Born c1820 in Bristol, the son of William Fifield (41C).
John Fifield was apprenticed as a painter at the Bristol Pottery, and worked there until he emigrated to New Zealand in 1849 (Owen 1873, 355).
| 1820 | 21 May. The son of William and Mary Ann Fifield he was baptised at St John’s Church, Bedminster (Ancestry website). |
| 1838 | 26 Aug. He married Honora Daly at Horfield (Ancestry website). |
| 1841 | Tower Street, Temple parish (21) living with his wife Norah (25) born in Ireland and child William (41C). |
| 1843 | Temple parish (TPR). |
| Children: William Edward, born 29 Dec 1839, bapt 28 May 1843 (TPR), Thomas Moore, born 9 Jan 1842, bapt 28 May 1843 (TPR) |