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Subject: Re: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] 1930 look-up: FITZGERALD,Michael ~38 born MA
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:31:13 -0000

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Author: DonnaMilano
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Ah ha! No wonder I couldn't find them in 1920!

1920 United States Federal Census
Name:Ella Fitzgerald
Home in 1920:Cambridge Ward 7, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Age:31
Estimated birth year:abt 1889
Birthplace:Massachusetts
Relation to Head of House:Self (Head)
[Head]
Father's Birth Place:Massachusetts
Mother's Birth Place:Maine
Marital Status:Divorced
Race:White
Sex:Female
Home owned:Rent
Able to read:Yes
Able to Write:Yes
Neighbors:
Household Members:
NameAge
Ella Fitzgerald 31
Robert W Fitzgerald 4 10/12
Dorothy E Fitzgerald 3 4/12
Thomas J Kelley 34 boarder
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Interestingly, there is a birth record on NEHGS for Robert Fitzgerald b 1915, but it says it is amended, and there's no image.

The census says Robert and Dorothy's parents were born in Mass., so that means their father is Michael.
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Massachusetts Marriages
Groom's NameJohn Fitzgerald
Groom's Birth Date1857
Groom's Birthplace
Groom's Age24
Bride's NameCatharine Smith
Bride's Birth Date1856
Bride's Birthplace
Bride's Age25
Marriage Date29 May 1881
Marriage PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Groom's Father's NameMichael
Groom's Mother's NameJulia
Bride's Father's NameMichael
Bride's Mother's NameJulia

(I checked the record on NEHGS, and both sets of parents are listed as being named Michael and Julia.))
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Massachusetts Deaths and Burials
NameJohn Fitzgerald
GenderMale
Burial Date
Burial Place
Death Date23 Dec 1893
Death PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Age35
Birth Date1858
BirthplaceIreland
OccupationFish Dealer
RaceWhite
Marital StatusMarried
Spouse's Name
Father's NameMichael Fitzgerald
Father's BirthplaceIreland
Mother's NameJulia Phelan
Mother's BirthplaceIreland

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