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Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe

Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe[1, 2]

Male 1818 - 1911  (93 years)

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  • Name Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe 
    Born 25 Aug 1818  Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Utah (Utah Territory), USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1850

    Gilbert H. Rolfe, 30, plasterer, born in Maine. Eliza Jan, 26, born in England. Children: Samuel, 7, born in Illinois; Mary Ann, 5, born in Iowa; Lidia, 2, born in Utah. Value of real estate owned $75. Next door to John and Lydia Stewart; Simeon and Dorcas Andres; 3 doors down from Samuel and Elizabeth Rolfe (56 and 49, respectively)
     
    Age: 30 
    Census 5 Aug 1860  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1860

    Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake Territory, Salt Lake Post Office, 5 Aug 1860, page 242, Dwelling 1757, Family 153

    Gilbert H. Rolfe, 40, farmer, born in Maine. Eliza J., 36, born in England. Children: Samuel J., 16, born in Illinois; Mary Ann, 14, born in Iowa; Lydia R., 11, born in Utah; Charles G, 9, born in California; Ianthus J, 7, born in California; Maria L, 5, born in California; Clarris J, 1, born in Utah. Value of real estate $0; value of personal property $80. Samuel and Mary Ann are attending school. Next door to Matthew and Isabella Mansfield; Richard Hensley. 
    Age: 40 
    Census 5 Sep 1870  Fairfield, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1870

    Utah, Utah, Fair Field, Fair Field Post Office, 5 Sep 1870, page 1, Dwelling 2, Family 2

    Gilbert Rolfe, 50, laborer, born in Maine. Eliza, 47, keeping house, born in England. Children: Charles, 19, laborer, born in California; Ianthus, 17, at home, born in California; Maria, 14, at home, born in California; William, 7, at home, born in Utah; Adella, 5, at home, born in Utah. Also noted is John Collins, age 4, born in Utah. Ianthus is attending school. Value of real estate is $100; value of person property is $150. Next door to William Emily Carson; Charles and Sophia Hardie 
    Age: 50 
    Census 5 Jun 1880  Park City, Summit, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1880

    Utah, Summit, Park City Precinct, SD #1, ED #74, page 17, Dwelling # 166, Family 185

    Gilbert Rofle, 60, plasterer, born in Maine. Eliza, 53, wife, born in England, keeping house. Children: William, 18, laborer, born in Utah; Franklin, 15, laborer, born in Utah. Gilbert has been unemployed for 4 months of the census year. Gilbert's parents are born in Maine; Eliza's parents are born in England. Next door to Thopholus and Mariah Robey; H.M. and Delilah Stevens; 2 doors down from Samuel and Elizabeth (Bates) Rolfe and children: Elizabeth, Frank, and Katie. 
    Age: 60 
    Census 11 Jun 1900  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1900

    Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, First Precinct, 11 Jun 1900, Sd 273, ED 7, sheet 11B, 551 State Street, Dwelling 551, Family 255

    Samuel Rolfe, head 56; widower (Feb 1844). Frank, son 24 (Sep 1875); George 18 (Aug 1881); Eliza 16 (Feb 1884); Marguerite, daughter 13 (Dec 1886); Earnest, son 6 (Nov 1893). Also living with them is his father, Gilbert H. Rolfe, 81 (Aug 1818), widower. He is a day laborer. Renting a home. All can read and write except for Earnest. Samuel was born in Illinois; father in Maine and mother in England. Gilbert was born in Maine; father in New Hampshire, mother in Maine.

