Robert Adamson Fife

Male21 March 1848–

Brief Life History of Robert Adamson

When Robert Adamson Fife was born on 21 March 1848, in Tulliallan, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Fife, was 41 and his mother, Mary Meek Nicol, was 38. He died in United States, and was buried in United States.

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Family Time Line

John Fife
1807–1874
Mary Meek Nicol
1809–1850
William Nicol Fife
1831–1914
Mary Meek Fife
1833–1863
John Adamson Fife
1835–
Jane Nicol Fife
1838–1897
Christina Fife
1840–1850
Thomas Nicol Fife
1844–
Robert Adamson Fife
1848–

Sources (2)

  • Robert Fife, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Scotland, Old Parochial Records in Tulliallan Parish for Robert Fife

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World Events (8)

1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

Age 6

Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.

1863

Age 15

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 33

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from the province and former kingdom of Fife in East Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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