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Joseph Pitz and
family Back row: Jessie,
Bill, Ruth, John, Marie, Joseph, Paul Middle: Jim Front: Joseph H
Pitz. Theresa, Christina Angst Pitz (Kathleen - not
yet born)
Joseph & Christina
Pitz with granddaughter Alice |
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Joseph Pitz was born in Germany in 1869
and immigrated to the U.S. in 1881 at the age of 12 with his parents, Karl
and Mary Pitz. Joseph H Pitz and Christina Angst Pitz
were married in Massillon in 1892. Sometime after their marriage they moved
to Brazil, Indiana where Joseph found work in a coal mine. Two, possibly
three of their children were born in Indiana and the other seven were born in
Ohio. When they moved back to Barberton, Ohio Joseph built a nine room house
for his family. It is still in use
today. I am not sure how Joseph was
employed after his return to Barberton but later on in his life he own a gas
station across the street from his home. He ran the station until his death
in l936. Christina Pitz died in
1939. Both of them are buried in Holy
Cross Cemetery in Akron, Ohio |
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