When Fernand Ghislain Marie Adam was born on 20 November 1902, in Duhamel, Camrose County No. 22, Alberta, Canada, his father, Francois Julien Adam, was 37 and his mother, Laure Octavie Léopoldine Marie Gillet, was 36. He lived in Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1911. He died on 16 January 1976, in Carrot Creek, Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 73.