
Benjamin William Rolfe[1]

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Name Benjamin William Rolfe Born 7 Oct 1822 Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA [2]
Gender Male Census 1850 Utah (Utah Territory), USA [3]
Census 1850
Utah Territory, Great Salt Lake, Dwelling 139, Family 139
Benjamin Rolfe, 28, plasterer, born in Maine. Prudence, wife, 26, born in Vermont. Value of real estate is $40. Census records indicate that they married within the year. Next door to Henson and Elizabeth Walker; Elizabeth Burton.Age: 28 Census 10 Jul 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA [4]
Census 1860
Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, page 158 and 159, 10 Jul 1860, dwelling 1161, family 38
B.W. Rolfe, head, 38. Prudence A., wife, 36. Children: Benjamin W., son, 8; Gideon G, son 6; Samuel A., son, 2. He is a carpenter and joiner. Value of real estate is $250; value of personal property is $200. He was born in Maine; she was born Vermont; the children in Utah. Next door to John and Harriet Parry; Jepe W. Fox.Age: 38 Census 12 Jul 1870 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA [5]
Census 1870
Utah Territory, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ward 16, 12 Jul 1870, page 7, Dwelling 48, Family 48
Benjamin Ralf, head 46. Prudence, wife 42. Children: Young, son 19; Gideyon, son 12; Samuel, son 7. He is a carpenter; she is keeping house. Value of real estate is $1,000; personal property $500. Young is a teamster; Gideyon is at home. He is born in Conneticut; she was born in Vermont; the children are born in Utah. Next door to Emily Spencer; [unreadable] Kimball.
Note: Surname was record by census taker as Ralf and not Rolfe.Age: 46 Census 1 Jun 1880 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA [6]
Census 1880
Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, page , SD 136, ED 48, dwelling 45, family 64
Benjamin Williams Rolfe, head, 57. Prudence Gibbs, wife, 56. Children: Benjamin Williams Jr., son 27; Gideon Gibbs, son 25; Samuel Aaron, son 22. He was a carpenter; she kept house. All three sons were farmers. He was born in Maine, she was born in Vermont and the children born in Utah. Record states that he Benjamin has epilepsy. Next door to Lenard and Emeline Kesler; Presinda Lathrop and Phoebe Ann KimballAge: 57 Died 31 May 1882 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA [2]
Buried 2 Jun 1882 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA [2]
Benjamin William Rolfe
Born in Rumford, Maine
October 7, 1822
Died in Salt Lake City, Utah
June 2, 1882Benjamin Wiliam Rolfe (1822 - 1882) - Find A Grave Memorial Person ID I466 clanSoren | FRS101 Last Modified 23 Mar 2013
Father Samuel Jones Rolfe, b. 26 Aug 1794, Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
, d. Jul 1869, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA
(Age 74 years)
Relationship Birth Mother Elizabeth Hathaway, b. 29 Aug 1802, Levonia, Oxford County, Maine, USA
, d. 22 Oct. 1877, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA
(Age 75 years)
Relationship Birth Married 04 Mar 1818 Maine, USA 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. [7]Family ID F262 Group Sheet
Family Prudence Larilla Gibbs, b. 10 Jul 1823, Benson, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
, d. 4 Dec 1907, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
(Age 84 years)
Children + Benjamin William Rolfe, JR, b. 19 Apr 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 9 Aug 1920, Hunter, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
(Age 68 years) 1.
Gideon Gibbs Rolfe, b. 23 Mar 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 15 Aug 1895 (Age 42 years) 2.
Samuel Jasper Rolfe, b. 6 Sep 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 6 Mar 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
(Age 0 years) 3.
Samuel Aaron Rolfe, b. 9 Dec 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA , d. 16 Nov 1883 (Age 25 years) 4.
Last Modified 12 Jan 2011 Family ID F446 Group Sheet
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