    Also living in the same house is Alfred Clark, head 30 (Aug 1869). Lizzie, wife 28 (Oct 1871). They have been married for 9 years; 4 children born, 2 living. Children: David, son 6 (Nov 1893); Sarah K., daughter 6 (Nov 1893). David and Sarah are probable twins with same birth month and year. All were born in Utah. Alfred is a day laborer working on his own account.Alfred's parents were born in England; her father in Illinois, mother in California. (Lizzie is the daughter of Samuel).  
    Age: 81 
    Census 21 Apr 1910  Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1910

    Utah, Utah, Provo, Utah County Infirmary, Farm 12, 21 Apr 1910, SD 1 Utah, ED 196, sheet 1A, Dwelling 158, Family 165

    Gilbert H. Rolfe, 91, widow. He was born in Maine; his father in New Hampshire; mother in Maine. Inmate in Utah County Infirmary. 
    Age: 91 
    Died 10 Nov 1911  Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Death Certificate 13 Nov 1911  Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    State file number: 1911003749

    Gilbert H. Rolfe, 93, widower, born 25 Aug 1818 in Rumford, Maine; died 10 Nov 1911 in Provo, Utah (County Infirmary). Son of Samuel J. Rolfe (Concord, New Hampshire) and Elizabeth Hathaway (not known). Informant Andrew Kindsen (or Kimsdsen), 288 S. 7th West, Provo. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery on 13 Nov 1911. Walter Wheeler Undertaker, Springville, Utah.

    Additional notes indicate that he was shipped from Infirmary in Utah County to the Provo Infirmary. 
    Age: 93 
    Agency: Provo County Infirmary 
    Cause: Old age 
    Death Certificate for Gilbert H. Rolfe, 1911, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
    Death Certificate for Gilbert H. Rolfe, 1911, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
    Buried 13 Nov 1911  Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe, 1818-1911
    Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe, 1818-1911
    Original Stone Grave Marker for Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe, 1818 - 1911, Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah
    Original Stone Grave Marker for Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe, 1818 - 1911, Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah
    Original Stone Grave Marker
    Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe (1820 - 1911) - Find A Grave
    Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe (1820 - 1911) - Find A Grave
    Person ID I301  clanSoren | FRS101
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2014 

    Father Ancestors Samuel Jones Rolfe,   b. 26 Aug 1794, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1869, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Ancestors Elizabeth Hathaway,   b. 29 Aug 1802, Levonia, Oxford County, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct. 1877, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 04 Mar 1818  Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family Record ROLFE, SAMUEL JONES (son of Benjamin Rolfe and Mary Sweet of Massachusetts). He was born Aug. 26, 1794, Concord, N. H. Came to Utah September, 1847, A. H. Smoot company.

    Married Elizabeth Hathaway March 4, 1818, Maine. She was born Aug. 29, 1801.

    Their children:
    Gilbert H. b. 1820;
    Benjamin W. b. 1822;
    Tallman H. b. 1824;
    lanthus J. b. 1826;
    Weltha, b. 1328;
    Lydia b. Dec. 26, 1831;
    Horace C. b. Jan. 4, 1834;
    Samuel J. b. Jan. 3, 1836;
    William J. b. Dec 8, 1839;
    Mary Ann b Feb. 6, 1843;
    David L. b. 1846.

    Member high priests quorum; bishop at Winter Quarters, Neb., 1846-47. County treasurer San Bernardinn, Calif. House carpenter and joiner. He died July, 1867, at Lehi, Utah.  [13
    Family ID F262  Group Sheet

    Family Ancestors Eliza Jane Bates,   b. 18 Jan 1826, Hetwell, near Dudley Hall, Stafford, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Apr 1891, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 6 Jan 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Notes 
    • Per Marriages in the Nauvoo Region, 1839-1845, their marriage occurred on 6 February 1842.
      Excerpt as follow:

      Bates, Eliza Jane
      Born: 18 January 1826 in Hetwell, near Dudley Hall, Stafford, England
      Daughter of Joseph Bates and Mary Ann Harris
      Married: 6 February 1842 to Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe at Nauvoo by Erastus H. Derby
      Died: 1 April 1890 in Park City, Summit, Utah

