This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DavidHarding14850 Surnames: Adams Corlies Snodgrass Patterson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.adams/9597.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Helene, You have probably made progress in the five years since you posted here, but if not let me point out some relevant records here on Ancestry.com. In the 1895 NJ census there is a family in Summit, Union County, consisting of Thomas B Adams Anne C Adams Stuart C Adams Edmond W C Adams http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1054&iid=NJV227_104-0615&fn=Thomas B&ln=Adams&st=r&ssrc=&pid=213058 In the 1910 census, Ancestry.com shows a family in Manhattan, NY, consisting of Thomas B Adams, head, 57, Cuba, Virginia, Spanish, clerical, corporation Anne C Adams, wife, 53, New York, New York, New York Stuart C Adams, son, 27, New York, Cuba, New York, clerk, banking house Edmond W Adams, 20, Wyoming, Cuba, New York, clerk, trust co. A Google search for Stuart Corlies Adams finds multiple references, both in the quinquennial reports of the Harvard Class of 1905 and the in "The York Times." He dropped out after his sophomore year and worked in New York for various companies up till the time of the June 1911 report. At that time he reported that he was engaged to be married. The "New York Times" had reported his engagement to Miss Margaret Rand in January 1910. And the June 1920 report of the class includes a brief account of his war experience. In the US Marine Corps Muster Rolls on Ancestry.com you can track the military career of a Corlies Adams (sometimes slightly misspelled, so search for Corl*s Adams). He enlisted in May 1917 and was on active duty until 1921. He then served in the Reserves until his death in 1930. This Corlies Adams appears in the 1920 US census as a 1st Lieutenant in the USMC stationed on the USS Arizona, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6061&path=Military and Naval Forces.Cuba.Guantanamo Bay.Uss Arizona.2 He was divorced, 28 years old, born in Wyoming to a father born in Cuba and a mother born in New York. The 1930 census has him as Corliss Adams, 40, born in Wyoming, parents Cuba and New York. He is married to Maria and they have son, Corliss Jr. 7. The Ancestry indexing is messed up (as of this posting), linking him to the previous family on the page rather than to his family, but the image is clear. http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=NYT626_1560-0415&fn=Corliss&ln=Adams&st=r&ssrc=&pid=42562407 He is at the same address and his wife has the same name as recorded in the USMC muster roll that notes his death, 14 June 1930. So, I think that this Corlies Adams is the same Edmond W C Adams who appeared in the 1895 and 1910 censuses. I also strongly suspect that this is the E. Corleis Adams who married Louise Kerper Harrison 30 Oct 1912. This marriage was reported by her father in "Scotland to America, 1826-1935, John Patterson Family Record, Carroll County, Ohio, Patterson Reunion, Waterworks Park, Carrollton, Ohio, August 10, 1935" Before they divorced, Louise and Corleis had a daughter, Anne, born 20 Sep 1913. [ibid] Louise then married Larned Irwin Snodgrass. Their marriage certificate (FamilySearch.org) reports her as divorced. Anne's burial information lists her father as Corleis Adams. http://www.springgrove.org/sg/genealogy/sg_deceased.asp?Interment_ID=183016. I'm only interested because Larned Snodgrass was my grandmother's brother, and I was trying to learn more about his adopted daughter. I would be interested if you have found any more information that might confirm or refute my guesses. David Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.