Joan (Vollmer) Adams (1924 - 1951)

Born 4 Feb 1924 in Ossining, Westchester, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Seward Burroughs II — married about 1948 (to 1951) in Mexico

Died 6 Sep 1951 at age 27 in Mexico City, Mexico

Biography

Joan was born in 1924. She passed away in 1951.

Joan Vollmer was the most prominent female member of the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she was the roommate of Edie Parker, later married to Jack Kerouac. Beats often gathered at their apartment in the 1940s. In 1946, she began a relationship with William S. Burroughs, and became his common-law wife. In 1951, Burroughs and Vollmer were playing "William Tell" and he accidentally killed Vollmer by shooting her in the head.

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vollmer
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14637589/joan-burroughs

• Ancestry.com. Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1861-1987 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.