| Title |
Fritz, John S. |
| Alternate title |
Fritz, John |
| Date |
b ca. 1840 |
| Description |
John S. Fritz, born about 1840 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia from 1861 to 1896. Son
of John, Sr., a blacksmith from Baden, Germany, he had four siblings: Caroline (b. ca. 1836), Elizabeth (b. ca. 1838), William,
also a blacksmith (b. ca. 1843), and Francis (b. ca. 1845), a coachmaker, with whom he resided at 1431 Randolph (i.e., Mifflin)
Street until about 1870.
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After 1870, he lived at 818 Thompson Street until he returned to the Randolph Street address ca. 1876. According to the 1900
census, he married in 1879, although no wife is listed, and raised four children, Elizabeth (b. ca. 1881), John (b. ca. 1884),
Mary (b. ca. 1885), and Joseph (b. ca. 1887) at 2117 Howard Street; his residence since ca. 1885.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1900 and 1910 |
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Philadelphia City Directories 1861-1896 (intermittently) |
