Amos Fielding

Brief Life History of Amos

When Amos Fielding was born on 16 July 1792, in Tonge, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Matthew Fielding, was 26 and his mother, Mary Cooper, was 23. He married Mary Haydock on 28 June 1829, in Eccleston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 5 August 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Amos Fielding
1792–1875
Jane Benson
1824–1900
Marriage: about 1847
Amos Hyrum Fielding
1848–1906

Sources (19)

  • Amos Fielding, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Amos Fielding, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Amos Fielding, "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

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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