| Name |
FREDERICKS, Adam Henry |
| Birth |
5 May 1910 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census (desc) |
1920 |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
| Census (desc) |
1930 |
Grand Rapids Township, Kent, Michigan, United States |
| living with his parents at 815 12th St. and working as a clerk - musical instruments (listed as Fidrysiak) |
Address:
North Park |
| Arrest |
25 Mar 1930 |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
- Placed On Probation For Entering Plant
Six months probation must be served by Adam Fedoroczyk, 19, also known as Adam Frederick, who pleaded guilty Tuesday in superior court to a charge of breaking and entering the York Band Instrument Co. plant. The youth was heard by the watchman and obtained nothing.
Adam had been employed in the plant and went into it through a skylight, he told the judge, after having left the firm’s employ, to get some novelties he had made and had left behind. The firm had objected to him making articles.
The watchman was on a lower floor and heard the flooring creak above him. He quietly informed another man and police arrested Adam, who was lying on overhead steam pipes when seen.
Grand Rapids Press6/25/1930
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| Arrest |
9 Jun 1931 |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
- NEW OFFICER NABS BURGLAR
Patrolman J. J. Schaab Trains Gun on Fleeing Store Prowler.
ARRESTED SECOND TIME
Adam Frederick on Probation; Policemen Rout Him from Hiding.
A new policeman early Tuesday morning nabbed a burglar as he fled from an A. & P. store at 510 Ottawa Av., N. W. The burglar was Adam H. Frederick, 21, of 815 Twelfth St., N. W., and his captor was Patrolman Joseph J. Schaab who went on a beat last Saturday after having completed four weeks of training in the police school.
Questioned by Capt. John Spoelstra in a police headquarters cell Tuesday morning, Frederick, who in March, 1930, was placed on probation for burglarizing the York Band Instrument Co. plant, admitted he had entered the store intent upon burglary, but denied he had entered any other places since his previous arrest.
Tipped By Telephone.
About 1 a. m. Tuesday a resident near the store telephoned police headquarters and informed the officers she heard some one in the store.
Sergt. Thomas McPhilamy responded to the call, with Patrolmen John Lemke, John Morduff, Clarence Sinclair and Clarence Boomstra.Patrolman Schaab, whose beat took him by the store, joined the squad upon its arrival. The officers surrounded the place and made a cursoryexamination of the premises, but were unable to find any trace of burglars.Sergt. McPhilamy talked with the woman who had called the station and she was positive she had heard someone and that the prowler was in the store.
Officials of the A. & P. Company were summoned while officers watched the store. The place was opened and the officers started a search. On the second floor of the building, a part of the partition was found to have been removed. Patrolman Morduff looked inside the opening and discovered Frederick. The man was ordered out by the officers, who threatened to shoot, but he refused to move.
Dashes for Freedom.
Nearby was an ax, so Patrolman Morduff chopped away some more of the partition, but Frederick remained in hiding. Then Patrolman Sinclair hacked on the opposite side and Frederick unexpectedly made a dash for freedom, crashing through a window to the ground below. But Patrolman Schaab, who was engaged in his first real police work, was waiting for just such an emergency and ordered the prisoner to halt, at the same time flourishing his revolver. After a short chase, the officer poked the gun (end of article)
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| Biography |
- Biography: Adam played the trumpet and guitar, and enjoyed playing with his son Jimmy, who played guitar and piano.
|
| Census (desc) |
1940 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| living at 5706 Parker Ave. and working as an assembler at an auto parts plant |
| Military |
7 Apr 1942 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [1] |
| WWII - Warrant Officer, PFC |
- Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Civil Occupation: Semiskilled occupations in manufacture of automobiles
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Married
Height: 68"
Weight: 176 lbs
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| Census (desc) |
1950 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| living at 19988 Norwood Street and working as a gas station attendent |
| Residence |
1983 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [2] |
Address:
19988 Norwood Street |
| _UID |
DA9D41CC63B888488B57B1EE324B6AFBD21E |
| Death |
12 Dec 1988 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
| Burial |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
Address:
Mount Olivet Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I214 |
Our Ancestry |
| Last Modified |
23 Nov 2025 |
| Family 1 |
SCHULTHEISS, Evelyn Emma, b. 4 Mar 1912, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States d. 19 Nov 1986, Naples, Collier, Florida, United States (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Sep 1930 |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States [4] |
| Residence |
9 Jun 1931 |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States |
| 815 12th Street NW |
- The address is from a newspaper article about her husband Adam being arrested for a burglary.
