1994Male

World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Age 1

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913

Age 2

A strike led by silk mill workers in Paterson, New Jersey. The primary demands of the strike were focused on improved quality of working conditions and establishing an eight-hour workday limit. Two protestors were killed during the strike, and over 1,850 workers were arrested. The strike ultimately ended in failure, due to the manufacturers' inability to accept the demands of the strikes.
1933

Age 22

"New Jersey was severely impacted by the Great Depression. In response to the economic woes of the country, President Franklin D Roosevelt issued a series of programs and regulations referred to as the ""New Deal"". One-tenth of the New Jersey population was already using New Deal programs by 1933."

Name Meaning

English (very common in England, especially in the south Midlands, and in Wales) and German (especially northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In the U.S. this form has absorbed many patronymics and other derivatives of Adam in languages other than English. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .)

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Conroy S Adams in household of Edward P Adams, "New Jersey, State Census, 1915"
  • Conroy Adam, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Conroy Adams in household of Honor Adams, "United States Census, 1920"

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