Brief Life History of William Oscar
When William Oscar Field was born on 9 August 1881, in Union, Tennessee, United States, his father, Elliot Austin Field, was 30 and his mother, Mary Angeline Aplin, was 26. He married Gracie Leona Clark on 28 July 1906, in Knox, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Luttrell, Loudon, Tennessee, United States in 1946. He registered for military service in 1902. He died on 7 January 1946, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 64.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know William Oscar? Do you have a story about him that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Oscar Fields, "United States Census, 1930"
- William O. Field, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- William Oscar Field, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
Children (6)
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name, probably from Field, in Leigh, Staffordshire. The placename derives from Old English feld ‘flat open country’. In the late 12th century one of Henry II's warrior knights took the surname to Ireland, where it often took the semi-Norman French form de la Feld. From the 15th century onward it was increasingly reduced to Field and gave its name to Fieldstown, the family's chief seat near Dublin. A branch of the Anglo-Irish family that migrated back to England in the 14th century retained the Normanized form as Delafield .
English: topographic name for someone who lived by an arable field or an area of open country (Middle English feld).
Irish: Anglicized form of Feeley , through similarity of sound, and of Maghery by translation (chiefly in Armagh), from Gaelic An Mhachaire ‘of the field’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.