John Andrew Fitch (1889 - 1953)

Born 30 Jul 1889 in Hendricks, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Victoria (Wenrich) Fitch — married 1910 (to 28 Dec 1946) in Monroe, Indiana, USA

Husband of Genevieve (Dillon) Fitch — married 6 Dec 1947 in Steuben, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 21 May 1953 at age 63 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

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Biography

John was born in 1889. He passed away in 1953.

Obituary

Former Montpelier Auctioneer is Dead

Montpelier, Ind. -- Funeral services for John A. Fitch Sr., 64, former widely known auctioneer of this community, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of the Walker Mortuary, followed by burial in the IOOF cemetery, north of this city.

The body is expected to arrive in Montpelier about noon Saturday from Detroit, where death occurred early Thursday at St. John's Hospital. Mr. Fitch had been in failing health for the past three years.

Survivors are the widow, Genevieve; one son, John A. Fitch Jr., a member of the Montpelier city council; four daughters, Mrs. Olive Myers, Sylvania, O.; Mrs. Marguerite Malott, Mrs. Eleanor Malott, and Mrs. Lena Runkle, all of Montpelier.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M99H-9LD : accessed 7 June 2018), John Fitch in household of Dudley Fitch, Fairfield Township Lafayette city Ward 6, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 102, sheet 12A, family 267, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,405.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5Q-T74 : accessed 7 June 2018), John Fitch in household of Dudley H Fitch, Washington, Monroe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 144, sheet 2A, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 371; FHL microfilm 1,374,384.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQJ-LLL : accessed 7 June 2018), John A Fitch, Harrison, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing ED 3, sheet 9A, line 31, family 230, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 423; FHL microfilm 1,820,423.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41P-691 : accessed 7 June 2018), John A Fitch, Montpelier, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 3B, line 85, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 578; FHL microfilm 2,340,313.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHMP-PWL : accessed 7 June 2018), John Fitch, Ward 4, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-178, sheet 8B, line 57, family 192, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1845.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM1-BNJ7 : 10 December 2017), John A Fitch and Beatrice M Butler, 13 Nov 1937; citing Wells, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,318,978.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3LL-QPH : 10 December 2017), John Andrew Fitch and Genevieve Dillon, 06 Dec 1947; citing Steuben, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,887,345.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKV-YGV : 13 March 2018), John Andrew Fitch, 1917-1918; citing Blackford County, Indiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,439,780.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV27-P58V : 13 December 2015), John A Fitch, ; Burial, Montpelier, Blackford, Indiana, United States of America, Odd Fellows Cemetery; citing record ID 59876099, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.