Brief Life History of James A
When James A Fitch was born in 1845, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, Thaddeus Fitch, was 27 and his mother, Lucy T. Boardman, was 20. He married Olive D. Miner on 10 October 1865, in Huron, Ohio, United States. He lived in Green Creek, Sandusky, Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 8 January 1874, in Clyde, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Clyde, Sandusky, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (7)
- James A Fitch in household of T N Fitch, "United States Census, 1860"
- James A. Itch, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Jas Fitch, "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997"
Spouse and Children
1845–1874 Male
1845– Female
Parents and Siblings
1818– Male
1825– Female
Siblings (3)
1842–1843 Male
1845–1874 Male
1848–1913 Male
World Events (6)
1846
Age 1
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 15
1863
Age 18
Name Meaning
from Old French fiche, perhaps ‘pointed implement for fixing or transfixing something or someone’ (such as a lance?), a derivative of Old French fichier ‘to fix, fasten, pin on, stick into, pierce’. Compare Modern French fiche ‘peg, pin’. Reaney remarks that ‘as Hugh Malet is said to have abandoned for a time his nickname ‘little hammer’ in favor of Fichet (see Mallet ), fiche must have been used of a pointed weapon, a spear or lance, and Fitch and Fitchett (see Fitchett ) of a spearman or a knight famous for his exploits with the lance’. Use of Fiche as a personal name is possibly implied by diminutive personal name forms such as Fechet (see Fitchett ) and Fechel, attested in Fechel de Fercalahn, 1225–50. The latter is perhaps the source of the now extinct English surname Fetchell.
occasionally a variant of Fitz .
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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