Sunday, May 12, 2013

John Fife lived beyond 1848

In looking for John Fife it was discovered that the Rootsweb entry had him dying in 1848.  However, in the Utah Territorial Census of 1850, he is living with his parents.  It sounds like I need to contact the submitter of the Rootsweb information.  Here is what is listed.


  • ID: I186486
  • Name: John FIFE
  • Given Name: John
  • Surname: FIFE
  • Suffix: , U.S. Mormon Battalion
  • Sex: M
  • _UID: 86BE917466C67C4CB32F0EE90E7A0B913A31
  • Change Date: 25 May 2005
  • Note:

    Fife, John (Male)
    Birth: Fife, John (Male) Date: May 18, 1825 Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, SCO
    Parents: Fife, John (Male) Father: Fife, James Mother: Mathieson, Margaret
    Death: Fife, John (Male) Date: 1848 Place: Pleasant Grove, Utah, UT, USA
    Church Ordinance Data: Fife, John (Male) Baptism Date: July 4, 1841
    Temple Ordinance Data: Fife, John (Male) Sealed to Parents Date: October 10, 1894
    Comments: Fife, John (Male)John was a Private in Company "C" of the Mormon Battalion.


    He is also mentioned in:
    Fife, John
    Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah compiled by Frank Esshom. [Salt Lake City: Western Epics, Inc., 1966.] @ p.44

    Wiggins, Marvin E. Mormons and Their Neighbors (Supplement)

    Fife, John 18 May 1825 -
    Members of The Mormon Battalion by Susan Ward Easton. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1980. @ p.25
    MEMM @ p.25
  • Birth: 18 MAY 1825 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  • Death: 1848
  • Christening: 17 JUL 1825 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  • LDS Baptism: 4 JUL 1841
  • Endowment: 28 MAR 1851
  • Sealing Child: 10 OCT 1894 Temple: ARIZO
  • Ancestral File #: 2N1R-6Q
  • Event: as a PVT in Company C Military 1846


  • Now here is the information for the Fife family in 1850 Great Salt Lake City.  He is listed just below his mother.
    Pleasant Grove wasn't established until 1850.  If John died in Pleasant Grove, then it must be at least 1850 after settlers became established.  Here is the wifi information on Pleasant Grove. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Grove,_Utah

    I'll check this reference to see if his burials was recorded in Pleasant Grove.  Hopefully there is a reference to his burial in Pleasant Grove as indicated in the rootsweb entry.
    https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=786343&disp=Pleasant+Grove%2C+Utah+cemetery+records%%20%20&columns=*,0,0

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