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Emma Fitzpatrick

Also Mrs. Bernard Fitzpatrick · Emma Fitzpatrick · Emma Brubaker · Brubaker

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TypePerson
Died1960-10-16
ErasModern era
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Person
Died
1960-10-16 · Beaverton, Michigan
Children
Vernon Fitzpatrick
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
communitydemography

Summary

Emma (Brubaker) Fitzpatrick, identified as the mother of Beaver Island Conservation Officer Vernon Fitzpatrick, died at Beaverton, Michigan, on October 16, 1960. Vernon’s later obituary identifies both parents by name.

Evidence and limits

The local notice and two independently published family references securely resolve her given and maiden names through parent-child relationships. Her birth date, age, cause of death, funeral, and civil death record remain unlocated.

Open questions

  • Which Beaverton obituary, cemetery, or civil records document Emma Fitzpatrick’s birth and death details?

See also

Kin

This articleEmma Fitzpatrickd. 1960VernonFitzpatrick
Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. Identifies Mrs. Bernard Fitzpatrick as the mother of Vernon Fitzpatrick, Beaver Island Conservation Officer, and reports her death at Beaverton on October 16. It does not provide her given name, age, cause, funeral, or civil record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1960-11_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Vernon A. Fitzpatrick’s obituary identifies him as the son of Bernard and Emma (Brubaker) Fitzpatrick. In combination with the 1960 Beacon notice that names Mrs. Bernard Fitzpatrick as Vernon’s mother, it resolves the decedent’s given and maiden names; it does not supply Emma’s birth date or an independent death record.
  4. The contemporaneous obituary of Abraham Lincoln Brubaker identifies Mrs. Emma Fitzpatrick of Gladwin as one of his surviving children. Together with the two sources above, it independently supports Emma Brubaker Fitzpatrick’s parental identity; it does not state her birth date.

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Emma Fitzpatrick”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/emma-brubaker-fitzpatrick/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1960, condolence notice. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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