Person:William Fitting (1)

An IGI record for his birth shows 'Wilhelm J. Fitting', born 14 Apr 1883 in Manhattan to Jacob Fitting and 'Fredricka Trobas'.

 William was in Nutley High School's first graduating class, with 8-10 students.  He was a Vestryman and mason in the church.  
  In the 1920 census, William was living at 782 Vernon Ave. in Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois, outside of Chicago. He was 36, born in New Jersey, and working as a 'secretary' for a life insurance company.  According to a family record, he worked for Equitable Life Insurance.  His wife Margaret was 33, born in New York; their children are Paul, 6;  Margaret, 4; and Pauline, 10/12,; as well as his mother-in-law Margaret Moesinger. She is 63, widowed, from Bavaria.  She emigrated in 1885 and was naturalized. He was 36, born in New Jersey, and working as a 'secretary' for a life insurance company.  {ed 119, sh 28, l.47}.
 In 1930, William G. is living in Nutley once again, at 233 Whitford Ave.  He is 47, married first at 31, working as 'agency manager' for an insurance company.  His wife Margaret M. is 42, married first at 26, born New York.  Their children are Margaret, 19, b. NJ;  Paul, 16, b. NY;  Dorothy, 11, b. Illinois; and David, 9, born Illinois. Also living in the household were [nephews] Robert and Roger Dolan, ages 17 & 15, both born New Jersey. Robert is a clerk for a typewriter company.There is also a servant, Mary Loere(?), age 19, from NJ (parents Rumanian). {Nutley, Essex Co., New Jersey, ed 567, sh 4a}
 According to a date-stamped envelope, on 25 Nov 1935, William G. Fitting was living at 233 Whitford Ave in Nutley.
 "Suddenly, at Nutley, New Jersey, on Oct 3, 1940, William George of 233 Whitford Ave., husband of Margaret M. Fitting. Services at Grace Episcopal Church, Nutley on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Relatives and friends are invited. Interment East Ridgelawn Cemetery. " {New York Times, 5 Oct 1940, electronic copy in possession of researcher SB Fitting}