Brief Life History of Ocie Sylvania
When Ocie Sylvania Adams was born on 9 August 1912, in Alabama, United States, her father, Thomas Alexander Adams, was 36 and her mother, May Emma Head, was 24. She married Henry Asberry Collins on 1 February 1935, in Blount, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Hale, Alabama, United States in 1935 and Election Precinct 2 Akron, Hale, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 10 March 1999, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hale, Alabama, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Ocie Collins, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ocie Adams, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Ocie Sylvania Adams Collins, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1913–1976 Male
1912–1999 Female
Children (1)
1939– Female
Parents and Siblings
1876–1955 Male
1887–1940 Female
Siblings (3)
1905–1972 Male
1910–1989 Male
1912–1999 Female
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment
Age 1
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 23
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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