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Miranda A (Fritz) Fitzgerald (1901 - 1987)

Miranda A Fitzgerald formerly Fritz
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Biography

Miranda A Fritz was born 3 Aug 1902 in Pennsylvania, USA. She was the daughter of Alonzo Wickersham Fritz and Miranda A Lister. She had three older siblings:

  1. Walter Lawrence Fritz
  2. Irene Fritz
  3. Clarence Alonzo Fritz

Siblings Earl, Violetta, Horace, and Florence were born and died before Miranda was born. [1]

On 21 Nov 1902, her brother William Fritz was born in Chester Township, Delaware County. [2]

In 1905, her brother Albert W Fritz was born in Pennsylvania.

On 6 Jun 1906, her sister Anna R Fritz was born at 12th & Parker streets in Chester. Her father, Alonzo, was a carpenter. [3]

About 1908, another sibling was born but died as an infant.

1910s

On 5 Feb 1910, her sister Laura Fritz was born in Pennsylvania.

On 22 Apr 1910, Miraud Fritz (8) lived at 307 East 11th Street with in Chester City, Delaware County, Pennsylvania with her father Alonzo (41), mother Miranda (39), older siblings Walter (17), Irene (16), Clarence (13), and younger siblings Albert (5), Anna (30), and Laura (2m). They were white and born in Pennsylvania; Miranda's mother had been born in England. Alonzo and Miranda had been married 18 years; Miranda was the mother of 12 children with 7 living. Alonzo worked as a house carpenter; Walter worked as a print work helper; Irene worked as a laundry ironer. [4]

In 1914, her grandmother Violetta Wolstencroft Lister died.

On 14 Oct 1914, her brother Walter Fritz (20) married Alice Nicholas Burns (20) in Chester. Walter was white, single, lived in Upland, worked as a meat cutter, was born in Brook Haven, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Maranda Lister, a housewife, and Alonzo, a carpenter, both of Upland. Alice was single, white, worked as a bookkeeper, lived in Chester, born in Chester. She was the daughter of Isabella Trumble, a housewife, and Henry, a lapper, both of Chester. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

On 21 Jul 1915, her grandfather Henry Fritz died.

On 31 Dec 1915, her grandmother Mariba Wickersham Fritz died.

On 24 Feb 1917, her grandfather James Lister (78) died.

On 22 Jun 1917, her sister Irene Fritz married John Nicholas Schultz in Delaware County. John was born 31 Mar 1897 in Pennsgrove, Salem County, New Jersey and the son of George and Julia Flynn Schultz. [10]

Her parents may have divorced between 1910 and 1920.

1920s

About 1924, Maranda Fritz (27) married William Fitzgerald (35). William was born 1894 in Maryland, son of George W and Eva Willower Fitzgerald, and previously married.

On 20 Jun 1924, her son William S Fitzgerald Jr was born in Upland, Delaware County.

On 2 Aug 1924, her brother Clarence Fritz married Sarah Moore in Philadelphia. Clarence was white, single, worked as an iron moulder, resided at 5355 Woodland Ave, born 19 Oct 1896 in Pennsylvania, and the son of Alonzo W (Pennsylvania, carpenter) and Miranda Lester Fritz (Pennsylvania). Sarah was white, divorced, worked as a cook, resided at 44 Enslie St in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, born 28 Jan 1895 in New York, and the daughter of Irish immigrants Edward (machinist) and Elizabeth Curbert Moore. [11] [12]

In the late 1920s, her daughter D Fitzgerald was born.

1930s

In 1930, Miranda Fitzgerald (28) lived in Chester with her husband William (36), son William S (5), and daughter Dorothy (2). [13]

About 1936, her sister Laura Fritz married Guy Bowers.

On 1 Oct 1938, her father Alonzo W Fritz (69) died. [14] [15]

1940s

In 1940, Miranda A Fitzgerald (38) lived in Chester with her husband William S (46), son William S (15), and daughter Dorothy (12). [16]

Jun 1942, the Fitzgerald family lived at 1424 Ridley Avenue in Chester. [17]

Her sister Anna Fritz married Mr Kaminski.

On 7 Dec 1945, her son William Stanley Fitzgerald Jr married Elaine Theresa Hayes in Florida. [18]

On 23 Jul 1949, her mother Miranda A Fritz (78) died in North East, Cecil County, Maryland. She was buried at Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery. Mrs. Miranda A. Fitzgerald was living in Chester. [19] [20] [21]

1950s

On 14 Mar 1950, Miranda Alice Fitzgerald and her husband William Stanley Fitzgerald lived at 1424 Ridley Avenue in Chester. [22]

