Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Thompson Family
John Lee McAdams, Jr.
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
Generation: 2
2. John Lee McAdams John married Barbara Crockett [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Barbara Crockett Children:
Generation: 3
4. 
Cecil Lee McAdams was born on 24 Oct 1918 in Sherman County, Kansas (son of Sheldon A McAdams and Addie Rae Thompson); died on 27 Oct 1989 in Sandy, Utah. Notes:
Adopted Bertha Eileen White.
Cecil married Berdean Margaret Kamla on 12 Jul 1949 in Haigler, Nebraska. Berdean (daughter of John Kamla and Bertha ?) was born on 13 Jun 1921 in St. Francis, Kansas; died in Nov 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Berdean Margaret Kamla was born on 13 Jun 1921 in St. Francis, Kansas (daughter of John Kamla and Bertha ?); died in Nov 1994. Notes:
Christmas letter from Berdean to Dwight and Virginia Thompson, year unknown (after 1976, before 1989):
Dear Virginia, Dwight Lee and Dwight Lee Jr.
We havent gotten too many cookies bakes yet of course I'd just eat them & with diabetes dont need them.
Did they have a good turn out for the 60th anniv.? Lee has to stay on oxygen more and more. Lousy weather for him.
Another hour and time to go home.
We havent moved our new address is 192 East 9000 South, Sandy Utah 84070.
Lee, Bredean, Sheri, Lela & Kaimelle
Anna & Vergil stopped in Nov. 2nd had a nice visit. Everyone's busy.
Take Care,
Love
BerdeanNotes:
Bertha Eileen White was adopted by Cecil Lee McAdams.
Children:
Generation: 4
8. 
Sheldon A McAdams was born on 14 Feb 1895 in Sherman County, Kansas (son of Joe McAdams and Julia E Fairall); died on 07 Oct 1965 in Wray, Colorado; was buried in Wray Grandview Cemetary, Wray Colorado. Notes:
Notes also show name as Harry Sheldon McAdams.
Sheldon married Addie Rae Thompson on 01 Aug 1916 in Goodland, Kansas. Addie (daughter of William Sheldon Thompson and Nancy Ann Cox) was born on 17 May 1892 in Mercer County, Missouri; died on 17 Jan 1976 in Wray, Yuma County, Colorado; was buried on 21 Jan 1976 in Grandview Cemetary, Wray, Yuma County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. 
Addie Rae Thompson was born on 17 May 1892 in Mercer County, Missouri (daughter of William Sheldon Thompson and Nancy Ann Cox); died on 17 Jan 1976 in Wray, Yuma County, Colorado; was buried on 21 Jan 1976 in Grandview Cemetary, Wray, Yuma County, Colorado. Notes:
Obit:
McAdams Service Held Wednesday
Addie Ray McAdams passed away Saturday evening at the Wray Community District Hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services were held at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the First Christian Church with Rev. Charles Matthews officiating. Interment was in Grandview Cemetery.
Addie McAdams was born May 17, 1892 at Mercer, Mo., the daughter of William S. and Nancy Thompson. She moved with her parents, six brothers and two sisters ina covered wagon to a home north of Brewster, Kan.
She was united in marriage to Sheldon A. McAdams August 1, 1916 at Goodland, Kan. To this union two children were born. They moved to a ranch north of Laird in 1936 and later to Wray in 1955.
She was an active member of the First Christian Church, the Rebekah Lodge and a number of other clubs.
She is survived by her son Cecil Lee McAdams and wife Berdean of Sandy, Utah; daughter Anna Elizabeth Reed and husband Virgil of Wray; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren; one sister; three brothers; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Her parents, husband, one sister and three brothers preceded her in death.Children:
- 4. Cecil Lee McAdams was born on 24 Oct 1918 in Sherman County, Kansas; died on 27 Oct 1989 in Sandy, Utah.
- Anna Elizabeth McAdams
10. John Kamla John married Bertha ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Bertha ? Children:
- 5. Berdean Margaret Kamla was born on 13 Jun 1921 in St. Francis, Kansas; died in Nov 1994.