Hortense Irene Fitze
b. circa 1873, d. 24 September 1969
- Father: Carl Gustav Fitze b. 13 January 1829, d. 22 April 1915
- Mother: Sarah Caroline Baldwin b. 9 April 1846, d. circa August 1897
- Hortense Irene Fitze was born circa 1873 in Texas.
- Carl Gustav Fitze and Sarah Caroline Baldwin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Polk County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hortense Irene Fitze, Joseph Rugeley Fitze, Charles Baldwin Fitze, George Shelby Fitze, Mary A. Fitze, Cornelia Goodrich Fitze, Owen Kirk Fitze, Sarah Fitze, Pedigo Fitze and Horace Fitze.
- She married William P. Arnold.
- The following appeared on 12 August 1897 in The Galveston Daily News: (Houston, Aug. 11) A telegram was received here to-day bringing the news of the death of Mrs. C. G. Fitze at Pueblo, Mexico. She was the wife of Mr. C. G. Fitze, at one time treasurer of the Houston East and West Texas narrow gauge road, and of [sic] Judge Charles B. Fitze. At the time of her death she was there on a visit to Joseph B. Fitze, one of her sons, for pleasure and health, though she was usually in excellent health. She leaves several children to mourn her death, among them being Mrs. Mamie Jones, wife of an ex-sheriff of Wharton county; Mrs. Gus Cook, Mrs. Wm. P. Arnold, Justice Chas Fitze, and several younger children.
The news was a shock to the family and their large circle of friends in this part of the state. Mrs. Fitze was a sister of Wm. Baldwin of this city. She is from one of the old Alabama families and was a native of that state.
:TAB: The remains will be interred in Pueblo, for the present at least. - At the time of her death, her usual residence was in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 8114 Leander.
- Hortense Irene Fitze died on 24 September 1969 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at Golden Age Manor Nursing Home, 7633 Bellfort . Informant was James G. Arnold.
- She was interred at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 26 Feb 2013