Edgar Graves Fitch: Forger

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Edgar Grave Fitch was born 3 Apr 1881 in Missouri, to Albert Le Fitch (1851-1931) & Ada Ethleen Utz (1864-1924). He was missing an arm.

Inmate: #24000 San Quentin Prison

Rec: 27 Dec 1909

Crime: Forgery

Term: 1 yr

 I found these newspaper articles on the above crime:

He was paroled 27 Oct 1910 and by 1912 he was back in court for another forgery rap.

Inmate: #25720 San Quentin Prison

Rec: 10 May 1912

Crime: Forgery

Term: 3 yrs

So here's the strange part, He died in the San Quentin Prison according to Find A Grave, they even have his plot number as 200 in the San Quentin Prison Cemetery.

Update: He did not die in prison and is not buried in the cemetery there. He died 4 Jun 1964 in San Diego, CA. I left a message with the person in charge of this memorial.

Here's the link to his memorial

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131686672/edward-g.-fitch

He is listed in the 1910 census but no other

Name: Edward G Fitch

Age in 1910: 29

Birth Year: abt 1881

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1910: San Rafael, Marin, California

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Prisoner

Marital Status: Divorced

Father's Birthplace: Tennessee

Mother's Birthplace: Missouri

Native Tongue: English

Occupation: Laborer

Industry: Constr Dept

Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner

Able to read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

He was married at one time as it states he was divorced in the 1910 census above. Kinda sad that there is no record of when he died not even a California Death Index. I searched newspaper also.

Update: He married Maud Edsberg the 11 Nov 1906 and they divorced 

He married again in 1916 to Bolvena Margaret Jorgensen (1880–1965). They had the following children:

Ada Ann Fitch

1917–2003

John Edgar Fitch

1918–

Nelson S Fitch

1920–

Alberta V Fitch

1922–

Aubrey Fitch

1924–2017

Charles Fitch

1925–