Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Oldfield was born on 28 June 1791, in Minisink, Orange, New York, United States, her father, George Oldfield, was 41 and her mother, Temperance Shepherd, was 42. She married Eli Kelsey on 7 December 1805, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 September 1875, in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Oldfield, "United States Census, 1810"
- Mary Oldfield Kelsey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary in entry for Eli B Kelsey, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
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Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by ‘the old field’ (Middle English olde + feld) or who lived in a district that had been named in Old English as ‘the old open country’ (ald, feld). This is the source of placenames such as Allfield in Condover (Shropshire), Alfell Farm in Elmstead (Essex), Oldfield Grove in Langley (Essex), and several places in Cambridgeshire called (The) Offal, as well as many places called Oldfield in Yorkshire. Oldfield near Ludden Foot in Sowerby and another place so called in Honley, next to Meltham, are known to have given rise to hereditary surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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