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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,
Vermont, 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, California.
Bernard Fitzgerald came to
California about 1873 and settled in 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.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1063-1064. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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