Brief Life History of Andrew
When Andrew Fife was born on 3 July 1835, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Adam Fife, was 28 and his mother, Helen Sharp, was 26.
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- Andrew Fife, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Andrew Fife, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the province and former kingdom of Fife in East Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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