      Eliza Jane's headstone states that she died in 1891.
    Children 
    +01. Samuel Joseph Rolfe Married: 2x2x ,   b. 13 Feb 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 June 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Married: 1x02. Mary Ann Harris Rolfe,   b. 23 Jun 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1900, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +03. Lydia Rolfe,   b. 14 Feb 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1933, Leamington, Millard, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +04. Charles Gilbert Rolfe,   b. 29 Sep 1851, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Sep 1930, Clark, Jefferson, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +05. Daniel (Ianthus Jerome) Rolfe,   b. 29 Sep 1854, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1928, Springville, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    +06. Maria Louisa Rolfe Married: 2x2x ,   b. 26 Aug 1856, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1951, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    +07. Clarissa Jane Rolfe Married: 2x2x ,   b. 03 Aug 1859, Payson, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1927, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +08. William Benjamin Rolfe,   b. 17 Apr 1862, Cedar Fort, Camp Floyde, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1939, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +09. Della Rolfe Married: 2x2x ,   b. 20 Jan 1865, Fairfield, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1939, Seattle, King, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2008 
    Family ID F124  Group Sheet

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    Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe
    Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe

  • Sources 
    1. [S166] The Winter Quarters Project, (http://winterquarters.byu.edu) (Reliability: 3).
      Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe [Parents] was born on 25 Aug 1820 in Rumford, Oxford, Maine. He died on 11 Nov 1911 in Provo, Utah, Utah. He was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah. He married Eliza Jane Bates on 6 Jan 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
      [Notes]
      Eliza Jane Bates [Parents] was born on 18 Jan 1826 in Hetwell, Dudley Hall, Stafford, England. She died on 1 Apr 1890 in Midway, Summit, Utah. She was buried in Midway, Summit, Utah. She married Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe on 6 Jan 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.

      They had the following children:

      M i Samuel Joseph Rolfe was born on 13 Feb 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. He died on 22 Jun 1922.
      F ii Mary Ann Harris Rolfe was born on 23 Jun 1846 in Between Nauvoo and Kanesville in Iowa. She died on 19 Oct 1900 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho. She was buried on 21 Oct 1900 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho.

      Statistics of the Winter Quarters Thirteenth Ward

      Bishop: Samuel Rolfe (Samuel Rolfe)
      Counselors: Joseph Fielding; Jacob Zundel (Jacob Zundle)
      Clerk: Gilbert Belnap

      Number of members: 149 as of 31 December 1846
      #Rolfe, Samuel Jones (Ralfe, Samuel)
      Rolfe, Elizabeth Hathaway
      Rolfe, Gilbert Hathaway (listed above)
      Rolfe, Benjamin William
      Rolfe, Tolman Peter
      Rolfe, Ianthis Jerome
      Rolfe, Wealthy H.
      Rolfe, Lydia Mandana
      Rolfe, Horace Cowin
      Rolfe, Samuel Jones
      Rolfe, William Jasper
      Rolfe, Mary Ann Elizabeth
      Rolfe, David Lorenzo

      #Rolfe, Gilbert Hathaway
      Rolfe, Eliza Jane Bates
      Rolfe, Samuel Joseph
      Rolfe, Mary Ann Harris

    2. [S96] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch) (Reliability: 3).
      Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
      Rolfe, Gilbert Hathaway

      Birth Date: 25 Aug. 1820
      Death Date: 11 Nov. 1911
      Gender: Male
      Age: 26
      Company: Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)


      Sources:
      Ancestral File Source Locations
      Journal History, Supp. after 31 Dec. 1848, p. 15 Source Locations
      Kimball, Heber C., Journal, June-Sep. 1848, in Heber C. Kimball, Papers, 1847-1866, reel 2, box 4, fd. 2 and fd. 3. [written by William Thompson]

      Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)

      Departure: 7 June 1848
      Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 24 September 1848

      Company Information:
      662 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska.

    3. [S120] 1850 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: , Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 140; Image: 285. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S111] 1860 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: , Salt Lake, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1313; Page: 24; Image: 24. (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S103] 1870 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Fairfield, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 202; Image: 397. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S85] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Park City, Summit, Utah; Roll: T9_1338; Family History Film: 1255338; Page: 44.1000; Enumeration District: 74 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S97] 1900 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), Year: 1900; Census Place: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T623 1684; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 7. (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S98] 1910 United States Federal Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry), Year: 1910; Census Place: Provo Ward 7, Utah, Utah; Roll: T624_1610; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 196 (Reliability: 3).

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