Elizabeth Fife

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Fife was born on 20 March 1830, in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, her father, James Fife Sr., was 26 and her mother, Margaret Mathieson, was 25. She married Charles Moman Johnson on 20 December 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880 and Providence Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 16 August 1912, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Seth Millington Blair
1819–1875
Elizabeth Fife
1830–1912
Marriage: 3 December 1852
William Fife Blair
1854–1855
Parthenia Amanda Blair
1856–1888
Elizabeth Blair
1859–1941
Margaret Blair
1862–1954
Fannie Janet Blair
1865–1944

Sources (61)

  • Betsy Johnson, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Ancestry.com
  • Eliz. J. Blair, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1834

Historical Boundaries: 1834: Illinois, United States 1836: Kane, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Kane, DuPage, Will, and Kendall counties]

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

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.

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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