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Adams, Fred

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Fred Adams lived in North Battleford, Saskatchewan during the 1940s. He later moved to Edmonton and worked as Caretaker Superintendent for the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta.

Adams, Gladys

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Ernest Willam Bavin, 1888-1982, was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He joined the Royal North-West Mounted Police at Regina on June 2,1908. He served at Battleford, Saskatchewan and was discharged in May, 1911. On Sept. 17, 1912 Ernest married Constance Phyllis Light, the daughter of Staff Sgt. Fredrick Walter Light, NWMP. He rejoined the RNWMP in January, 1915 and was posted to Regina, then Morinville, Alberta. He was discharged in January, 1918 to enlist in the 78th Canadian Field Artillery. He served in France in the 1st Battery Canadian Garrison Artillery. After the war he joined the Alberta Provincial Police (APP) and served at Lethbridge where he became inspector in charge in 1921. In March, 1928 he was transferred to Calgary where he rejoined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in 1932 at the dissolution of the APP. He remained in charge at Calgary until 1936 when he transferred to Ottawa. In 1939 he became the intelligence officer in charge of the Secret Service. He retired in 1941 and moved to Victoria, British Columbia.

Adams, Martha Lena

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Martha Lena Zielinski was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zielinski, who lived in Edmonton, Alberta. Martha graduated from the Royal Alexandra School of Nursing in 1925. She was a nurse in Edmonton, Alberta for many years. In about 1947 or 1948, she married Thomas Adams. Martha died in November 1981.

Adams, Randall

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  • Person
  • 1951-2015

Randall (Randy) Adams was born on 27 September 1951 in Edmonton, AB. Adams was a photographer whose work has been exhibited at galleries such as the Edmonton Art Gallery, the Glenbow Museum, and the South Okanagan Art Gallery in Penticton, BC. His work is also part of the permanent collections of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Art Gallery of Alberta.

Randall Adams died on 25 April 2015 in Nanaimo, BC.

Adams, Samuel H.

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  • Person
  • 1878-1975

Samuel H. Adams, 1878-1975, was born near Dundas, Ontario and raised at Crooks' Hollow. He moved to Manitoba in 1897 and taught school until entering Manitoba College in 1902. He graduated in 1906 and moved to Calgary, Alberta the same year. He worked briefly for Bernard and Bernard law firm before joining Jones, Nicholas and Pescod. He was called to the Bar in 1909. In 1910 he married Margaret Ross, who was originally from Manitoba, and they had four daughters, Jesse, Muriel (Graham), Fanny L., and Ruth. He was an alderman, 1916-1921, and Calgary's mayor, 1921-1922. He then returned to his law practice until retiring to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia in 1955.

Adamson, Gordon Sinclair

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  • 1904-1986

Canadian architect. Gordon Sinclair Adamson was born in Orangeville, Ontario, May 19, 1904. He received his B. Arch. from the University of Toronto in 1928. He married Bessie Arlene Graham in 1934. They have one daughter. After working for Sproatt & Roll, Mathers & Haldenby, Edwin Kay Ltd., and Shell Oil Co., he became principal in the firm of Adamson & Morgan in 1934. In 1946 the firm became Gordon Adamson & Associates. He was the president of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1953.

Adamson, Laurence

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Laurence Adamson was an officer in the Strathcona squadron of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, and fought as part of the Boer War. He lived in the Fort Saskatchewan, North-West Territories area, and was appointed Justice of the Peace in and for the North-West Territories in 1897. A Lieutenant in 1908, Adamson attended the Provincial School of Cavalry in Edmonton, Alberta. After moving to Sidney, British Columbia, Laurence Adamson gave his farm, which consisted of the better part of a quarter section in the Ardrossan/Clover Bar area, to the Patriotic Fund of Northern Alberta.

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