George Jeff Oldfield

Brief Life History of George Jeff

When George Jeff Oldfield was born on 15 November 1879, in Kentucky, United States, his father, William James Oldfield, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth J. Georgianna Richey, was 24. He married Mary Frances Kinslow about 1895, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 4 Gainesville, Allen, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Gainesville, Allen, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 18 July 1939, in Allen, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 59.

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George Jeff Oldfield
1879–1939
Mary Frances Kinslow
1861–1942
Marriage: about 1895
Lula J. Oldfield
1898–1946
Overfield
1900–1900
Ida Bell Oldfield
1903–1966

Sources (9)

  • George J Oldfield, "United States Census, 1910"
  • George F Oldifield, "Kentucky, Deaths, 1911-1967"
  • Geo J Oldfield in entry for Willie Earl Vaughan and Lula Gross, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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Name Meaning

English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by ‘the old field’ (Middle English olde + feld) or who lived in a district that had been named in Old English as ‘the old open country’ (ald, feld). This is the source of placenames such as Allfield in Condover (Shropshire), Alfell Farm in Elmstead (Essex), Oldfield Grove in Langley (Essex), and several places in Cambridgeshire called (The) Offal, as well as many places called Oldfield in Yorkshire. Oldfield near Ludden Foot in Sowerby and another place so called in Honley, next to Meltham, are known to have given rise to hereditary surnames.

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

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