William Wilson Fife

The following is from a website entitled, "The Life, Times & Family of Orson Pratt Brown"... William Wilson Fife was Orson Pratt Brown's half-brother. William Wilson Fife was born August 16, 1857, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, to William Nocol Fife and Diane David Fife, and passed away on March 8, 1912, in Brigham City, Utah. Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer.

William Wilson Fife married Elizabeth Stewart on December 2, 1882. Elizabeth Stewart Fife is the daughter of Isaac Mitton and Elizabeth White Stewart. Elizabeth was born on September 3, 1863, at Draper, Utah. William Wilson Fife and Elizabeth Stewart Fife had seven children:

A. William Stewart Fife, b. 18 Oct 1883 at Ogden, d. 12 June 1958, at Gridley, California, m. 16 Sept. 1908, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, to Iva Dorothy Layne, daughter of Charles Ellis and Marcia Allen Layne, b. 16 Nov. 1885, at Ogden, d. 11 Aug. 1959, at Gridley, California. Their children were:

1.) William Stewart Fife, M.D., b. 5 Aug. 1909, at Ogden, m. 22 June 1934, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, to Lois Smith, daughter Joseph Fielding and Ethel Georgina Reynolds Smith, b. 26 Mar. 1912 at Salt Lake City. Address: 4201 Fair Oaks Blvd., Sacramento 25, California.

2.) Robert Layne Fife, b. 21 Oct. 1916, at Ogden, m. 21 Oct. 1940, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, to Marvis Jensen, daughter Willis Clifford and Eulalia Maria Hyde Jensen, b. 15 Sept. 1919, at Oakley, Idaho.

B. Isaac Davis Fife, b. 2 Oct. 1885, at Ogden, m. 13 Feb. 1910, Salt Lake Temple, Salt lake City, to Margaret Miller, daughter Fredrick Andres and Geneva Shaw Miller, b. 15 Nov. 1884, at Ogden. Address: 178 B Spazier Avenue., Burbank, California.

1.) Isaac David Fife, b. 31 Jan 1911, at Ogden, m. Natalie Swope (Gustaveson), daughter Bruce and Dorothy Pillar Gustaveson.

2.) Bernice Fife, b. 18 Mar. 1912, at Deerlodge, Montana, m. (1) Weston Bird, Mesa Temple, Mesa, Arizona, 23 Feb. 1934, (Divorced). m. (2) 1 Sept. 1939, at Los Angeles, California, to David G. Watts, b. 16 Aug. 1897, at Salt Lake City, d. 26 Nov. 1962, at Los Angeles, California.

3.) Iretta Fife, b. 29 May 1918 at Salt Lake City, m. Lowell James Yancy, b. 17 June 1916, son of James Henry and Effie Jane Cobbley Yancy.

4.) Clyde Miller Fife, b. 5 Dec. 1918 at Salt Lake City, m. 26 Aug. 1948, Salt Lake Temple, to Lois Wahlen, b. 22 Dec 1920, at Logan, daugjter Julius Oliver and Lucy Wahlen ______.

C. Leland Taylor Fife, b. 29 July 1887, at Ogden, d. 11 Aug. 1960, at Gridley, Butte County, California, m. (1) 7 Dec. 1910, Salt Lake Temple, to Mary Elizabeth Jackson, daughter Lorenzo L. and Annie Welch Jackson, b. 8 Sept. 1888, at Ogden, d. 24 Oct. 1949, at Burlingame, San Mateo County, California. m. (2) 31 May 1951, Idaho Falls Temple. Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Mabel Victoria Erickson Fife, daughter John Eric and Ida Matilda Bengtson Erickson, b. 5 Nov. 1897, at Salt Lake City. Address: 348 Haskell Street, Gridley, California.

1.) Leland Jackson Fife, b, 3 Nov. 1911, at Ogden, m. 8 Sept. 1938, at Salt Lake City, to Margaret Smart, daughter Thomas Lawrence and Nellie Buckwalter Smart, b. 8 Mar. 1917.

2.) Lucille Elizabeth Fife, b. 27 Apr. 1914, at Ogden, m. 24 Oct. 1935 at Salt Lake City, to Keith Watt Thomas, son of Norwood Washington and Choloe Agnes Hislop Thomas, b. 28 Nov. 1908, at Vernal, Utah.

