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    1. [GENMASSACHUSETTS] DANE family of Westford, Malden
    2. Ms Betty Fredericks
    3. Hello,   I've been working on the FITZGERALD family-tree for 1 1/2 yrs. for family-friends.    I was able to get a good outline of their ancestors.     But, for the older generation, their estranged grandfather was a mystery.     Just this week I found him and his 2nd wife as living their last years in Bourne, MA.     I do not yet know how long they lived there, but they lived long lives.   Michael FITZGERALD, b1882 in Boston, had first married Ella BLAKELY of Medford, MA, and they had 2 sons.    But they seem to have separated  ~1915.    The 1920  census had Mrs. Ella FITZGERALD and her children in Cambridge and have "Jack" KELLEY living with them.     I do not know if they officially married,  but they had children together during the 1920's.   No one has been able to find Michael from 1920 on.     There was a possibility he lived in Boston for a few years.    He was definitely estranged from his family,  but his granddaughters had heard that he had married a much younger woman.     This week I have found out that his 2nd wife was Miss Frances DANE, b1913 in Malden.     And, she seems to be about 30 yrs. younger than her husband.      This morning I looked on-line  and found out that Frances had the parents:     Leonard J. DANE and Elizabeth LAXTON.      And, Leonard was from a Westford family and born ~1885.     (Elizabeth was probably from NH.)     The Westford Historical Society has information on this DANE family.   I looked on the  WorldConnect Project  and there is a researcher studying this family, and they have Leonard and Elizabeth having a son, Lewis DANE, born later.   I was wondering if anyone is researching this DANE family and might have further information on Mrs. Frances (DANE) FITZGERALD.     I'm curious whether she and Michael had children.      Yesterday I e-mailed the Bourne Public Library to ask if they could try to find the obituaries for the couple.   Betty         (near Lowell, MA)

    09/21/2011 11:01:30