Henrietta Fidler
1845-1846

Born: Unknown, possibly 6 January 1845 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois1
Died: 6 March 1846, possibly at Lick Creek, Van Buren County, Iowa2
Buried: Unknown
FamilySearch ID: L715-BBR
FindaGrave Memorial ID: None

Henrietta was the daughter of Eliza Clift and George Gardner Fidler.

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1845
January 6: Twins(?) Henrietta and Emma Georgianna were born to Eliza Clift and George G. Fidler at Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois. The girls were likely named after their father, George, and his only sibling, Henry Fidler.3
February 15: George G. Fidler reportedly abandoned his family in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois.4

1846
February 3: Henrietta’s mother, Eliza, was sealed as a plural wife to Theodore Turley in the Nauvoo Temple.5
March 6: Henrietta Fidler died while the Turley family was on the westward trek across Iowa.6

Important Places

Galena, Illinois
Nauvoo, Illinois
Iowa?

  1. Eliza Clift’s 1859 divorce affidavit from George Summerfield appears to suggest her daughter, Emma, was originally a twin and the daughter from her first husband, George G. Fidler. Emma was born in Galena, Illinois, on 6 January 1847 according to her gravestone, and the 1850 U.S. census indicates that she was born in 1845. See Eliza Clift Divorce Affidavits.
  2. FamilySearch. It appears that the location was estimated by a Theodore Turley descendant based on the location of the Turley family during their exodus from Nauvoo. Does anyone know where the 6 March 1846 date comes from?
  3. Eliza Clift’s 1859 divorce affidavit from George Summerfield appears to suggest her daughter, Emma, was a twin and the daughter from her first husband, George G. Fidler. Emma was born in Galena, Illinois, and on 6 January according to her gravestone, and the 1850 U.S. census indicates that she was born in 1845. See Eliza Clift Divorce Affidavits.
  4. See Eliza Clift Divorce Affidavits. Scott Co., Iowa, Divorce records, 1837-1940, case no. 967, Eliza C. Fidler v. George G. Fidler, image at FamilySearch.org, FHL 1643738.
  5. Nauvoo and sealing record “A”, 1846-1857, p. 523-524, entries for Theodore Turley and Eliza Clift, FHL 183374.
  6. FamilySearch. It appears that the Lick Creek, Van Buren County, Iowa, location was estimated by a Theodore Turley descendant based on the location of the Turley family during their exodus from Nauvoo. Does anyone know where the 6 March 1846 date comes from?