3.) Paul William Fife, b. 21 Feb. 1918, at Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah, m. (1) 17 July 1942, at New Orleans, Louisiana to Helen Biddleman, (was divorced), m. (2) Velda Peterson, 8 Feb. 1946, daughter Willie James and Leonora Robers Peterson, b. 17 May 1922, at Benson, Cache County, Utah.

4.) Donald Stewart Fife, b. 17 Dec. 1920, at Magna, Utah, m. 2 Apr. 1941, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, to Betty Ann Pathe, daughter Laborn Roy and Zina Althera Baker Pathe, b. 9 Dec. 1921, at Bakersfield, Kern County, California.

5.) Ruth Fife, b. 16 July 1925, at Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada, m. 20 Mar. 1947, Salt Lake Temple, to Willis Elmer Cole, son of Elmer David and Edna Ruth Wood Cole, b. 26 Apr. 1923, at McGill, White Pine County, Nevada.

D. Iretta Elizabeth Fife, b. 4 Sept. 1889, at Ogden, d. 13 Dec. 1960, at New Orleans, Louisiana, m. 2 Oct. 1912, Salt Lake Temple, to James Edward Lindsay, son of William Thomas and Hannah Elizabeth Sparks Lindsay, b. 29 May 1888, at Dingle, Idaho, d. 6 Dec. 1964, at Roy, Weber County, Utah. Both are buried, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden.

1.) Ruth Iretta Lindsay, b. 29 Oct. 1913 at Salt Lake City, m. (1) 8 Sept. 1933, Salt Lake Temple, (Temple Divorce, 1946) to Colin McKay Edward, son of William and Isabella McKay Edward, b. 17 Dec. 1906, at Huntsville, Weber County, Utah. m. (2) 7 Oct. 1944, at Ogden, (Endowed, Salt Lake Temple, 25 June 1947), to Francis Harold Steele, son of David Francis and Martha Ann Hatfield (Hetzler) Steele, b. 19 Dec. 1896 at Ogden, d. 2 May 1964, at Ogden, buried, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden. (The first wife of Francis Harold Steele was Margaret Esther Doty, b. 9 Oct. 1900, at Sharpesburg. Pennsylvania, d. 27 Oct. 1942, at Ogden. Buried, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden.) Address: 1444--27th Street., Ogden, Utah.

2.) Verna Elizabeth Lindsay, b. 30 Apr. 1919, at Ogden, d. 13 Apr. 1944, at Wickford, Rhode Island, m. 11 Sept. 1942, Salt Lake Temple, to Sheldon Winchester Winkler, son of Ernest and Venetia Procter Winkler, b. 18 Feb. 1914, at Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, d. 13 Apr. 1944, at Wickford, Rhode Island. Both are buried, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden. No Children.

3.) James Edward Lindsay Jr., D.D.S., b. 11 Mar. 1921, at Ogden, m. 31 Oct. 1944, Salt Lake Temple, to Elsa Romane McKell, daughter Heber J. and Romania Julia Hunsaker McKell, b. 21 Feb. 1924, at Ogden. Address: 7731 East 4th Place, Downey, California.

E. Randolph Wilson Fife, b. 25 Feb. 1892, at Ogden, d. 14 Nov. 1943, at Gridley, Butte County, California, buried, Biggs-Gridley Cemetery, Gridley, California, m. 4 Dec. 1918, at Farr West, Weber County, Utah, to Mabel Victoria Erickson daughter John Eric and Ida Matilda Bengtson Erickson, b. 5 Nov. 1897, at Salt Lake City.

1.) Randolph Erickson Fife, b. 19 Nov. 1919, at Woodland, Summit County, Utah, m. (1) 26 Nov. 1945, Salt Lake Temple, to Norma Berry, daughter Dr. Herbert Alonzo and Anna May Whiting Berry, b. 27 Feb. 1917, at St. John, Arizona, d. 5 May 1960, near Bakersfield, California, buried at Gridley, California. m. (2) 15 Dec. 1961, at Alamitas, California to Barbara Jean Pickering (Seymour), daughter Paul Beezley and Sybil Leone Husbands Pickering, b. 22 Apr. 1926, at Salt Lake City. (Barbara Jean Pickering's first husband was Lewis William Seymour, Jr., b. 6 July 1922, at Sacramento, California, d. 14 Feb. 1952 ,at Atsuigi, Japan).

2.) Gwendolyn Victoria Fife, b. 8 Apr. 1921 at Woodland, Utah, m. 17 Dec. 1943, at Albany, California to John Virgil Bushman, son of Preston Ammaron and Daphne Decker Bushman, b. 23 May 1921, at Snowflake, Arizona.

