John Fowles

Brief Life History of John

When John Fowles was born on 19 February 1848, in Ripple, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Timothy John Fowles, was 40 and his mother, Eliza Sanders, was 36. He married Martha Jane Rigby about 1869, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 31 October 1881, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Fowles
1848–1881
Magdalena Hafen
1856–1926
Marriage: 1873
John Henry Fowles
1875–1960
William Edward Fowles
1877–1932
Emma Evelyn Fowles
1879–1965
Henry Albert Fowles
1882–1891

Sources (23)

  • John Fowles, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • John Henry Fowles, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
  • John Fowles, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

1855

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER A. Marie Dinnesen Neilson BIRTH 13 Feb 1829 Denmark DEATH 2 Jan 1855 (aged 25) BURIAL Mount Pleasant City Cemetery Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 42004366 · View Source

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: variant of Fowle , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Scottish: variant of Foulis, a habitational name from Fowlis in Angus, or, less commonly, from Fowlis Wester in Strathearn, Perthshire.

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

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Martha Jane Rigby - Written by Peggy Stewart Mower

Martha "Jane" Rigby was the daughter of James Rigby and Jane Lovinia Littlewood Rigby. She was born at Augusta, Burlington County, Iowa on 12 February 1843. The same month Jane Was born her si …

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