On 1 Nov 1952, her son William S Fitzgerald Jr (28) married Ellen E Rutter (27) in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. William resided in Chester, was white, divorced from his first marriage, graduate of Chester High School, worked as a field accountant for DuPont, born 20 Jun 1924 in Upland, Pennsylvania, the son of William S Fitzgerald (Ray View, Md) and Miranda A Fritz (Chester, Pa). Ellen resided in Wilmington, was white, single, born 24 Jun 1925 in Wilmington, the daughter of Raymond W Rutter (Wilmington, De) and Mary E McCollough (Wilmington, De), and worked as an office clerk for DuPont. They were married by Rev Ralph Hall Collis, minister of Wilmington. Witnesses at the wedding were Mrs Marion Cook of 1629 Laurel Street and William S Fitzgerald of 1424 Ridley Ave (Chester). [23]

On 29 Mar 1957, her brother Walter L Fritz (63) died. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. [24]

1960s

On 20 Dec 1960, her brother Clarence A Fritz (64) died. He was buried at Middletown Presbyterian Church Cemetery. [25]

1966, her brother-in-law John N Schultz (~68) died. He was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. [26]

1970s

In Nov 1978, her sister Irene F Schultz (~82) died. She was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. [27]

1980s

In Jan 1982, her husband William Fitzgerald (~87) died. He was buried at Rosebank Cemetery in Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland. [28] [29] [30]

In Dec 1983, her sister Laura Bowers (73) died in Cecil County. [31]

In Jun 1987, Miranda A Fitzgerald (85) died. She was buried with her husband at Rosebank Cemetery. [32] [33] [34]


Timeline Facts

  • Fact: Residence (1910) Chester Ward 4, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1930) Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1935) Same House
  • Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 2, Chester, Chester City, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States


