This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Fitzgerald, Smith, Dane Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.fitzgerald/2329.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, I just checked the archives of this Board to see if I had posted the newest information on Michael and Frances FITZGERALD, last of Bourne, MA. It seems I had not. Actually it was just a few weeks ago when I found or received brand-new and important information. When I found out that my husband's life-long friend, Michael FITZGERALD, had a long-lost grandfather, I took on the challenge to find out what happened to him. As in the above posting, in 2011 I had just found out who he married for his 2nd marriage. Miss Frances DANE from Malden, MA, was some 30 yrs. younger than he was. And, they married in / near Boston ~1938, and they never had children. I had found out that the couple had moved to Bourne, MA, and it was 1955. As above, Michael died in 1971, but Frances lived to 1999. With a few inquiries I had been able to read her obituary, and found out a little about her. She was both a hairdresser and an artist and was active in her church. (To me she sounds like a nice lady, and it's really a shame that none of her husband's children ever got to meet her.) Since the couple lived in Bourne from 1955 on, I had "assumed" that they were buried in Bourne. A few weeks ago we were having a snow-day, and I took a few minutes to e-mail the Town Clerk. With all the vital dates, I asked for a favor. She responded with my request for the place of burial. Big surprise - they were not buried in one of the many cemeteries in Bourne -- they were buried in Peabody, MA. It seems Frances' DANE family had arranged for the burial there. * The coincidence is that many of the great-grandchildren lived in Peabody for a long time, and never knew this. I also was reminded last month that the missing grandfather, Michael, only had the one, younger brother, John, and they were always close. When Michael and Ella separated ~1920, he went to live with John and his wife. He was with them a while. I just found out that the brothers were both salesmen - for a beauty-supply company. So, there's a good chance that is how Michael met Frances. It's before 6 am here, and my memory is not fully awake, so I can't offer more details at the moment. I do have basic information on John and his wife; they had 2 daughters and then a younger son. They started out in Stoneham, but the 1940 census has them living in Arlington, MA. I'm hoping the 2 brothers always remained close. But, the younger generation has no memory of having a great-uncle, John Fitzgerald, living near them in the next town. That's all I'll say for now. I have posted more details on other Lists and Boards, so it is available on-line. Betty (near Lowell, MA) * I tried to find current members of the extended DANE family and was not successful. I was hoping for at least a photograph of Michael and Frances. (I'm finding out that the .older. generation of Fitzgerald's my husband has known for 50 yrs., is not longer appreciating my efforts. I am "the outsider" and they don't want me to know their family-secrets.) :o( Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>