Margaret Fife

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Fife was born on 14 August 1819, in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, John Fife, was 33 and her mother, Margaret Ann Blair, was 31. She married William Yeates on 21 July 1848, in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1841 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 6 May 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Yeates
1813–1879
Margaret Fife
1819–1900
Marriage: 21 July 1848
Mary Fife Yeates
1840–1845
Jane Fyfe Yeates
1843–1928
Alexander Fife Yeates
1845–
Andrew Yeates
1849–
William Yeates
1850–1851
Elizabeth Margaret Yates
1852–1929
John William Yeates
1854–1855
Jeannette Russell Yeates
1856–1936
Anice Yates
1859–
James Alma Yeates
1861–1945

Sources (46)

  • Margaret Fife in household of Robert Watt, "Scotland Census, 1841"
  • Margaret Fife, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
  • 1900 Utah, Salt Lake County Death Record for Margaret Fife Yeates

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1825 · Museum of Lancashire

The Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

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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