Rollo Burdette Fields Sr.

Brief Life History of Rollo Burdette

When Rollo Burdette Fields Sr. was born on 31 October 1885, in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States, his father, William Addison Fields, was 26 and his mother, Atta Burns, was 18. He married Marguerite Katherine Fresh on 4 May 1916, in El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 1, Houston County, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 20 December 1978, in Stephens, Texas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Breckenridge Cemetery, Breckenridge, McLennan, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rollo Burdette Fields Sr.
1885–1978
Marguerite Katherine Fresh
1894–1969
Marriage: 4 May 1916
Rollo Burdett Fields Jr
1919–1990
James Herschel Fields Sr.
1920–1970
Robert W Fields
1923–1990
Bruce Thompson Fields
1925–2007

Sources (24)

  • Rollo B Fields, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Rolo Berdett Fields, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Rollo Burdette Fields, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English feldes, plural or possessive of feld ‘arable field, flat open country’. See Field .

Americanized form (translation into English) of French Deschamps .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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