Frances Alberta (Burke) Litz (abt. 1844 - abt. 1922)

Born about 1 Feb 1844 in Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James H. Litz — married 8 May 1865 in Wise, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died about 12 Mar 1922 at about age 78 in Oil Springs, Johnson, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Francis was born about 1844. She was the daughter of John Burke and Margaret Crowson. She passed away about 1922.^[1]

Note: (N27). Frances Alberta (Burke) (Litz) was born in North Carolina in 1844. She married James H. Litz in Virginia in 1865 and they had 6 children. Frances died in Johnson County, Kentucky in 1922.

Notes

Note N27

The Big Sandy News, Louisa, KY March 24, 1922: East Point (Too Late For Last Week). The body of Mrs. F. G. Litz, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Zola Ward at Oil Springs, Ky., was brought here for burial Monday. Mrs. Litz was 78 years of age and had been an invalid for more than a year. The funeral was preached by Rev. J. B. Wheeler of Ashland assisted by Rev. Green Allen of Beaver creek, after which the body was laid to rest by her husband. Among those who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Zola Ward, Oil Springs; Mrs. Mary Nash of Bluefield, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Hop Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Ward of Paintsville, Ky; James T. Litz and sons of Portsmouth, O.; W. A. Litz and children, Mr. and Mrs. McCoy, Mrs. J. Stapleton, Mrs. Susan Rice of Auxier.

Note that France's death certificate is misindexed as Frances Lutz. It states that her father was either Jno or Jms W. Burke, born in Ireland, and her mother was Margaret Clowson or something similar, hard to read, born in N.C.

Sources

1. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLR-STYC : 11 July 2016), Frances Alberta Burke Litz, 1922; Burial, East Point, Johnson, Kentucky, United States of America, East Point Cemetery; citing record ID 105816210, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.