Guy Fielding Ogden

Brief Life History of Guy Fielding

When Guy Fielding Ogden was born on 11 November 1884, in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Robert P Ogden, was 24 and his mother, Cora Edwards Meiggs, was 22. He lived in Rhode Island, United States in 1884.

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Family Time Line

Robert P Ogden
1860–1930
Cora Edwards Meiggs
1862–1939
Guy Fielding Ogden
1884–
Frank Oswald Ogden
1887–1951
William Henry Ogden Sr.
1897–1970

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  • Guy Fielding Ogden, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"

World Events (3)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1895 · College Hall Catches on Fire

On January 27, 1895, College Hall catches on fire and is fully consumed within one hour. During the fire, many students and faculty work together to save many of the items in the building. Some of these are library books. They save the books by piling them onto the rugs and dragging them out of the burning building. College Hall is then later rebuilt and renamed Davis Hall after Governor John W. Davis.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from two hamlets named Ogden in Rochdale and Oldham parishes (Lancashire). The placename derives from Old English āc + denu ‘oak valley’.

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

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