Henrietta (Foster) Fifield (abt. 1864)

Born about Jul 1864 in England, United Kingdom

Wife of William Lewis Fifield — married about 1887 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Henrietta was born about 1864

Henrietta's marriage to William Lewis Fifield was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1887 in the Dartford district.^[1]

In the 1900 census Henrietta (age 36) was the wife of Wm Leo Fifield in Hegewisch, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[2]

In the 1910 census Henrietta (age 47) was the wife of William L Fifield in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[3]

In the 1920 census Henrietta (age 54) was the wife of William L Fifield in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[4]

In the 1930 census Henrietta (age 68) was the wife of Wm Fifield in Proviso, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[5]

In the 1940 census Henrietta (age 77) was the widowed head of household in La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, United States.^[6]

Research Notes

Henrietta (Fifield) was not the daughter of Henry Foster born in 1864 Penshurst, Kent.

Henry Foster's daughter Henrietta was single in 1891, and living with her married sister Margaret (Foster) Taylor ^[7], Henrietta Fifield was by this time married and had already a son born in the United States ^[8]

Henrietta, the daughter of Henry Foster married Arthur Hope Constable in Penshurst, Kent in 1892 ^[9]. Her husband was named on the probate record of Henry Foster in 1913 ^[10]

A copy of the marriage certificate of William Fifield and Henrietta Foster from the GRO https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/app_select.asp should identify the father of this Henrietta Foster.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005"
   Volume: 2A; Page: 547
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 20 February 2023)
   Henrietta Foster marriage registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1887 in Dartford.
2. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 59; FHL microfilm: 1240285; Record number: 22674;
   FamilySearch Record: MS7S-4MZ (accessed 20 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-64KS-22F Image number 00476
   Henrietta Fifield (36), wife, in household of Wm Leo Fifield (36) in Hegewisch, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. Born in England.
3. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
   citing enumeration district (ED) ED 93, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll ; FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: MKHL-N6T (accessed 20 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRVM-6VF Image number 00586
   Henrietta Fifield (47), wife, in household of William L Fifield (46) in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States. Born in England.
4. ↑ 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 362; Line: 63; FHL microfilm: 1820362; Record number: 41683;
   FamilySearch Record: MJWX-45H (accessed 20 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR6W-G71 Image number 00865
   Henrietta Fifield (54), wife, in household of William L Fifield (56) in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States. Born in England.
5. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
   citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2311, sheet 39A, line 15, family 555, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 506; FHL microfilm 2,340,241.
   FamilySearch Record: XST5-HHY (accessed 20 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRHW-6G Image number 01040
   Henrietta Fifield (68), wife, in household of Wm Fifield (64) in Proviso, Cook, Illinois, United States. Born in England.
6. ↑ 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
   citing enumeration district (ED) 16-422A, sheet 2B, line 64, family 36, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 787.
   FamilySearch Record: KW4N-SVB (accessed 20 February 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89MB-Z4XN
   Henrietta Fifield (77), widowed head of household in La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, United States. Born in England.
7. ↑ 1891 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1891"
   citing PRO RG 12, Kent county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
   FamilySearch Record: QVFX-12M (accessed 20 February 2023)
   FindMyPast Image
   Henrietta Foster (26), single sister-in-law, in household of Henry G Taylor (35) in Penshurst in Sevenoaks registration district in Kent, England. Born in Kent, England.
8. ↑ Birth of son Lewis Fifield: "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
   citing v 22 p 78, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,735.
   FamilySearch Record: N79M-3VT (accessed 20 February 2023)
   Lewis Fifield born to Henrietta Foster on 1 Jun 1890 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
9. ↑ Marriage: "Kent Marriages And Banns"
   Archive: Kent History & Library Centre; Reference: P287/1/D/3; Page: 195
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 20 February 2023)
   Henrietta Foster (28) marriage to Arthur Hope Constable (30) on 25 Aug 1892 in Penshurst, St John the Baptist, Kent, England.
10. ↑ Probate: "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957"
    citing Probate, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
    FamilySearch Record: QPLH-16GQ (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Arthur Hope Constable probate on 28 Jun 1913 in Kent, England, United Kingdom.

• Personal recollection of events discussed with Gordon Warder Jr as remembered 22 May 2018.