Sources

  1. ↑ Delaware County Pennsylvania Delaware County Records Center Birth Records 1893-1906 url: http://archives.co.delaware.pa.us/Archives/Birth1893Search.aspx
  2. ↑ Delaware County Pennsylvania Birth Records 1893-1906 Name Archive Search url: http://archives.co.delaware.pa.us/Archives/Birth1893Search.aspx
  3. ↑ Delaware County Pennsylvania Delaware County Records Center Chester Birth Records 1889-1906 url: http://archives.co.delaware.pa.us/Archives/BirthChester1889Search.aspx
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDZ-2H8 : accessed 4 December 2018), Miraud Fritz in household of Alonzo Fritz, Chester Ward 4, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 104, sheet 10B, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1339; FHL microfilm 1,375,352.
  5. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNH-JQF : 5 August 2020), Walter Lawrence Fritz and Alice Nicholas Burns, 14 Oct 1914; citing Marriage, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
  6. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNH-JQG : 10 August 2020), Walter Laurence Fritz and Alice Nicholas Burns, 14 Oct 1914; citing Marriage, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
  7. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNH-JQK : 10 August 2020), Walter L Fritz and Alice Nicholas Burns, 14 Oct 1914; citing Marriage, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
  8. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNH-JQV : 24 June 2016), Walter Lawrence Fritz and Alice Nicholas Burns, 1914.
  9. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHNH-JQZ : 10 August 2020), Walter L Fritz and M or N Burns, 14 Oct 1914; citing Marriage, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
  10. ↑ url http://archives.co.delaware.pa.us/Archives/Marriage1885Search.aspx Citation Pennsylvania: Delaware County Marriage Records 1885-1950 Name Archive Search Notes Bride's Last Name Fritz First Name Irene Groom's Last Name Schultz First Name John Date 6/22/1917 Number 22837 Remarks
  11. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z4-94TZ : 28 November 2018), Clarence A Fritz and Sarah Moore, 02 Aug 1924; citing Marriage, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, various county courts and registers, Pennslyvannia; FHL microfilm 4,448,473.
  12. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJRX-2XN : 21 September 2017), Clarence A Fritz and Moore, 1924; citing license number 500153, Clerk of the Orphan's Court. City Hall.
  13. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHS4-NRY : accessed 4 December 2018), Maranda Fitzgerald in household of William Fitzgerald, Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 4A, line 47, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2029; FHL microfilm 2,341,763.
  14. ↑ Delaware County Daily Times Chester, Pennsylvania Monday, October 3, 1938 Page 30 https://newspaperarchive.com/chester-times-oct-03-1938-p-30/ ANNOUNCEMENTS DEATHS FRITZ -- On Oct 1st, 1938, Alonzo W. Fritz Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at the Fairlamb funeral parlors, 1600 Edgmont Ave. Chester. Friends may call Tuesday evening. Interment at Middletown Presbyterian cemetery.
  15. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #111695768 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111695768/alonzo-wickersham-fritz : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Alonzo Wickersham Fritz (24 Dec 1868–1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111695768, citing Middletown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Elwyn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Dan Radek (contributor 47260183) .
  16. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQF8-JS1 : 15 March 2018), Miranda A Fitzgerald in household of William S Fitzgerald, Ward 2, Chester, Chester City, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-12, sheet 10B, line 64, family 228, 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 3487.
  17. ↑ Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Pennsylvania, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 772 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: https://search.ancestry.com/search/dbextra.aspx?dbid=2238 Description This database contains World War II draft registration cards from multiple registrations filled out by men in select states aged 18–44. url: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6943710:2238?ssrc=pt&tid=167774236&pid=222306027962
  18. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:
    • Florida Department of Health. Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001. Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida.
    • Marriages records from various counties located in county courthouses and/or on microfilm at the Family History Library.
    Description This database is a collection of about 11.7 million individuals who were married in the state of Florida between 1822-1875 and 1927-2001. url: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8784&h=1249593&ssrc=pt&tid=167774236&pid=222306027962&usePUB=true
  19. ↑ Chester Times Chester, Pennsylvania Monday, July 25, 1949 page 2 url https://newspaperarchive.com/chester-times-jul-25-1949-p-2/ Mrs. Miranda A. L. Fritz Former Chester Resident Mrs. Miranda. A. Lister Fritz. 78, widow of Alonzo W. Fritz, died at her home in Northeast, Md., on Saturday. She had been ill for several weeks. Mrs. Fritz was born at 18th st, and Edgmont av., and lived there until moving to Northeast 30 years ago. She was formerly organist and Sunday School teacher at North Chester Baptist Church, 23d st. and Providence av. She is survived by three sons, Walter L. of Aston Mills, Clarence A, of Northeast, and Albert W. of Chester; four daughters, Mrs. Irene F, Schultz of Garden City, Mrs. Miranda A. Fitzgerald of Chester, Mrs. Anna Kaminski and Mrs. Laura Bowers, both of Northeast; two brothers, James E. and Benjamin S. Lister, both of Upland; 17 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p. m. from Ray F. Imschweiler’s funeral parlors, 1600 Edgmont av. Burial will take place at Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
  20. ↑ Chester Times Chester, Pennsylvania Tuesday, July 26, 1949 page 15 https://newspaperarchive.com/chester-times-jul-26-1949-p-15/ FRITZ--At Northeast, Maryland, on July 23, 1949, Miranda Lister, wife of late Alonzo W. Fritz. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services on Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the Ray F. Imschweiler Funeral Parlors, 1600 Edgmont Ave., Chester. Interment Middletown Presbyterian Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
  21. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #156686768 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156686768/miranda-a-lister : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Miranda A Lister (1871–1949), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156686768, citing Middletown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Elwyn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Loren Buhle (contributor 48617299) .
  22. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). World War II Veterans Compensation Applications, circa 1950s. Records of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Record Group 19, Series 19.92 (877 cartons). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Description Following World War II, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania paid honorably discharged and veterans still in service bonus compensation. This collection includes Veterans Compensation Application Files. url: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3147&h=496619&ssrc=pt&tid=167774236&pid=222306027962&usePUB=true
  23. ↑ "Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3SN-4TS : 3 December 2014), Miranda A. Fritz in entry for William S. Fitzgerald Jr. and Ellen E. Rutter, 01 Nov 1952, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; citing reference ID 1720, Hall of Records, Dover; FHL microfilm 2,025,188.
  24. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10531250 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 February 2018), memorial page for Walter L Fritz (1894–1957), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10531250, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Aston, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Joz (contributor 46578496) .
  25. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #111695347 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111695347/clarence-alonzo-fritz : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Clarence Alonzo Fritz (19 Oct 1896–20 Dec 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111695347, citing Middletown Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Elwyn, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Dan Radek (contributor 47260183) .
  26. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10400936 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10400936/john-n-schultz : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for John N Schultz (1897–1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10400936, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Aston, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Joz (contributor 46578496) .
  27. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10400934 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10400934/irene-f-schultz : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Irene F Schultz (1895–1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10400934, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Aston, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Joz (contributor 46578496) .
  28. ↑ husband William Fitzgerald Sr's SSDI record at Billion Graves: https://billiongraves.com/social-security/WILLIAM-FITZGERALD/29060016
  29. ↑ husband William Fitzgerald Sr's gravestone at Billion Graves: https://billiongraves.com/grave/William-S-Fitzgerald/5285322
  30. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #230240890 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230240890/william-s-fitzgerald : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for William S. Fitzgerald (1894–1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230240890, citing Rosebank Cemetery, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Grave Chasers (contributor 47671117) .
  31. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPFK-1NR : 19 May 2014), Laura Bowers, Dec 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  32. ↑ SSDI record at Billion Graves: https://billiongraves.com/social-security/MIRANDA-FITZGERALD/28648812
  33. ↑ gravestone at Billion Graves: https://billiongraves.com/grave/Miranda-A-Fitzgerald/5285323
  34. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #230240912 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230240912/miranda-a-fitzgerald : accessed 03 October 2021), memorial page for Miranda A. Fitzgerald (1901–1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230240912, citing Rosebank Cemetery, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Grave Chasers (contributor 47671117) .






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