Name/Title
Adams family: Ferdinand John Jr and Anna Marie (Huard) Adams, descendants of pioneers near Reynolds, North DakotaEntry/Object ID
2025.233.1Description
This family history folder is on Ferdinand John Ackerman Jr. and his wife Anna Marie Huard. Main sources of information included the Adams_Genealogy.pdf document by Karen (Fleischer) Ackerman courtesy granddaughter Jackie (Ausk) Baumgartner. This 6-page Adam_Geneaology.pdf is available for viewing as a printed document and on a PC from a USB flash-drive kept in the Ferdinand Adams Sr folder (see Catalogit entry 2025;230.1). Data were available in Ancestry.com such as from the Ackerman/Kneip/Fleischer/Hagen Family Tree developed by Jackie Ausk. Volume I of the Traill County History book had brief family stories. Obituaries in the Hillsboro Banner weekly newspaper had useful family information.
Ferdinand John Adams Jr. was born on 10 March 1896 in Reynolds, ND, to parents Ferdinand John Adams Sr. and Anna Maria Ackerman (see Adams_Genealogy.pdf, pages 2 & 3, below). Ferdinand Adams Jr. married Annie Marie Huard on 24 September 1918 in Thompson, ND. Annie was born on 2 July 1900 to parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Huard on their farm near Merrifield, ND.
Ferdinand Jr. farmed the land homesteaded by his father, Ferdinand Sr. located farmland about 5 miles northwest of Reynolds, ND. When Ferdinand Adams Sr retired, he passed the farm onto his son, Ferdinand Adams Jr. As shown on a plat map covering the SE portion of Michigan Township in Grand Forks County (see 1927 Atlas, below), Ferdinand Adams Jr farmed 160 acres in the NE Qtr. of Sect. 22 (also see TCHS Catalogit family history entry 2025.232.1).
Ferdinand Jr. and Annie (Huard) Adams had 2 sons, James Arthur Adams (born 25 Oct. 1919 in Reynolds, ND, died 25 May 2015 in Hatton, ND) and Elroy Stanton Adams (b. 16 Aug. 1924 in Reynolds, ND, d. 1 Jul. 1942, Deaconess Hosp., Grand Forks, ND [ND Death Certif.]) (also see information in the Ancestry.com Ackerman/Kneip/Fleischer/Hagen Family Tree by Jackie Ausk).
In 1945, Ferdinand Jr. and Annie moved into Reynolds, but Ferdinand Jr. continued to farm with his son James Adams, who lived on the farm. Ferdinand Jr. retired from farming in 1960, passing the farm onto his son, James Adams, who later passed it onto his son Lyle Adams (see the Traill County History page, below) (also see TCHS Catalogit family history entry 2025.232.1).
Annie Marie (Huard) Adams passed away, age 80, on 8 August 1980 at the Tri-County Retirement and Nursing Home in Hatton, ND [obituary, below, Hillsboro Banner, 28 Aug. 1980]. Ferdinand Adams Jr died, age 88, on 22 October 1984 at the Tri-County Retirement and Nursing Home in Hatton, ND [obituary, below, Hillsboro Banner, 31 Oct. 1984]. Ferdinand and Annie Adams were interred at the Calvary Cemetery located by Reynolds, ND.Acquisition
Accession
2025.233Source or Donor
Traill County "Yesteryears", Karen (Fleischer) AckermanLocation
* Untyped Location
Resource RoomBuilding
Plummer House
