hmtl5 Mary Fitt b. 18 Nov 1888 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois d. 29 May 1947: Hedges Genealogy

Mary Fitt

Female 1888 - 1947  (58 years)


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  • Name Mary Fitt 
    Born 18 Nov 1888  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 May 1947  [2, 3
    Buried St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I1196  Hedges
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2023 

    Father Oliver Fitt,   b. 10 Dec 1863, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1915, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Katherine Slattery,   b. 1 Apr 1866, Covington, Fountain County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1918, Highwood, Lake County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1886  Fountain County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Divorced Bef 1900  [5
    Family ID F681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison,   b. 7 Aug 1878, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1955, Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1906  Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Mary Thelma Gilkison,   b. 28 Nov 1907,   d. 1 Dec 1907  (Age 0 years)
     2. Joseph Ivan Gilkison,   b. 15 Aug 1909, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1964, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    +3. Thomas Mortimer Gilkison,   b. 29 Dec 1914, Highwood, Lake County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 2006, Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F244  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Nov 1888 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Aug 1906 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    Hedges Reunion 1932
    Hedges Reunion 1932

  • Notes 
    • From Hedges Reunion Book: Mrs. Mort Gilkison died May 25, 1947.
      [2]
    • LKH note:
      There is conflicting information about Oliver Fitt and who he married. It is possible that there are two Oliver Fitts.
      Oliver Fitt, born c. 1864 in Canada, son of Thomas Fitt (b. England) and Elizabeth Fitt (b. Canada), appears in his parent’s household in the 1880 census in Springwells, Wayne County, Michigan.
      Oliver P. Fitt (b. 10 Dec 1863, Canada) died 23 Feb 1915 in Chicago. Occupation switchman, father Thomas Fitt (b.England). Info from abstract on Ancestry of Oliver’s death record in Cook County, Illinois.
      Olive P. Fitt (b. Canada) married Sophia M. Denney (b. Canada) on 7 Apr 1884 in Bay City, Bay County, Michigan. Info from their marriage record.
      Oliver Fitt married Kate Slattery on 27 Jan 1886 in Fountain County, Indiana. Info from their marriage record. The Indiana marriage record does not include where they were born.
      So far, I have been unable to find any Oliver Fitt anywhere in the 1900 or the 1910 census.
      Sophia Fitt appears in an 1886 city directory for Bay City, Michigan as a dressmaker. Oliver does not appear in that directory.
      Sophia Fitt appear in the 1920 census in Chicago as the sister-in-law of William Watson (married to Lydia (Denney) Watson) Sophia is listed as a widow, age 55, born c.1865 in Canada. She’s a clerk in a dry good store.
      Katherine Fitt appears in 1900 US census in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. She is listed as born 37 years old, born in April 1866 Indiana. The only other member of her household is Mary Fitt age 12, born Nov 1887 in Indiana. Mary is listed a Katherine's granddaughter.
      Mary (Fitt) Gilkison’s information in the abstract of her entry in the Illinois death and stillbirths index gives her father as Oliver Fitt, born in Canada and mother as Katherine Slatery born in Covington, Indiana.
      [7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 1900 US census.

    2. [S11] Hedges Reunion Book.

    3. [S4] Illinois deaths and stillbirths index: 1916-1947.

    4. [S40] Indiana Marriage Collection: 1800-1941.

    5. [S25] Census.

    6. [S2] Mary Hedges Reiner.

    7. [S82] LKH.