San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 12/11/2009
ANDREW A. FITZGERALD
A native son and a successful rancher, living about three miles northeast of Clements, Andrew A. Fitzgerald has some 500 acres of the finest stock and grain land. He was born at Stockton, September 27, 1877, the son of Bernard and Emma Fitzgerald. His father was a native of St. Johnsbury, Vt., the son of Andrew and Mary (Burns) Fitzgerald; and his grandparents, on his father's side, were sturdy Green Mountain farmer folks. Five children made up their family: John, the eldest, is deceased; Bernard, retired, is still living in Stockton at the age of seventy-three; Peter is also deceased; Mary is with her brother, Andrew J., who resides on his farm on the Mokelumne River, northeast of Clements. Mrs. Andrew Fitzgerald, Sr., was born in Amador County, Cal.
Bernard Fitzgerald came to California about 1873 and settled at Stockton. Later he went to northern San Joaquin County, and purchased a ranch at Harmony Grove. He then bought a second ranch, and had in all a quarter-section. He farmed to grain, and also did teaming between Stockton and Lockeford. He and his wife have four children: Andrew A., of this review; Nellie, now Mrs. Carter, of Long Beach; Marie, the wife of Mr. Scott, who has an auto-repair shop at Stockton; and John, of Stockton. Mrs. Fitzgerald is also alive, aged sixty-two.
Andrew A. Fitzgerald attended the Harmony Grove and Lockeford schools, and when sixteen years of age started to work for his uncle, Peter Fitzgerald. After Peter died, another uncle, Andrew J., and his sister Mary, took over the place. Andrew A. Fitzgerald had purchased eighty acres of the Peter Fitzgerald ranch previously to his uncle Peter's death, and later he bought out his own father's share, making his holding 430 acres; and now he has about 510 acres. He is engaged in raising grain and stock, chiefly cattle and sheep, and also has a four-acre vineyard on the ranch.
At Stockton, on August 29, 1906, Mr. Fitzgerald was married to Miss Carrie Moore, who was born near Ione, in Amador County, the daughter of James Moore, a native of Ireland, one of the earliest settlers in that section. Her father died in 1919, at the age of ninety-three. His wife had passed away many years before. There were five children in their family. Besides Mrs. Fitzgerald, they are: John Moore, of Stockton; Annie, now Mrs. William Amick, of Ione; Susie, Mrs. Wesley Amick, of Ione; Marjorie, now Mrs. Mason, also of Ione. Mrs. Fitzgerald attended the Ione grammar school. Mr. Fitzgerald is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of the Ione Parlor, N.S.G.W., and also a member of the Woodmen of the World, at Clements.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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