Janette Fife

Brief Life History of Janette

When Janette Fife was born on 1 March 1851, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, Adam Fife, was 44 and her mother, Helen Sharp, was 42. She married William Warren Child on 5 September 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 13 March 1940, in Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Hooper City Cemetery, Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Warren Child
1848–1913
Janette Fife
1851–1940
Marriage: 5 September 1868
William Warren Child Jr.
1869–1878
Myron Barber Child
1870–1890
Ellen Child
1873–1912
John Abram Child
1875–1879
Mark A Child
1877–1912
Louisa Emeline Child
1879–1945
James Oscar Child
1881–1967
Vinetta Jane Child
1884–1962
Mary Evelean Child
1886–1925
Jennie Margaret Child
1888–1952
Lucinda Catherine Child
1890–1969
Ervin Lewis Child
1894–1980

Sources (39)

  • Jenett Fife Child, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Jeannette Fife Child, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Jennett ...F in entry for Nellie Hooper, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (16)

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World Events (8)

1854

Historical Boundaries 1854: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

1863

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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William Warren Child 1848

"William Warren Child was born February 26, 1848, in Lee County, Iowa, the son of Myron Barber and Emeline Elmer. He was the eldest of eleven children. When William was three years old, he …

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