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Edward R. Fritz was born about 1854, in Ohio according to census. He was the son of John Fritz and Minerva (last name unknown).
The Fritz family moved from Ohio to Iowa soon after Edward was born. The 1860 Keokuk County, Iowa census shows the family in Richland Township. Edward was listed as six years old on the census.
By 1870 many things had changed in the Fritz household. Edward's oldest sister, Catharine had married, had a child and died before 1870. His brothers Jacob and Daniel had fought in the Civil War and Daniel had died before the war ended. By the time of the 1870 census, only sixteen year old Edward and his nineteen year old sister Mary remained at home with his parents.
Edward married Mary A. (last name unknown) about 1878. Mary was born about 1858, in Iowa according to census.
The 1880 Fillmore County, Nebraska census shows Edward R. Fritz, 26, a teacher and Mary A., 22, wife.
Mary died or she and Edward divorced prior to about 1891.
About 1892, Edward married Orpha A. Herring, daughter of Adaline Herring. Orpha was born in March 1873, according to the 1900 census.
The 1900 Bannock County, Idaho census, Pocatello Precinct, shows the family living on Hayes Avenue. The census shows Edward Fritz, born Feburary 1852, 48, married for 8 years, a paper hanger who owned his house; Orpha A., wife, born March 1873, 27, married for 8 years, had given birth to 2 children, both children still living; Ethel I, daughter, born March 1893, 7, born in Nebraska; Inez A., daughter, born September 1895, 4 , born in Idaho and Adaline Herring, mother-in-law, born June 1836, 63, widowed, had given birth to 6 children, 5 children still living, born in Ohio, father born in New York and mother born in Massachusetts.
Children of Edward Fritz and Orpha Herring
1. Ethel I. Fritz, b. Mar 1893, NE
2. Inez A. Fritz, b. Sept 1895, ID