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OLDFIELD, William
1829 - 1887 (57 years) Has 34 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1797 - 1879 (82 years)-
Name OLDFIELD, William Birth 2 Mar 1829 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 1887 Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, USA Person ID I1776 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father OLDFIELD, Joseph, b. 1797, West Walton, Norfolk d. 9 Jan 1842, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 45 years) Relationship natural Mother EDGOOSE, Ann, b. 1797, West Walton, Norfolk d. 17 Jun 1879, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 82 years) Relationship natural Marriage 21 Oct 1818 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F177 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family DAVENPORT, Cornelia, b. Jul 1840, New York, USA d. Between 1910 and 1920 (Age 69 years) Marriage 18 Nov 1858 Dupage County, Illinois, USA Children 1. OLDFIELD, Joseph E., b. 1859, Illinois, USA d. Bef 1900 (Age < 40 years)2. OLDFIELD, Adelbert, b. Abt 1862, Illinois, USA d. Bef 1900 (Age < 37 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. OLDFIELD, Delbert A., b. Nov 1866, Illinois, USA d. 24 Jan 1926, Downers Grove, Dupage County, Illinois, USA (Age 59 years)Family ID F951 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM OLDFIELD 1829-1887
William, son of Joseph OLDFIELD, butcher, and Anne, was born on 2 March 1829 and baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 15 March.
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From the 1841 census returns of West Walton:
Ann OLDFIELD, aged 40, farmer, born in Norfolk;
*William OLDFIELD, aged 12, born in Norfolk;
Mary EDGOOSE, aged 35, born in Norfolk;
John EDGOOSE, aged 35, agriultural labourer, born in Norfolk;
James EDGOOSE, aged 3, not born in Norfolk;
John EDGOOSE, aged 1, not born in Norfolk.
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The 1850 census of DuPage Co., Illinois, USA, lists the following:
John OLDFIELD 26 farmer born England
Hannah OLDFIELD 30
Elizabeth M. OLDFIELD 5
Jesse OLDFIELD 24 farmer born England
*William EDGOOSE 21 farmer born England
William OLDFIELD married Cornelia DAVENPORT in Du Page County, Illinois, USA, on 18 November 1858.
(Source: Dupage Co. Marriages 1839-1861)
She was born in New York in July 1840.
(Source:1900 US Federal Census)
The Downers Grove and Lisle Township Cemetery Records list a William OLDFIELD 1830-1887.
The 1900 census shows that Cornelia was a widow and had had three children of whom one was living.
NOTES & QUERIES:
There was also a John OLDFIELD 45 born England, Amy OLDFIELD his wife, and six children. All the children except Henry aged 2 (the youngest born Canada) were born in England.
(1850 census)
(revised 10.09.2011)