Birth: 26 July 1875 Mount Hope, Grant, Wisconsin, USA
Father: Ardillis Alvin Adams 1828-1909
Mother: Harriet P Lucky 1842-a1920
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Circa 1918 Greenlee, Arizona, USA
Wife: Lillian C Billingsley [Christian, Jones, Selwyn] 1884-1982
Death: After 1926
Margaret Adams c1920-a1940
In the 1880 census as Orlin E Addams (sic - on the orginal) aged 4, born in Mount Hope, Grant, Wisconsin, and living with his parents (A A and Harriett, both born in Ohio), two brothers (George E and John W), sister (Stella M), (half)sister (Lucy A), and a housekeeper (Susan J Williams aged 64, born in New York, parents born in Canada and widowed) in Mount Hope, Grant, Wisconsin.
In the 1900 census as O E Adams aged 24, born in July 1875 in Wisconsin, father born in Ohio, mother in New York, single, an electrician, and boarding with A P Felton (born in Jul 1871 in New York, parents born in Germany and a lock smith), his wife (Agnes born in Aug 1875 in Wisconsin, parents born in Winconsin), and her sister (Elizabeth Brady born in Aug 1878 in Winconsin, single and a school teacher) at 545 West Johnson, Madison, Dane, Winconsin.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 for Orlin Eugene Adams born on 26 July 1875 living in Greenlee, Arizona, relative lives Fennimore WI.
Entry in Ancestry All U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 results for No. 2993 Orlin Eugene Adams born on 26 July 1875 living in Duncan, Greenlee, Arizona, a self employed electrirican, tall, slender build, bown eyes, left one defective, brown hair, nearest relative Stella Adams of Fennimore, Grant, Wisconsin.
In the 1920 census as Alan E (sic - in the index Olin E on the original) Adams aged 45, born in Wisconsin, an electrician in a shop, and living with his wife (Lillian), daughter (Margaret) and two step daughters (Alma and Corinna Christian) in a rented house in Clifton, Greenlee, Arizona.
Five entries in Ancestry California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 for Orlin E Adams, an electrician, and Mrs Lillian C Adams address 3754 Cherokee, San Diego in 1922, address 3777 Tenth San Diego, Electrician and republican in 1924 and also 1946 Fern, San Diego an electrician and repbilican and Mr Lillian C Adams a democrat in 1924, address Eighth and Imperial, Imperial, an engineer and republican in 1920 to 1926, address 240 F, a mechanic and republican in 1928.
Entry in Ancestry U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 for Orlin E Adams address 4584 Florida, San Diego, California, a laborer at Rockwell Air Int Depot, spouse Lillian C in 1924
I cannot find any later information, but his daughter was living with her divorced mother in 1930.
Daniel Swickhard has an entry for Orlin Eugene Adams born 26 July 1875, parents Ardillus Alvin and Harriet Adams. Orlin was a resident of Duncan, Greenlee Co., AZ in 1918 when he registered for the draft.
There are some 22 entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Orlin Eugene Adams with the above.
Orlin Eugene Adams was the first cousin 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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