Burdette Mase FITCH

Born

12 February 1896 , Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, USA

Died

6 November 1977 , San Francisco, California, USA

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Born: 12 February 1896 in Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, USA

Parents of Burdette Mase FITCH

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Albert E FITCH

Mother

Jennie E MASE

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Burdette Mase was a soldier in World War II.
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Burdette Mase married Priscilla EDWARDS abt. 1936 . Priscilla EDWARDS was born 15 March 1903 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA . Priscilla died 19 July 1999 in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA. Priscilla was the child of George Washington EDWARDS and Anna Amelia CROUSS.

Burdette Mase FITCH died 6 November 1977 in San Francisco, California, USA.

m. 19 Dec 1941, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Rahel Virginia Davies
(1909–1977)

m. 3 Oct 1959, San Francisco, California, USA
Eleanor Roberta Goudy
(1919–1974)

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Burdette Mase FITCH married

Priscilla EDWARDS
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Priscilla EDWARDS was the child of George Washington EDWARDS and Anna Amelia CROUSS

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PITTSFIELD WOMAN TO WED AT MANILA

Engagement of Miss Priscilla Edwards, Concert and Radio Singer, Announced - Travels in Orient

"Mr and Mrs George Washington Edwards of Pittsfield announce the engagement of their daughter, Priscilla, to Capt Burdett M. Fitch, United States army, son of Mr and Mrs A. E. Fitch of Kansas City, formerly of Warrneton, Va. The wedding will take place the the 21st in the chapel at Fort Stotsenburg, Manilla, Philippine Islands, where Capt Fitch is stationed."

"Miss Edwards left late in September for a trip around the world, stopping at Banff and Lake Louise before sailing from Vancouver on the liner Empress of Japan. Stopping at Honolulu, the liner proceeded to Yokohama, where Miss Edwards with friends left the ship to make an extensive tour of Japan, visiting all its principal centers. Arriving at Peiping, she traveled by plane over the Ming tombs and the great wall at China. At Nanking, Miss Walker was the guest of her cousins Dr and Mrs William Roberts."

"Miss Walker was educated at Miss Hall's school at Pittsfield and the Capeu school at Northampton where her voice culture began under the direction of Miss Mary Williams of Smith college. Miss Edwards continued her musical education at the Institute of Musical Arts, New York city. After three years' study there, she became a pupil of Royal Dadman of Springfield."

"For some time, Miss Edwards was soprano in the quartet at the Longmeadow Congregational church under the direction of Mrs Dorothy Birchard Mulroney. Following travel and concert work in the West, Miss Edwards returned to study with Lambert Murphy. Concert and radio work followed with two seasons at Miami, Fla."

"Capt Fitch is a graduate of a southern college. He served in the World War and is now a captain of the field artillery at Fort Stotsenburg where he is a member of the post's polo team."

"Following their wedding, Capt Fitch and his bride will sail to Bali for a trip and will make their home at Fort Stotsenburg."

"Miss Edwards is a niece of Mrs Leroy P Fletcher of Spruceland avenue, this city, where she has frequently visited."

Date: February 02, 1936

Location: Massachusetts

Paper: Springfield Republican

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Birth — 1896
12 February 1896
Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, USA

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1900 Kansas

Name: Burdette M Fitch
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Residence: Blaine & Logan Townships, Ottawa, Kansas
Birth Date: Feb 1896
birthPlace: Kansas
relationship to head-of-household: Son
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father Name:
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father birthPlace: Ohio
mother Name:
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mother birthPlace: Kansas
race or color (expanded): White
head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
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enumeration District: 0075
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Household ID: 11
reference number: 51
gsu Film Number: 1240494
Image Number: 00547
Household Gender Age
parent Albert Fitch M
parent Jennie Fitch F
Burdette M Fitch M
Harold V Fitch M

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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 Sheridan, Ottawa, Kansas

Name: Burdett M Fitch
birthPlace: Kansas
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Sheridan, Ottawa, Kansas
Marital Status: Single
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Ohio
mother's birthPlace: Kansas
family number: 84
page number: 4
Household Gender Age
parent Albert E Fitch M 39y
parent Jennie E Fitch F 37y
Burdett M Fitch M 14y
Harrold V Fitch M 12y
Kenneth E Fitch M 5y

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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Is this him?

Name: Burdette M Fitch
Residence: , , District of Columbia
estimated Birth Year: 1897
Age: 23
birthPlace: Kansas
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820210
Digital Folder Number: 4295778
Image Number: 01099
sheet number: 4

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1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.

1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)

1969 - Richard M. Nixon becomes President of the United States

1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moon

June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.

1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.

1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam

The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.

1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.

Burial

Name: Burdette M Fitch
Service Info.: BRIG GEN US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1896
Death Date: 6 Nov 1977
Service Start Date: 13 Mar 1918
Interment Date: 9 Nov 1977
Cemetery: San Francisco National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1 Lincoln Blvd Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94129
Buried At: Section Os Site 110a 3

National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator

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Death

U.S. Social Security Death Index
first Name: Burdette
middle Name:
last Name: Fitch
name suffix:
Birth Date: 12 February 1896
social security number: 563-52-4967
place of issuance: California
last Residence: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
zip code of last Residence: 94109
death date : November 1977
estimated age at death: 81

Fitch
Burdette Mase, Brigadier-General
(1896 – 1977)

1942 - 1945
Adjutant to the Commander in Chief South-west Pacific Area
1945 - 1946
Adjutant to the Supreme Commander Allied Powers Japan
1953 Retired

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Name: Burdette M Fitch
Social Security #: 563524967
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1896
Birth Place: Kansas
Death Date: 6 Nov 1977
Death Place: San Francisco

Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California

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