Christine (Baker) Adams (1906 - 2005)

Born 3 Aug 1906 in Selbyville, Sussex Co., Delaware, USA

Ancestors

Died 15 Oct 2005 at age 99 in Seaford, Sussex Co., Delaware, USA

Biography

Christine Baker was born Aug. 3, 1906 in Selbyville, Sussex County, Delaware, 2nd daughter of Ed Baker and Sallie Long.

In 1928 she graduated in a class of 45 from college, the Women's College at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware, as did her sister Helen before her, an unusual accomplishment for a woman at that time. She received a BS degree in home economics and taught that subject in Selbyville High School before and after her marriage and again after her children were in school. After retirement from teaching, she served as a social worker for 10 years in Georgetown, Delaware for the State of Delaware Department of Health & Social Services.

She married Harold Burl Adams on November 26, 1936, in Dover, Delaware. (Father: Edward V. Baker, Mother: Sallie M. Baker; Spouse: Harold Burl Adams Film Number: 002025109 ^[1]. They were parents of 3 children: Marjorie, MaryHelen and Thomas Burl.

"Mrs. Adams was a lifelong and very active member of Salem United Methodist Church in Selbyville, a 50-year member and past president (1970-1972) of the Selbyville Community Club, and a member and former officer of the Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs. She was a member of the Hoornkill Chapter of the National Association of the Daughters of the American Colonists." ^[2]. She was also a member of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution and delighted in her lifetime pursuit of family genealogy done the traditional way, before computers. ^[3]

Christine B. Adams died Oct. 15, 2005, age 99, at the Seaford Retirement & Rehabilitation Center in Seaford, Delaware. She was buried in Selbyville Red Men's Cemetery, Selbyville, Sussex County Delaware.^[4]

An unattributed obituary appears on her memorial at Find A Grave.com: Christine B. Adams: Christine B. Adams, Age 99 of Selbyville, Delaware died October 15, 2005, at the Seaford Retirement & Rehabilitation Center in Seaford [Delaware]. A 1928 graduate of [the] Women's College of the University of Delaware with a BS degree in home economics, Christine taught home economics for 18 years at the former Selbyville High School and the former Rehoboth High School. Later, she was a social worker for 10 years for the Delaware Department of Health & Social Services. Mrs. Adams was a lifelong and very active member of Salem United Methodist Church in Selbyville, a 50-year member and past president (1970-1972) of the Selbyville Community Club, and a member and former officer of the Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs. As a member of the federation, she thoroughly enjoyed traveling with them in Europe. She was a member of the Hoornkill Chapter of the National Association of the Daughters of the American Colonists. Her son, Lt. Thomas B. Adams, was killed in action in Vietnam in 1968; her husband, H. Burl Adams, died in 1989; and she was preceded in death by her parents, Edward V. and Sallie Long Baker. Rev. Dr. Bruce Cooke will conduct the funeral service at 11 am on Friday, October 21, at Salem United Methodist Church in Selbyville. Interment will be in Redmen's Cemetery in Selbyville.

Sources

1. ↑ Delaware, Marriage Records, 1750-1954 [database on-line]: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Original data: Marriage Records. Delaware Marriages. Bureau of Vital Statistics, Hall of Records, Dover, Delaware.
2. ↑ United States Obituary Collection. Original data -Newspaper: Maryland Times-Press; 19 Oct 2005; Ocean City, Maryland
3. ↑ Personal Information of daughter, Marjorie Adams
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #16298817 (accessed 18 January 2024)
   Memorial page for Christine Baker Adams (3 Aug 1906-15 Oct 2005), citing Selbyville Redmens Cemetery, Selbyville, Sussex County, Delaware, USA.

See also:

• U.S.Federal Census, Selbyville, Sussex County, Delaware, 1910-1940.