Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Fielding was born on 21 July 1801, in Honeydon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Fielding, was 42 and her mother, Rachel Ibbotson, was 33. She married Hyrum Smith on 24 December 1837, in Kirtland Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 21 September 1852, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Fielding, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Fielding, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fielden .
English: occasionally from a Middle English survival of Old English felding ‘dweller in the field(s), open country’.
Irish: possibly a variant of McField (see McPhail ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Utah Pioneers - Mary Fielding Smith Kimball
Mary Fielding Smith can really be counted as one of the greatest women of modern times. A charming, gentle lady, she was the wife of Patriarch Hyrum Smith, brother of the Prophet Joseph, whom she marr …
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