Evelyn Blue Adams

b. 3 August 1887, d. 24 September 1986
  • Evelyn Blue Adams was born on 3 August 1887 in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • James Robert Adams and Caroline Catherine Cook appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 2921 Avenue I. Other members of the household included Evelyn Blue Adams, Roberta C. Adams, James Robert Adams Jr., Kathleen Adams and Robert Leslie Adams.
  • She married Bert Monroe Meadow, son of Albert Eli Meadow and Eunice Elizabeth Andrews, on 6 October 1909 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
  • James Robert Adams and Caroline Catherine Cook appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 2921 Juniper Avenue. Other members of the household included Evelyn Blue Adams, Roberta C. Adams, James Robert Adams Jr., Kathleen Adams and Robert Leslie Adams. Note that Evelyn Blue Adams Meadow is enumerated with her family as an unmarried daughter although she married the previous year and is also enumerated with her husband in his parents' household.
  • Albert Eli Meadow and Eunice Elizabeth Andrews appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Evelyn Blue Adams, Percy Lamar Meadow, Josephine Elizabeth Meadow and Bert Monroe Meadow. Also in the household was one female domestic servant. Daughter-in-law Evelyn Blue Adams Meadow also is enumerated in her parents' household as an unmarried daughter.
  • Bert Monroe Meadow registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Jefferson County, Alabama, while living with his wife and child at 1028 South 26th in Birmingham, and employed there and in Chicago as sales manager of Mark Manufacturing Company. He reported having served for two years as a corporal in the Alabama National Guard Infantry.
  • Bert Monroe Meadow and Evelyn Blue Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 1028 Sixth. Other members of the household included Evelyn Adams Meadow.
  • Bert Monroe Meadow and Evelyn Blue Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 1005 28th Place. Other members of the household included Evelyn Adams Meadow, Katherine Meadow and Eunice Elizabeth Andrews.
  • The following appeared on 25 June 1933 in The Birmingham News-Age-Herald: Mrs. Kate C. Adams, age 77, 2921 10th Ave., S., died at the residence at noon Saturday. She is survived by 3 daughters, Mrs. Burt M. Meadow, Mrs. Joe Horn and Mrs. Tom Burk; one step-daughter, Mrs. Theo Koenig; 2 sons, Leslie and James; one step-son, J. B. Adams. Funeral services will be held Sunday, 4 p.m. from the residence, 2921 10th Ave., S. Interment in Elmwood, Ridout directing.
  • Bert Monroe Meadow and Evelyn Blue Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Mountain Brook, Jefferson County, Alabama, at 2900 Mountain Brook Parkway. Other members of the household included Evelyn Adams Meadow, Katherine Meadow and Eunice Elizabeth Andrews.
  • Evelyn Blue Adams became a widow at the 15 January 1962 death of her husband Bert Monroe Meadow.
  • Today Is Big With Blessings: Bert M. Meadow, His Life and Times, by Evelyn Adams Meadow, was published in 1967 by Birmingham Publishing Company for Southern University Press.
  • The SSDI lists Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, as the last residence of record of Evelyn Blue Adams.
  • Evelyn Blue Adams died on 24 September 1986 at age 99.
  • She was interred at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 3 Jul 2014

Family: Bert Monroe Meadow b. 22 September 1887, d. 15 January 1962