Birth: 29 June 1912 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
Father: John Wesley Adams 1876-1947/8
Mother: Ellen Elizabeth Ryan 1886-1981
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 24 August 1936 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA
Husband Melvin Leon Tovik 1913-1993
Marriage: Unknown
Husband Jerome Karl Knopf 1907-1972
Death: July 1983 Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
By Melvin
Three sons
Two daughters
Elaine R. Tovik (Knopf) 1938-2013
By Jerome
Son
In the 1920 census as Dorothy M Adams aged 7, born in South Dakota, and living with her parents (John W and Nellie), three brothers (George W, James E and John J), and two sisters (Catherine E and Margaret L) 522 South Watts Avenue, Sioux Falls Ward 5, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
In the 1930 census as Dorothy M Adams aged 17, born in South Dakota and living with her parents (John W and Ellen E), three brothers (George E, James E and John J), two sisters (Kathryn E and Margaret L) and a roomer (David Dawd aged 55, born in Winconsin, divorced, and no stated employment) at 522 South Watts Avenue, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
Entry in Ancestry South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949 for Dorothy M Adama (sic - in the index, Adams on the original) aged 24 and Meler (sic - in the index, Melvin on the original) L Tovik aged 23 on 24 August 1936 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha.
In the 1940 census as Dorothy Lovik (sic - in the index, Tovik on the original) aged 27, born in South Dakota, a stenogragher at a doctors office having worked for 3 weeks earning $45, and living with her husband (Mervin L), daughter (Elaine) and son (Richard) in a rented home at So Willow, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, the same place as in 1935.
Six entries in Ancestry U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 for Dorothy M Knopf living at 525 Rustin Ave, Sioux City, Iowa, spouse Jerome K Knopf in 1952 to 1958, and Elaine R Knopf (daughter?) in 1957.
Entry in the Social Security Death Index for Dorothy Knopf born on 29 June 1912 , social security number 503-05-9788 issued in South Dakota before 1951, and her death in July 1983 in ZIP 51106 which includes Morningside and Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.
Daniel Swickhard has an entry for Dorothy M Adams born about 1913, parents John Wesley and Ellen E Adams.
Walter R. Peterman has an entry for Dorothy Mae Adams born 29 June 1912 in Sioux City, Iowa, parents John Wesley Adams and Ellen Elizabeth Ryan, her marriage to Melvin Leon Tovik on 24 August 1936, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA and six chilren, and to to Jerome Karl Knopf and a son.
There are eight entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Dorothy Mae Adams born on 29 June 1912 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota, USA, parents John Wesley Adams and Ellen Elizabeth Ryan, and her death in July 1983 at Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury, Iowa, USA , two of which add her marriage to Melvin Tovik on 24 August 1936 and a son, and another to Jerome Karl Knopf.
Dorothy Mae Adams was the first cousin once removed of Minnie Adetta Adams, mother of Zelda E Molloy, wife of Frank Bridger Lower, the fourth cousin once removed of Cyril Larby, my second cousin once removed.
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