3.) Helen Josephine Fife, b. 31 Oct 1922, at Woodland, Utah, m. 21 Mar. 1943 at Woodland, Yolo County, California, to Loren Arthur Stoddard, son of Aaron Asa and Margaret Owen Stoddard, b. 14 Apr. 1918, at Burley, Cassia County, Idaho.

4.) Calvin Barnard Fife, b. 22 Aug. 1924, at Garden Grove, Orange County, California, m. 24 Dec. 1948, Moose Jaw, Sask, Canada to Valeta McCaslin, daughter John William and Lucile Craven McCaslin, b. 18 June 1927, at Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

5.) Mabel Elizabeth Fife, b. 19 Apr. 1927, at Garden Grove, California, m. 1 Apr. 1948, Salt Lake City, to Richard Wayne McDowell (Joseph Wayne Peterson), son of DeVere Christian and Emily Elizabeth Elder Peterson, b. 21 Apr. 1926, at Spokane, Washington. (Richard W. McDowell took the name of his stepfather, Robert J. McDowell).

6.) James David Fife, b. 2 Nov. 1932, at Gridley, California, m. 11 Apr. 1958, Los Angeles Temple, Los Angeles, California, to Irene Katherine Reim, daughter Reynold Louis and Barbara Mulkay Reim, b. 14 May 1937, at San Francisco, California.

7.) Florence Esther Fife, b. 5 May 1935 ,at Gridley, California, m. 31 May 1957, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, to Otto Ludwig Draper, son of Otto Ludwig and Elda Peterson Draper, b. 14 May 1935, at Portland, Oregon.

F. Walter White Fife, b. 28 May 1894, at Ogden, m. (1) 6 Mar. 1918, Salt Lake Temple, (later Temple divorce) to Emma Barlow, daughter James M. and Jane Clark Barlow, b. 21 June 1896, at Salt Lake City d. 19 Oct. 1951, at Salt Lake City, buried, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden.

1.) Elizabeth Fife, b. 25 Feb. 1919, at Salt Lake City, m. Thomas P. Wheelwright, son of Hyrum B. and Ruby Pearse Wheelwright, b. 4 Apr. 1918, at Ogden, d. 10 Feb. 1965, at Scottsdale, Arizona, buried, Scottsdale. Arizona, m. (2) 31 Oct. 1934 at New Orleans, Louisiana, (Endowed, Salt Lake Temple,, 21 June 1935) to Helen McAllister, daughter Daniel Handley and Buelah May Keeler McAllister, b. 27 Apr. 1912, at Provo, Utah. Address: #12 Marilyn Street., New Orleans, Louisiana.

2.) Helen Elizabeth Fife, b. 17 Oct. 1935, at New Orleans, Louisiana, d. 1 Dec. 1935.

3.) Walter Daniel Fife, b. 31 Jan. 1937, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

4.) Diana Fife, b. 19 May 1938, at New Orleans, Louisiana, m. 28 June 1957, Los Angeles Temple, Los Angeles, California, to James Dalton Sones.

5.) Jo Ann Fife, b. 13 June 1939, at New Orleans, Louisiana, m. 20 Mar. 1959, at New Orleans, Louisiana, (Endowed, 21 Jan. 1962, Los Angeles Temple, Los Angeles, California) to Joseph Edward Beckhoff.

6.) Jon McAllister Fife, b. 18 Apr. 1941, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

7.) William Wilson Fife, b. 13 July 1943, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

G. Joseph Barnard Fife, b, 31 Oct. 1896, at Ogden, m. Delores Cluff, daughter Benjamin and Mary Cullimore Cluff, b. 8 Sept. 1907, at Tabasco, Mexico. Address: 4437 Painters St., New Orleans, Louisiana.

1.) Joseph Kingsley Fife, b. 29 July 1932, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

2.) Mary Ellen Fife, b. 7 Apr. 1939, at New Orleans, Louisiana, m. 9 Aug. 1962, Logan Temple, Logan, to Larry Richards Silver.

3.) Michael Scott Fife, b. 2 June 1946, ae New Orleans, Louisiana.

William Wilson Fife died on August 31, 1897. Elizabeth died on October 10, 1920 in Ogden. Both are buried at the Ogden City Cemetery.

Sources: PAF - Archer files.....http://students.cs.byu.edu/~heath/family/white/book1.htm

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