Monday, September 8, 2008

Joseph Samuel Adams

Joseph Samuel Adams son of Joseph Samuel Adams and Eliza Caroline Woodward. He was born on 13 Aug 1862 in London, England. According to a british census in 1881 when Joseph was 18, he lived in the home of Willam and Francis Jennings while working as a Carman. When he was 19 he immagrated to America. he left on the ship Nevada which left Liverpool on 16 May 1883 and arrived in New York on 28 May 1883. From there he moved to Ogden, Utah.

On 22 Feb 1886 Joseph married Ada Robinson in Logan, Cache, Utah. Together they had 6 children:

Mary (Mae) Eliza Adams 11 Sep 1886 Married Name: Walker

Ada Rosetta Adams 27 Jan 1888 Married Name: Haight

Joseph Harold (or Henry) Adams 3 Nov 1889

Anna Pearl Adams 5 Dec 1891 Married Name: Blake

Henry Adams 1894

John Quincy Adams 11 Jan 1894

Joseph later married Frances Elizabeth Cole on 20 Dec 1894 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Together they had 9 children:

George William Adams 21 Nov 1895

Earle Thomas Adams 23 Jan 1897

Susan (Susie) Katherine Adams 31 Mar 1898 Married Name: Rindfleisch

Clyde Raymond Adams 3 Jan 1900

Bud Roy Adams 16 Feb 1903

Arnold Adams 1905

Arvella Maude Adams 24 Aug 1907 Married Name: Nichols/Michael

Irene Frances Adams 13 Jul 1909 Married Name: Frandsen

Frank Ralph Adams 26 Jun 1915

Joseph died on 1 Feb 1936 in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho. He was buried on 4 Feb 1936 in the Hillcrest Cemetery (AKA Shelley Cemetery). His headstone can be viewed here.

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