Elsie Laura Fitzwater

Female5 April 1895–3 November 1973

Brief Life History of Elsie Laura

When Elsie Laura Fitzwater was born on 5 April 1895, in Montague, Siskiyou, California, United States, her father, Charles Edmund Fitzwater, was 32 and her mother, Margaret Maggie Ellen WOODSON, was 23. She had at least 1 son with Fred Melvin Wheaton. She lived in Marshfield, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 34 Fat Elk, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 3 November 1973, in Coquille, Coos, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Melvin Wheaton
1887–1976
Elsie Laura Fitzwater
1895–1973
Donald Wheaton
1922–2003

Sources (27)

  • Elsie Fitzwater in household of Margeret B Fitzwater, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Elsie Laura Wheaton, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
  • Web: Oregon, Find A Grave Index, 1818-2012

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 1

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · Oregon Historical Society

Age 3

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 21

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Irish: altered form of Fitzwalter, a patronymic from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (see Fitz ) + the personal name Walter , meaning ‘son of Walter’.

History: This is the name of a family of Norman origin, descended from Godfrey, Count of Brionne (died c. 1010). Godfrey's grandson, Richard FitzGilbert, accompanied William the Conqueror and was made Lord of Clare. His great-grandson was Robert FitzWalter, one of the barons who guaranteed the Magna Carta in 1215.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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