Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Fife was born on 13 August 1848, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, her father, Adam Fife, was 42 and her mother, Helen Sharp, was 39. She married Francis Love Russell on 29 December 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900 and Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 December 1929, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Catherine Russell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Catherine Fife - birth: ; England, United Kingdom
- Cathrine Russell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1850
Historical Boundaries 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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BIOGRAPHY OF CATHERINE FIFE RUSSELL
Catherine Fife was born 13 August 1848 in Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland to Adam and Helen or Ellen Sharp Fife. She was the thirteenth of sixteen children born to them. She was baptize …
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