Mary Fitt
1888 - 1947 (58 years)
Generation: 1
1. Mary Fitt was born on 18 Nov 1888 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (daughter of Oliver Fitt and Katherine Slattery); died on 29 May 1947; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois. Notes:
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.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63473871/mary-gilkison
Section WMary married Thaddeus "Mortimer" Gilkison on 7 Aug 1906 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Thaddeus (son of Sanford Lewis Gilkison and Rosannah Sarah Hedges) was born on 7 Aug 1878 in Rowan County, Kentucky; died on 27 Oct 1955 in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary Thelma Gilkison was born on 28 Nov 1907; died on 1 Dec 1907; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.
- Joseph Ivan Gilkison was born on 15 Aug 1909 in Illinois; died on 16 Sep 1964 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; was buried in Calvary Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
- Thomas Mortimer Gilkison was born on 29 Dec 1914 in Highwood, Lake County, Illinois; died on 8 Oct 2006 in Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas.
2. Oliver Fitt was born on 10 Dec 1863 in Canada; died on 23 Feb 1915 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Notes:
Fitt, Oliver P. Fitt, Feb. 23, beloved husband of Sophia Fitt, nee Denney. Funeral from his late residence, 5351 S. Justine st., Friday, Feb. 26, at 1 p.m.; interment at Mt. Greewood by automobiles. Member of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Town of Lake Div., No.647, and O.R.C., Div. No.1. Canada papers please copy.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois. Friday, 26 February 1915.
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.
LKH note:
Is this the same Oliver Fitt?
A Danville man arrested for a murder in Indiana. Joseph Miller, age 23 years, son of Stacy Miller, a saloonkeeper in Danville, Ill., was arrested yesterday by the Sheriff of Fountain County, Indiana, charged with murder in the first degree. Sept. 21 last Joseph Harter, aged 50, was shot and killed in a saloon row at Covington, the county seat of Fountain Country. That night Oliver Fitt of Danville, Ill., was arrested for the crime and has since been in jail. Testimony has just been produced before the grand jury directly charging Miller with the shooting. The trial is set for the third Monday in November.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois. Wednesday, 2 November 1887.
text in emailOliver married Katherine Slattery on 27 Jan 1886 in Fountain County, Indiana, and was divorced before 1900. Katherine was born on 1 Apr 1866 in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana; died on 16 Feb 1918 in Highwood, Lake County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Katherine Slattery was born on 1 Apr 1866 in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana; died on 16 Feb 1918 in Highwood, Lake County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Notes:
1900 US census, enumerated 8 June 1900.
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Fitt, Katherine, b. April 1866 Indiana, age 37
Fitt, Mary, b. Nov 1887 Indiana, age 12
Katherine's father's birthplace, [illegible], mother's birthplace Indiana
Mary's father's birthplace, Michigan. Mother's birthplace Indiana.
Mary is listed a Katherine's granddaughter.
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.
Children:
- 1. Mary Fitt was born on 18 Nov 1888 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 29 May 1947; was buried in St. Marys Cemetery, Highland Park, Lake County, Illinois.