When Ewald Berthold Adam was born on 27 June 1884, his father, Wilhelm G Adam, was 33 and his mother, Amelia (Emilie) Kunst, was 15. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Emma S. Schroeder. He lived in Courtland, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States in 1920 and Randolph, Columbia, Wisconsin Territory, United States in 1940. He died on 25 February 1949, in Randolph, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Randolph Cemetery, Randolph, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States.