|
| Divorce |
5 Nov 1932 |
Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States [5] |
Address:
Kent County Courthouse |
- Adam was convicted of burglarizing the York Band Instrument Co. and an A&P grocery store and sentenced to prison. Evelyn divorced him while he was in prison.
STATE OF MICHIGAN
THE CIRUIT COURT FOR KENT COUNTY, IN CHANCERY.
Evelyn E. Fredericks,
Plaintiff
vs
Adam H. Fredericks,
Defendant
At a session of said Court held at the Court House in the City of Grand Rapids, in said county, on the 5th day of November, A.D., 1932.
Present: Hon. Willis B. Perkins (sig.) Circuit Judge.
This cause having been brought on to be heard upon the Bill of Complaint filed therein taken as confessed by the defendant and upon taking of proofs in open Court of the material facts charged in such Bill of Complaint, thereupon, on reading the Bill of Complaint and after hearing the proofs so as aforesaid taken, from which it satisfactorily appears to this court that the material facts charged in such Bill of Complaint are true, and that the defendant, Adam H. Fredericks has been guilty of non-support as therein charged; and also that Adam H. Fredericks is an unsuitable person to have the care, custody and education of said minor child, Anita Louise Fredericks the issue of their said marriage, and that the plaintiff, Evelyn E. Fredericks is a suitable person to have the care, custody and education of said minor child, Anita Louise Fredericks, on motion of Roman F. Glocheski, Esquire, of counsel for said plaintiff, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed and this court, by virtue of the authority therein vested, and in pursuance of the Statute in such case made and provided, doth order, adjudge and decree that the marriage between the said plaintiff Evelyn E. Fredericks and the said defendant Adam H. Fredericks, be dissolved, and the same is hereby dissolved, accordingly, and a DIVORCE FROM THE BONDS OF MATRIMONY between said parties is also adjudged and decreed.
And it is also further ordered, adjudged and decreed, that said Plaintiff, Evelyn E. Fredericks, shall have the care, custody and education of said minor child, Anita Louise Fredericks, born November 3rd,1931, the issue of said marriage between said parties, mentioned and named in the Bill of Complaint in this cause, and that said minor child, Anita Louise Fredericks, shall remain with said Plaintiff, Evelyn E. Fredericks, until said child shall attain the age of seventeen years.
And it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that said Adam H. Fredericks pay to said Evelyn E. Fredericks, the sum of One (1.00) Dollar which shall be in lieu of her dower rights in the property of her husband, said Adam H. Fredericks, which sum when paid to her shall be in full satisfaction of all claims that she, said Evelyn E. Fredericks may have in any property which her husband, said Adam H. Fredericks now owns or may hereafter own, or in which he may have any interest.
Willis B. Perkins (sig.)
Circuit Judge.
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| Children |
| + | 1. HILL, Anita Louise, b. 3 Nov 1931, Grand Rapids Township, Kent, Michigan, United States d. 11 Dec 2004, Troy, Oakland, Michigan, United States (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F89 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 May 2026 |
| Family 2 |
ZUBLICK, Bertha Doris, b. 11 Dec 1917, Burlington, New Jersey, United States d. 21 Apr 2020, Macomb, Michigan, United States (Age 102 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Jun 1939 |
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States [6] |
| Residence |
1944 |
Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States [7] |
- Sgt. HAAF res 218 1/2 E Tyler
|
| Divorce |
1973 |
Macomb, Michigan, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. FREDERICKS, James Michael, b. 9 Jul 1945, Cameron, Milam, Texas, United States d. 18 Sep 2000, Grant, Washington, United States (Age 55 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2412 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 May 2026 |
1910 - 1988 (78 years)
