Arthur John Fitz

Brief Life History of Arthur John

Arthur John Fitz was born on 19 December 1879. He married Mabel Isabella Kerr in 1909, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Stephenson, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1947. He died on 1 May 1948, at the age of 68, and was buried in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.

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Arthur John Fitz
1879–1948
Mabel Isabella Kerr
1887–1956
Marriage: 1909
Marguerite J Fitz
1911–2009
Robert Max Fitz
1913–2000
Joseph Fitz
1918–
William Walter Fitz
1919–1970

Sources (8)

  • Arthur Fitz, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Arthur Fitz, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Arthur I. Fitz, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

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1885 · The First Skyscraper

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1898 · War with the Spanish

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Name Meaning

English: from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (from Latin filius), used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name and then conventionalized as a hereditary surname, or short for a surname of which fiz ‘son’ was the first element, for example Fitzhenry and Fitzroy .

Altered form of English Fitch .

German: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vinzenz (see Vincent ) or Vitus (see Vito , compare Veit ). Compare also Fietz .

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

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