Alice Catherine Brandenburg 1 2 3 4
- Born: 13 September 1899, Harmony, MD 2 3 4
- Marriage (1): Charles Emmert Adkins on 12 October 1916 in Hagerstown, MD 1 2 3
- Died: 16 February 1994, Creagerstown, MD at age 94 4
- Buried: After 16 February 1994, Middletown, MD 4
 Noted events in her life were:
• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Jefferson, MD on 20 January 1920. 2
1920 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 81, Family 254, Roll 673
Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland
Middletown Road; Farm rented
Alice C. Adkins..Wife..20..MD
(Living with husband and 2 daughters.)
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Jefferson, MD on 14 April 1930. 3
1930 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 35, Dwelling 113, Family 116, Roll 874
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Rockville and Jefferson Road; Home rented
Alice C. Adkins..Wife..30..MD
(Living with husband and 5 daughters.)
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• Her obituary was published in The Frederick Post in February 1994 in Frederick, MD.
4 Mrs. Alice Catherine Adkins, 94, of 12435 Creagerstown Rd., Thurmont, died Friday, Feb. 11, at Frederick Healthcare Center. She was the wife of Charles Emmert Adkins, who died April 23, 1976.
Born Sept. 13, 1899, in Harmony, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Clayton and Clara Mae Alexander Brandenburg. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Mrs. Adkins was a member of Christ Reformed United Church of Christ, Middletown; the Pleasant Grove Homemakers Club, where she was an active member for 46 years; and the Pleasant Grove Women's Society. She was a life member of the ladies auxiliary of the New Market Volunteer Fire Co. She attended Food and Friends in Woodsboro and was an avid bingo player.
Surviving are seven daughters, Hilda Wiles and Phyllis Kolb and her husband Preston, all of Frederick, Mildred Shafer and her husband Earl of Alexandria, VA., Virginia McMath of Annandale, VA., Frances Grimm and Shirley Smith and her husband Clayton, all of Jefferson; Barbara Kolb of Rocky Ridge; 23 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Adkins was preceded in death by a daughter, Freda Eigenbrode in August 1974; a grandson, Steven Wiles in 1960; twin great-granddaughters, and a great-great-grandson Alen Wiles in August 1993. She was also preceded in death by five sons-in-law, Ray Wiles, John Grimm, William Kolb, Robert McMath, and Paul Eigenbrode; nine brothers, and two sisters.
(Source: Frederick Post, Frederick, MD, Feb 1994)
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• She was buried after 16 February 1994 in the Christ Reformed Cemetery in Middletown, MD.
Find A Grave Memorial #73400574
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Alice married Charles Emmert Adkins, son of Charles Martin Adkins and Ida Elizabeth Shafer, on 12 October 1916 in Hagerstown, MD.1 2 3 (Charles Emmert Adkins was born on 7 February 1895 in Middletown, MD,2 3 5 died on 23 April 1976 in Thurmont, MD 5 and was buried after 23 April 1976 in Middletown, MD 5.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Jefferson, MD on 20 January 1920. 2
1920 US Census
Sheet 12A, District 81, Family 254, Roll 673
Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland
Middletown Road; Farm rented
Charles E. Adkins..Head..24..MD..Farmer, General farm
Alice C. Adkins..Wife..20..MD
Hilda C. Adkins..Daughter..1..MD
Forida L. Adkins..Daughter..1m..MD
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Jefferson, MD on 14 April 1930. 3
1930 US Census
Sheet 8B, District 35, Dwelling 113, Family 116, Roll 874
Jefferson District, Frederick County, Maryland
Rockville and Jefferson Road; Home rented
C. Emmert Adkins..Head..35..MD..Farm Laborer, Farm
Alice C. Adkins..Wife..30..MD
Hilda C. Adkins..Daughter..12..MD
Freda L. Adkins..Daughter..10..MD
Mildred M. Adkins..Daughter..8..MD
Alice V. Adkins..Daughter..4..MD
Francis E. Adkins..Daughter..3..MD
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