Ohio Families

Border Crossing Information
Name: Ethel Mary? Nichol
Arrival Date: 13 Oct 1926
Port of Arrival: Buffalo, NY
Accompanied by: son Norman
Age: unreadable
Birthplace: London Ontario
Occupation: None
Race/Nationality: English
Last permanent residence: Hamilton
Destination: Cleveland, Ohio
Money shown: $600.
Passage paid by: Self
Ever in US: no
'Going to see' : Aunt Mrs James Fitzgerald, ???? E. 100th Street
Purpose in coming: Reside Permanent
Complexion: fair, Hair: fair, Eyes: blue
Nearest Relative in country whence she came: Sister Eva Harrington, [some address], Hamilton
[name is only recognizable because of Ethel's death record]
[record is very difficult to read]

1930; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio;
Roll 1776; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 456
Apr 1, 1930

renting for $50/month at 10904 Orville Ave, does not own a radio

Fitzgerald, John J., 45, Married 1st at 19, born in Canada, parents also, mother tongue: English, arrived in US in 1922, Citizenship status: first papers filed, occupation: stereotyper, printing
Fitzgerald, Ethel, 38, Married 1st at 18, born in Canada, parents also, arrived 1926, Citizenship: alien
Fitzgerald, June, 19, born in Canada, parents also, stenographer, plumbing company, arrived 1924, Citizenship: alien
Fitzgerald, Norman, 19, born in Canada, parents also, operator, cellophane company, arrived 1926, Citizenship: alien
Fitzgerald, Mabelle, 17, born in Canada, parents also, no occupation, arrived 1924, Citizenship: alien
Fitzgerald, Leo, 16, born in Canada, parents also, no occupation, arrived 1924, Citizenship: alien

1940 Census, Cleveland
April 4, 1940
at 1372 East 86th
[indexed as Fitzgearld]

John J Fitzgerald, 56, 8 years school, born in Canada, naturalization papers pending, stereotyer, publishing corp., worked 52 weeks in 1939 for $2300, worked 40 hours the previous week
Ethel May Fitzgerald, 57, 8 years school, born in Canada, naturalization papers pending
Norman Nichol, stepson, 29, single, 8 years school, born in Canada, naturalization papers pending, truck driver, express agency, worked 42 weeks in 1939 for $1500, worked 44 hours the previous week

all lived in Cleveland in 1935. Ethel May provided the information

Cleveland Necrology Files
Id#: 0500588
Name: Fitzgerald, Ethel May
Date: Jan 27 1954
Source: Cleveland Press; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #109.

Notes: Fitzgerald, Ethel, May (nee Clayton), beloved wife of Jack J., mother of Josephine Lyndberts, June O'Rouke, Mabel, Lytle, Leo and Norman Fitzgerald, sister of Maud Clayton and Eva Harrington of Ondario, Canada, and grandmother, late residence, 1370 Elwood Ave., East Cleveland. Friends may call at the Mahon-Murphy Funeral Home, 13201 Euclid Ave. Services Thursday, 9 a. m., from Christ the King Church.