William Benjamin Rolfe

1862 - 1939  (76 years)

• Name	William Benjamin Rolfe
  Born	17 Apr 1862	Cedar Fort, Camp Floyde, Utah, USA
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Sep 1870	Fairfield, Utah, Utah, USA   [1]
  	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: 7
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Park City, Summit, Utah, USA   [2]
  	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: 18
  Census	1900	TBD Not known at this time
  Census	1910	TBD Not known at this time
  Census	9 Jan 1920	Park City, Summit, Utah, USA   [3]
  	Census 1920 Utah, Summit, Park City, 9 Jan 1920, SD 1, ED 126, sheet 8B, Lumber Avenue, Dwelling 176, Family 176 William Rolfe, head 56. Mary A., wife 54. Children: M. Janie, daughter 16. They own their home free of a mortgage. He is a Mill Man working in a metal mine for wages. Janie is attending school. All can read and write. All are born in Utah; his parents in Ohio and England; hers in Utah. Next door to Edwin Hershiser; Dave Gibson.
  	Age: 56
  Census	1930	Park City, Summit, Utah, USA   [4]
  	Census 1930 Utah, Summit, Park City, First Ward, 2 Apr 1930, ED 22-13, SD 2, sheet 1B, Dwelling 21, Family 30 William Rolfe, head, 67. Mary J., wife, 65. He was 20 when married; she was 18. They own their home valued at $600; do not own a radio. He is a street construction laborer work for wages. He is not a veteran. Both were born in Utah; his parents in Maine and England; hers in Utah. Next door to James and Florence Burbidge.
  	Age: 67
  Died	15 Jan 1939	Park City, Summit, Utah, USA
  Death Certificate	16 Jan 1939	Park City, Summit, Utah, USA   [5, 6]
  	Death certificate 00003903494 William Benjamin Rolfe, born 17 Apr 1862 in Camp Floyd, Utah county, Utah; died 15 Jan 1939 in Park City, Summit, Utah. He was married at the time of his death and a resident of Park City for 68 years. His wife's name is recorded as Mary Ann McArrel. His parents are Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe (born in Illinois) and Eliza Jane Bates. The informant is Charles A. Rolfe, Oakley, Utah. Burial in Park City Cemetery, on 18 Jan 1939. Olpin Brothers Mortuary.
  	Age: 76
  	Cause: Carcinoma of the stomach
  		Death Certificate William Benjamin Rolfe, 1839, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA
  Obituary	18 Jan 1939	Park City, Summit, Utah, USA
  	PARK CITY.--William Benjamin Rolfe, 76, for 68 years a resident of Park City and former city employee, died at his home Sunday following a two-month illness. He was born at Camp Floyd (Cedar Fort) on April 17, 1862, to Gilbert Tathaway and Eliza Jane Bates Rolfe. He married Mary Ann McCarrel in 1882. Surviving are his widow, two sons and a daughter, Charles A. Rolfe of Oakley, Utah; William B. Rolfe and Mrs. Janie Spears of Park City; ten grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Maria Jane Robey of Provo. Services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Park City Second Ward by Bishop Lloyd Olson. Burial will be in Park City.
  Buried	18 Jan 1939	Park City Cemetery, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA   [7, 8]
  		William Benjamin Rolfe (1862 - 1939) - Find A Grave
  Obituary	18 Feb 1939	Park City, Summit, Utah, USA
  	Obituary PARK CITY.--William Benjamin Rolfe, 76, for 68 years a resident of Park City and former city employee, died at his home Sunday following a two-month illness. Surviving are his widow, two sons and a daughter, Charles A. Rolfe of Oakley, Utah; William B. Rolfe and Mrs. Janie Spears of Park City; ten grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Maria Jane Robey of Provo. Services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Park City Second Ward by Bishop Lloyd Olson. Burial will be in Park City. He was born at Camp Floyd (Cedar Fort) on April 17, 1862, to Gilbert Tathaway and Eliza Jane Bates Rolfe. He married Mary Ann McCarrel in 1882.
  	Age: 68
  Person ID	I553	clanSoren | FRS101
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	Gilbert Hathaway Rolfe,   b. 25 Aug 1818, Rumford, Oxford, Maine, USA ,   d. 10 Nov 1911, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Eliza Jane Bates,   b. 18 Jan 1826, Hetwell, near Dudley Hall, Stafford, England ,   d. 01 Apr 1891, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	6 Jan 1842	Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA   [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	Mary Ann McCarrel,   b. 16 Jul 1863, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA ,   d. 9 Sep 1954, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1882
  Children	+ 01. Charles Arthur Rolfe,   b. 29 Aug 1883, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1966, Oakley, Summit, Utah, USA  (Age 83 years)   02. William B Rolfe,   b. 22 Jun 1889, Utah, USA ,   d. 24 Jan 1967, Alameda, Alameda, California, USA  (Age 77 years) + 03. Mary Jane Rolfe 2x ,   b. 16 Sep 1902, Park City, Summit, Utah, USA ,   d. 3 Jan 1971  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2006
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S103] 1870 United States Federal Census, Bureau of the Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Fairfield, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 202 (Reliability: 3). [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). [S82] 1920 United States Federal Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry.com), Year: 1920;Census Place: Park City, Summit, Utah; Roll: T625_1867; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 126 (Reliability: 3). [S99] 1930 United States Federal Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, (Ancestry), Park City, Summit, Utah; Roll: 2422; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 13 (Reliability: 3). [S118] Utah Death Certificates (Series 81448), 1904 to 1965, Utah State Archives, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, (historyresearch.utah.gov), Death certificate 00003903494 (Reliability: 3). [S141] FamilySearch™ Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1954, Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU), (http://search.labs.familysearch.org) (Reliability: 3). [S61] Utah State History Cemetery Burials Database, (http://cemeteries.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials) (Reliability: 3). [S157] Findagrave.com, (Findagrave.com), Memorial 19170928 (Reliability: 3). [S166] The Winter Quarters Project, (http://winterquarters.byu.edu) (Reliability: 3).