Individual Details

Roy Ellis Adamson

(21 Jan 1888 - 27 Jul 1968)



1920 Census. Union, Emmons Co, ND, Hh 36
Roy Adamson, 31, b. Iowa, Farmer
Lila, wife, 24, b. Minnesota
Marion B., dau, 4 years, 9 months, b. ND
Harold E., son, 3 years, 5 months, b. ND
Kenneth, son, 1 year, b. ND
Phil D. Burgaas, Boarder, 22, b. Minnesota, Farm labor

1930 Census. Emmons Co, ND, Hh 15
Roy Adamson, 42, married at age 25, Farmer
Lila B., wife, 35, married at 18
Marian B., dau, 15
Harold E., son, 13
Kenneth M., son, 11
Evelyn M., dau, 8
Virgil L., son, 6
Beatrice M., dau, 4

1940 Census. Scollard, Marion Co, Oregon, Hh 212
Lived in same place in 1935
Roy Adamson, 52, Laborer, WPA Road Work
Lila, wife, 45
Virgil, son, 16
Betty, dau, 14
Donald, son, 5, b. ND

1950 Census. Woodburn, Marion Co, Oregon, Hh 28
598 Settlemeir
Roy Adamson, 62, Carpenter
Lila B., wife, 55
Donald M., son, 15

Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, 29 Jul 1968, Monday, p.3
Roy Adamson
WOODBURN - Roy Adamson, 80, Estacada, formerly of Woodburn, died Saturday in an Oregon City Hospital.
A carpenter, Adamson liver her from 1934 until about six months ago. He was a member of Salem Carpenters Union and a native of Iowa.
Surviving are daughters mrs. William Fobert, Hubbard; Mrs. Evelyn Noyes, Long Bearch, Calif.; and Mrs. Betty Nickolson, in California; sons Howard of Salem; Kenneth of Estacada; Virgil of Oregon City; and Donald, in South Carolina. Sisters Blanch Wagenveold, Woodborn; Edith Hannah in Kansas; Mayble Hansen in Minnesota and Ethel Swanson in North Dakot. 25 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
...Interment will be in Belle Passi Cemetery

Events

Birth21 Jan 1888Union County, Iowa
Marriage28 Oct 1913Campbell County, South Dakota - Lila Blanche Burgaas
Death27 Jul 1968Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon

Families

SpouseLila Blanche Burgaas (1894 - 1968)
ChildVirgil Leroy Adamson (1923 - 1998)
FatherHenry Hamilton ADAMSON (1860 - 1936)
MotherMattie Martha Cook (1863 - )