Norma Adams was not the daughter of Mary Snider Adams and Israel P. Adams according to several sources.
Israel Adams moved from Waco to Cisco TX in 1884 and to Hunt Co TX in 1886 according to county tax records and his Civil War pension application.
In 1890, Mary Snider Adams and Charlie Dick began to live together leading to Mary & Israel divorcing in 1891.
According to James Pylant & Sherri Knight, in their Book "The Oldest Profession in Texas", Norma was the daughter of either Mary Capritola "Mollie" Adams or her sister Rosa Antoinette Adams (page 143).
Posted by Lynne Adams Farr, Ph.D.
1900 Waco: Census shows Norma living with her adopted parents, Charlie & Mary J. Dick of 309 North 2nd Street.
Sisters Mollie & Rose were living at 308 North 2nd Street in Mollie's new Bordello.
(Fall and Puckett Funeral Home Records):
Adams, Norma 5 yrs; by Mollie Adams; d. Nov. 1, 1902, diptheria; into at Oakwood Cem., Nov. 1; 103.00; 22-5532.
(Waco Times-Herald, 1902 Sat., Nov. 1 (2-5)):
Norma Adams, age 5, died at the home of the parents, 309 North 2nd, today. Funeral today; burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
Israel Adams moved from Waco to Cisco TX in 1884 and to Hunt Co TX in 1886 according to county tax records and his Civil War pension application.
In 1890, Mary Snider Adams and Charlie Dick began to live together leading to Mary & Israel divorcing in 1891.
According to James Pylant & Sherri Knight, in their Book "The Oldest Profession in Texas", Norma was the daughter of either Mary Capritola "Mollie" Adams or her sister Rosa Antoinette Adams (page 143).
Posted by Lynne Adams Farr, Ph.D.
1900 Waco: Census shows Norma living with her adopted parents, Charlie & Mary J. Dick of 309 North 2nd Street.
Sisters Mollie & Rose were living at 308 North 2nd Street in Mollie's new Bordello.
(Fall and Puckett Funeral Home Records):
Adams, Norma 5 yrs; by Mollie Adams; d. Nov. 1, 1902, diptheria; into at Oakwood Cem., Nov. 1; 103.00; 22-5532.
(Waco Times-Herald, 1902 Sat., Nov. 1 (2-5)):
Norma Adams, age 5, died at the home of the parents, 309 North 2nd, today. Funeral today; burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
Norma Adams was not the daughter of Mary Snider Adams and Israel P. Adams according to several sources.
Israel Adams moved from Waco to Cisco TX in 1884 and to Hunt Co TX in 1886 according to county tax records and his Civil War pension application.
In 1890, Mary Snider Adams and Charlie Dick began to live together leading to Mary & Israel divorcing in 1891.
According to James Pylant & Sherri Knight, in their Book "The Oldest Profession in Texas", Norma was the daughter of either Mary Capritola "Mollie" Adams or her sister Rosa Antoinette Adams (page 143).
Posted by Lynne Adams Farr, Ph.D.
1900 Waco: Census shows Norma living with her adopted parents, Charlie & Mary J. Dick of 309 North 2nd Street.
Sisters Mollie & Rose were living at 308 North 2nd Street in Mollie's new Bordello.
(Fall and Puckett Funeral Home Records):
Adams, Norma 5 yrs; by Mollie Adams; d. Nov. 1, 1902, diptheria; into at Oakwood Cem., Nov. 1; 103.00; 22-5532.
(Waco Times-Herald, 1902 Sat., Nov. 1 (2-5)):
Norma Adams, age 5, died at the home of the parents, 309 North 2nd, today. Funeral today; burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
Israel Adams moved from Waco to Cisco TX in 1884 and to Hunt Co TX in 1886 according to county tax records and his Civil War pension application.
In 1890, Mary Snider Adams and Charlie Dick began to live together leading to Mary & Israel divorcing in 1891.
According to James Pylant & Sherri Knight, in their Book "The Oldest Profession in Texas", Norma was the daughter of either Mary Capritola "Mollie" Adams or her sister Rosa Antoinette Adams (page 143).
Posted by Lynne Adams Farr, Ph.D.
1900 Waco: Census shows Norma living with her adopted parents, Charlie & Mary J. Dick of 309 North 2nd Street.
Sisters Mollie & Rose were living at 308 North 2nd Street in Mollie's new Bordello.
(Fall and Puckett Funeral Home Records):
Adams, Norma 5 yrs; by Mollie Adams; d. Nov. 1, 1902, diptheria; into at Oakwood Cem., Nov. 1; 103.00; 22-5532.
(Waco Times-Herald, 1902 Sat., Nov. 1 (2-5)):
Norma Adams, age 5, died at the home of the parents, 309 North 2nd, today. Funeral today; burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
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