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Undated (but probably ca 1917) photo post card. The stampless unmailed message on the reverse reads: "Baby Darling, Do your mother & Father look natural. I think they look unnatural. Mama" The card was probably meant for daughter, Marel Fitzgerald who was known to family members as "Babe."
Charles Pratt Fitzgerald (23 February 1872 Oswego NY -5 January 1955 Altatdena, CA) {Edward, Edward, Samuel, Albert} was born in Oswego, NY. He was the youngest child of Albert G. Fitzgerald and Bedelia Hanley. Charles married Rose Ann Tunney on 5 May 1895 in New York State. His marriage to Rose caused a rift with his family that was never healed. He left Oswego for Buffalo. The family lived in several New York cities leaving New York for Pennsylvania just prior to World War I. In the early 1920's Rose and Charles followed their children to Pasadena, California where they lived for the remainder of their lives.
The marriage which caused such a rift in the Fitzgerald family lasted more than 50 years:
Clipping dated May 29, 1945 from “The Wingfoot Clan” (Goodyear's in house newspaper):
“Celebrate Golden Anniversary by ‘Staying On The Job’
"We didn’t feel justified in celebrating with so much suffering going on in the world at the present time. These were the words of Rose and Charles Fitzgerald, who completed fifty years of married life on May 5. With a son and a grandson in the service, they felt that it was their duty to stay on the job and do their part in helping bring this war to a close.”
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