Bessie Virginia Adams

Brief Life History of Bessie Virginia

When Bessie Virginia Adams was born on 15 April 1911, in Mount Rainier, Prince George's, Maryland, United States, her father, Hugh West Adams, was 32 and her mother, Bettie Thompson, was 41. She married Frank John Bruckschen in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Prince George's, Maryland, United States in 1920 and District 12, Prince George's, Maryland, United States in 1940. She died on 25 September 1989, in Durham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Arlington, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank John Bruckschen
1889–1956
Bessie Virginia Adams
1911–1989
Marriage:
Bettie Ann Bruckschen
1931–2015
Hugh Gerhardt Bruckschen
1932–2020
Oscar F. Bruckschen
1933–2007
Leonard Earl Bruckschen
1934–2021
Dorothy Virginia Bruckschen
1935–1935
Mada Claire Bruckschen
1939–1941
Walter Bruckschen Snowy
1940–1940
George Louis Bruckschen
1947–2008
Beverly Jean Bruckschen
1949–1990

Sources (21)

  • Bessie V Adams in household of Hugh W Adams, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Bessie V Adams, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
  • Frank John Bruckschen, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts

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.

1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility

Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War  the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

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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