Eugene Henry Schofield

26 November 1846–2 April 1913 (Age 66)
Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Eugene Henry

When Eugene Henry Schofield was born on 26 November 1846, in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, his father, Hiram Frankin Scofield, was 37 and his mother, Alvalina Stearns, was 27. He married Rose Anna Cornelius on 19 November 1874. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1880 and Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States in 1900. He died on 2 April 1913, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eugene Henry Schofield
1846–1913
Ella Imogene Hill
1852–1887
Marriage: 18 February 1878
Harold Bertram Schofield
1877–1954
Ray Hiram Schofield
1879–1946
Ethel Maud Schofield
1881–1930
Schofield
1881–
Irma Mary Hargreaves Schofield
1886–1967

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 February 1878LaSalle, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1848 · Chicago Board of Trade
    Age 2
    Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day . 
    1863
    Age 17
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1865
    Age 19
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Scholefield in Rochdale (Lancashire), from Middle English scale, sc(h)ole ‘hut, shed’ (Old Norse skáli) + feld ‘field, open country’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Scoffield
    Scowcroft
    Scofield
    Scholfield
    Schoolfield

    Sources (39)

    • Eugene Schofield in entry for Harold Bertram Schofield, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Eugene H Schofull, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Eugene H Schofield, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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