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Robert Benjamin Wakefield 1814–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1814

Birth Location: Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 1900

Death Location: Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland, United States of America

Father: John Wakefield

Mother: Margretta Wakefield

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The story of Robert Benjamin Wakefield began in 1814 in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. Robert Benjamin Wakefield passed away in 1900 in Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Benjamin Wakefield began in 1814 in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Robert Benjamin Wakefield passed away in 1900 in Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland, United States of America.

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Robert Wakefield's Ancestors

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Robert Wakefield
1814–1900
Birth Place: Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
John Morton Wakefield
1789–1875
Dublin, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
Margretta (( Mary “Polly”)) Wakefield
1790–1877
Wheatfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Thomas (Wakefield%) Senior
1757–1846
Aughrim, Galway, Conneaught, Ireland
Elizabeth (Morton) (Wakefield)
1760–1845
Calcon Hook, Lower Darby Twp, Chester/Delaware, Pennsylvania
Thomas Bracken%
1764–1851
York, York, Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret ((Peggy) Wakefield
1763–1850
Aughrim, Galway, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
David Wakefield
1735–1807
Mary Wade
1735–1808
John Independance)
1724–1777
Annika (Morton)
1732–1799
William 1730)
1730–1794
Ruth Gregg
1738–1813
David Wakefield
1735–1844
Mary Wade
1735–1808
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Wakefield
1705–1791
Elizabeth Wade
1712–
Charity Ballinger
1721–1772
John Sr.
1683–1724
Maria Archer
1687–1778
Marten Justis
1688–1765
Brita Walraven
1694–1747
Martha (Bracken)
1706–1780
Thomas BRACKEN
1706–1780
William Gregg
1718–1754
Ann Hadley
1717–1750
Robert Wakefield
1705–1791
Elizabeth (Wakefield)
1712–
Charity Ballinger
1721–1772

Robert Wakefield's Timeline

2 Records

1814
1814
Birth of Robert Benjamin Wakefield in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
1900
1900
Age 86
Death of Robert Benjamin Wakefield in Preston, West Virginia, United States
Preston, West Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1814
    Event Place: Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Preston, West Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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