Adams, John Harold and Helen Churchill
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- John: 6 July 1906 - 19 August 1980, Helen: 30 July 1904 - 4 March 1976
John Harold Adams, commonly known as “Johnny”, was born on July 6, 1906 in Colwyn Bay, Caernafonshire, Wales to John McConnell Adams and Alice Mabella Jones. He had an older brother, William “Wilfred” Frederick; an older sister, Sarah Caroline; and two younger brothers, Leonard Robert and Arthur Roland. Adams moved to Canada in 1924 and worked in banking and business for ten years before joining the Workman’s Occupation Board as a Claims Officer. On August 31, 1935 he married Helen Churchill Worden. Helen was born on July 30, 1904 in Calgary, Alberta to Winslow Ernest Worden and Mima Eulalia Milne. She was a pianist, working as both a music teacher and recitalist. At the beginning of the Second World War John joined the Edmonton Regiment as a Lieutenant and proceeded overseas in charge of one of the advance parties in November 1939. He was promoted to Captain and then Major while with the unit in England before serving in several different positions in various army Headquarters for the remainder of the war. Helen also came overseas to live in England in 1940. After the Second World War, John and Helen returned to Canada and John rejoined the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, now part of the Canadian Militia, before retiring in 1949. He also resumed working at the Workmen’s Compensation Board, becoming chairman of the board of review before his retirement in 1971. Helen passed away on March 4, 1976 in Edmonton, Alberta. John passed away on August 19, 1980 in Edmonton, Alberta.