Mary Fielding

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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Family Time Line

Hyrum Smith
1800–1844
Mary Fielding
1801–1852
Marriage: 24 December 1837
Joseph Fielding Smith
1838–1918
Martha Ann Smith
1841–1923

Sources (29)

  • Mary Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Fielding, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Fielding, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

Spouse and Children

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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