William John Fitzgerald ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Jersey Township, Jersey County, IL on 15 June 1880. ¹

1880 US Census
Page 57B & 58A, District 96, Dwelling 149, Family 156, Roll 0216
Jersey Township, Jersey County, Illinois
W. J. Fitzgerald..---..23..IL..Farmer..
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - I'm not convinced that William John Fitzgerald was a son of James Beverly Fitzgerald Mary Malinda Arnspiger. This census record shows a blank where his relationship should have been entered instead of the word "son".

It then shows that the birth locations of William's parents to be different from that shown for all the other children. For example, it shows his father as being born in Missouri which would be correct but it then shows his mother as being born in Kentucky. Mary Arnspiger was born in Illinois, not Kentucky.

But there are still some other problems with the parents birth locations for all the other children. It seems the enumerator entered them in reversed order. For example, it should have indicated Missouri for the father and Illinois for the mother (Missouri - Illinois) but instead it was entered for all of the children as Illinois for the father and Missouri for the mother (Illinois - Missouri).
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