Joseph Creary Adey

Brief Life History of Joseph Creary

When Joseph Creary Adey was born on 12 December 1885, in Angus, Boone, Iowa, United States, his father, John William Adey, was 22 and his mother, Ann Creary, was 19. He married May Delina Adams on 25 August 1906, in Hocking, Monroe, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Balsam Township, Itasca, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and Roseville, Placer, California, United States in 1950. He died on 22 February 1958, in Placer, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Roseville, Placer, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Creary Adey
1885–1958
May Delina Adams
1889–1973
Marriage: 25 August 1906
Everett Joseph Adey
1907–1968
Charles Henry Adey
1909–1999
Daniel Adey
1911–1911
Paul A Adey
1912–1999
Edward John Adey
1915–1997
Lois May Adey
1920–1920
Heaster Adey
1922–2017
Leslie Claggett Adey
1922–2003
Vera M Adey
1929–

Sources (29)

  • Joseph C Adey, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Joseph Creary Adey, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
  • Joseph C. Adey, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: from the personal name Adey, a medieval pet form of Adam . Compare Addy .

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

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