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Personal data Walter John Adams 

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Household of Walter John Adams

He had a relationship with Dympna Theresa "Dee" Rice.


Notes about Walter John Adams

Walter John Adams Jr.

Birth 26 Oct 1927

Death 1 Apr 2016 (aged 88)

Burial Massachusetts National Cemetery
Bourne, Barnstable Massachusetts, USA

Walter J. Adams, Jr., age 88, of South Weymouth, passed away on Friday, April 1, 2016, with his family by his side.

Walter grew up on Ellsworth St in Dorchester, studied aviation technology at Boston Trade School, and served as Seaman second class on board the USS Vogelgesang. He gained a degree in civil engineering from Lowell Tech, and worked for many years as the principal construction engineer for the Boston Water and Sewer Commission.

An avid fisherman, he loved spending time surf-casting off Cape Cod, striper fishing and lobstering with his brother, raking for quahogs in Eastham, or just watching fishing boats unloading their catch in the harbour.

He also loved bowling, greyhound racing, cribbage, his garden, his home, and his family. He was a loving husband for 56 years, and a devoted father of two children, a grandfather to three, and an uncle to ten nieces and a nephew.

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Sources

  1. U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, National Cemetery Administration, National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites / Ancestry.com
  2. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0291; FHL microfilm: 2340681 / Ancestry.com
  4. U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  5. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. 1950 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Boston, Suffolk, Mas / Ancestry.com
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  8. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, Ancestry.com, Current Obituary; Publication Place: New York, NY, USA / Ancestry.com
  9. Findagrave, Walter John Adams Jr. 1 Apr 2016 / www.findagrave.com

Historical events

Birthday October 26, 1927

  • The temperature on October 26, 1927 was between 12.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
    • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
    • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
    • June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
    • July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
    • October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
    • December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

Day of death April 1, 2016

  • The temperature on April 1, 2016 was between 1.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
    • February 6 » An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
    • February 12 » Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
    • May 27 » Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
    • June 23 » The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
    • July 23 » Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
    • December 9 » President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn becomes Acting President, later declining to run for a full term.

Day of burial April 6, 2016

  • The temperature on April 6, 2016 was between 6.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2016: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 17.0 million citizens.
    • January 12 » Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
    • February 11 » A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
    • March 19 » An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
    • April 22 » The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
    • May 27 » Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
    • December 25 » A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.


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