JOHN FITZPATRICK PHILA.,PA
I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON A JOHN FITZPATRICK OF PHILADELPHIA. MY MOTHER WAS BORN 10/5/35 TO LYDIA KLETKE AND JOHN FITZPATRICK OUT OF WED-LOCK, I BELIVE THAT JOHN WAS MARRIED AND HAD OTHER CHILDREN THAT WERE OLDER THEN MY MOTHER. JOHN WOULD SEE MY MOTHER THROUGH HER AUNT MARTHA SOMETIMES DURING THE SUMMER'S, BUT MY MOTHER DID NOT KNOW THAT HE WAS HER FATHER UNTIL AFTER HIS DEATH I BELIVE IN THE EARLY 1970'S. JOHN CALLED MY MOTHER SUSIE BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIKE THE NAME MY GRANDMOTHER GAVE HER, JOAN. MY MOTHER REMEMBER'S HIM TAKING HER TO A CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE SHE BELIVES HE HAD HER CHRISTINED. MY MOTHER WAS RAISED GERMAN LUTHERN. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS PRETTY STRANGE. SHE WAS TOLD THAT JOHN WAS OLDER THAN MY GRANDMOTHER WHO PASSED 1/89 AT AGE 79 BY POSSIBABLY 20 YEARS OR SO. ALSO HIS FAMILY MAY HAVE BEEN IN A RUG/CARPET BUSINESS. MY MOTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD AND IN POOR HEALTH AND ASKED ME TO TRY AND FIND OUT ANYTHING I COULD ABOUT POSSIBLE HALF SIBLINGS ECT. ANY INFO. WOULD BE GREATLY APPRICATED.
P.S. MY MOTHER'S BIRTH RECORD DOES NOT LIST JOHN AS BEING HER FATHER TO PROTECT THE FAMILY'S INVOLVED.
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