Brief Life History of Ethel Rose
When Ethel Rose Fritz was born on 9 February 1912, in Illinois, United States, her father, Francis Killian Fritz, was 23 and her mother, Lillian M. Podach, was 21. She married Merle Donald Bussell on 18 June 1932, in Starke, Indiana, United States. She lived in Cooper, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 29 February 1984, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Ethel Bussell in household of Merle Bussell, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ethel Rose Fritz in entry for Merle Bussell, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Ethel Fritz in entry for Arthur J Tonner, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1910–1972 Male
1912–1984 Female
Parents and Siblings
1888–1945 Male
1890– Female
Siblings (4)
1912–1984 Female
1914–2007 Female
1915–1997 Female
1925– Female
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois
Age 1
1931
Age 19
Name Meaning
German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich . This form of the surname is also found in Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and France (Alsace and Lorraine), and also in central European countries such as Slovenia, Croatia, Czechia, and Slovakia, where it is more often spelled in the Slavicized form Fric (see below).
Americanized or Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Fric: from the personal name Fric, a pet form, of German origin (see above), of Old Czech and Slovak Fridrich, Slovenian Friderik, Croatian Fridrik, equivalents of German Friedrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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