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Samuel Joseph Rolfe

Samuel Joseph Rolfe

Male 1842 - 1922  (80 years)

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  • Name Samuel Joseph Rolfe 
    Born 13 Feb 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    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: 7 
    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: 16 
    Census 1870  TBD Not known at this time Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 5 Jun 1880  Park City, Summit, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1880

    Utah, Summit, Park City Precinct, SD #1, ED #74, page 17, Dwelling # 164, Family 183

    Samuel Rolfe, head 36. Elizabeth, wife 24. Children: Elizabeth, daughter 7; Frank, son 5; Katie, daughter 1. He is a teamster; she is keeping house. He was born in Illinois; she in California; the children in Utah. Next door to Thopholus and Mariah Robey; Harman and Mandy Noble; two doors down from Gilbert and Elizabeth Rolfe (parents). 
    Age: 36 
    Census 11 Jun 1900  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    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: 56 
    Census 16 Apr 1910  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1910

    Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, SD 1, ED 120, sheet 1B, Barn on Folsom Avenue, dwelling 12, family 17

    Samuel Rolfe, head 66. Married for the second time for 4 years; 4 children born. He is a Barn Man in a private barn working for wages. Can read and write. Born in Missouri; location of parents births unknown. 
    Age: 66 
    Census 16 Jan 1920  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1920

    Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, 16 Jan 1920, SD 2, ED 104, sheet 10A, 55 South 6th West, dwelling 210, family 210

    Samuel Rolfe, head 77. Lizzie, wife 63. Neither are employed. He was born in Missouri, she in California. His father's place of birth appears to read Maine, mother's place of birth struck out.

    Note: It is believed that this is the right census image for Samuel and Elizabeth. Same city as prior census, differences in age approximately the same. Differences in his place of birth (Missouri versus Illinois). His father's placed of birth appears to be Maine but location is overwritten. Correct birth location for Lizzie. Both can read and write. Next door to William and Grace Parke. 
    Age: 77 
    Died 22 June 1922  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Certificate 24 Jun 1922  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death certificate 00002202401

    Samuel Rolfe, born 13 Feb 1842 in Camp Floyd, Utah; died 22 Jun 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Residence is 645 West South Temple, Salt Lake City. Informant is Henry Rolfe, 534 Gale Street; married at the time of his death to Elizabeth Rolfe. He is a retired Teamster. Parents are Gilbert H. Rolfe (England) and Elizabeth Jane Bates (US). Buried in Sandy, Utah on 25 Jun 1922. Qualtrough-Allcott Co undertaker. 
    Age: 80 
    Cause: Acute Cardiac Dilatation 
    Death Certificate for Samuel Rolfe, 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA    		 Death Certificate for Samuel Rolfe, 1922, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
    Buried 25 Jun 1922  Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I540  clanSoren | FRS101
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2012 

    Father Ancestors Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe,   b. 25 Aug 1818, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1911, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 6 Jan 1842  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    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.
    Family ID F124  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Sarah Elizabeth Butcher,   b. 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1899, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Children 
    +01. Elizabeth Rolfe,   b. 10 Oct 1871, Bingham, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1938, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +02. William Frank Rolfe,   b. 15 Sep 1876, Mercur, Tooele, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jan 1952, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +03. Sarah C. Rolfe,   b. 1880, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1911, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
    +04. George William Rolfe,   b. 24 Aug 1880, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1928, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    +05. Eliza Jane Rolfe,   b. 4 Feb 1884, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1955, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +06. Margaret Rolfe Married: 2x2x ,   b. 25 Dec 1886, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1965, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Married: 1x07. Earnest Rolfe,   b. 12 Nov 1892,   d. 1934  (Age 41 years)
     08. Chris Rolfe,   b. 12 Nov 1892,   d. 19 Nov 1892, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     09. Polly V. Rolfe,   b. Nov 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1893, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     10. Rolfe,   b. Nov 1899,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2012 
    Family ID F738  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Elizabeth Riley,   b. 11 Oct 1856, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1945, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 5 May 1906  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2012 
    Family ID F209  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S118] Utah Death Certificates (Series 81448), 1904 to 1965, Utah State Archives, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, (historyresearch.utah.gov), Death certificate 00002202401 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S166] The Winter Quarters Project, (http://winterquarters.byu.edu).
      Winter Quarters Ward 13. Note there is a one year discrepancy between the birthdate on the death certificate and the Winter Quarters Project.

    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 (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 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [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).

    6. [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).

    7. [S98] 1910 United States Federal Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry), Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T624_1606; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0120; Image: 839; FHL microfilm: 1375619 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S82] 1920 United States Federal Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), Salt Lake City Ward 2, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T625_1866; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 104; Image: 656. (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S166] The Winter Quarters Project, (http://winterquarters.byu.edu) (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S172] BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History, (BYU Idaho), Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Volume 5, page 1889 (Reliability: 3).
      Groom's Surname Name: ROLFE
      Groom's First Name: Samuel
      Bride's Surname Name: REILLY
      Bride's First Name: Lizzie
      Place: Salt Lake City
      Marriage Date: 05 Mar 1906
      County: Salt Lake
      State: Utah
      Bride's Residence:
      Groom's Residence:
      Volume: 5
      Page: 1889


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