Lorenzo F. Bitz

1845 - 1925  (80 years)

• Name	Lorenzo F. Bitz  [2, 3]
  	Alternate Spelling: Bitts [1]
  Born	1 Jan 1845	Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1845 - 1850	Constantia, Oswego, New York   [1]
  		1850 United States Federal Census - Constantia, p.21 State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; ED Date: 07/17/1850; Page: 21
  Residence	1851 - 1901	Vienna, Oneida, New York   [7, 8]
  	At the age of five years he, with his parents, moved to the farm in the town of Vienna, which, for the following 55 years was his home. [4] In 1901, Lorenzo and Katherine sold a parcel of their land in Vienna to Charles W. Knight. This would become a part of the Knight estate. [7] In 1913, an section of their Vienna property was sold to Tillie E. Collier. [8]
  		19131227 - Real Estate Transactions Rome Daily Sentinel 12/27/1913, p.2
  Residence	1901 - 1910	Lake Street, Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [9, 10]
  	Twenty-five years ago he left the farm and moved to this village [Cleveland], purchasing the Keogh property in Lake Street and with his sons, most successfully conducted the business. [4]
  		19100818 - Sale of Real Estate Oswego Daily Palladium 08/18/1910, p.5
  Occupation	1905 - 1920	LF Bitz and Sons, Lake Street, Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [11]
  	Merchant
  	About five years ago [1920] he retired from the firm, since which time the business has been the capable hands of his sons, Joseph and John Bitz, under the firm name of L.F. Bitz Sons. [4]
  		19050907 - Cleveland Chat Rome Daily Sentinel 09/07/1905, p.8
  Died	5 Nov 1925  [3, 4, 5]
  	On Wednesday, October 14, he attended a supper at App's Hall and while returning home fell and this hastened his death. [4]
  		19251106 - Lorenzo F. Bitz Oswego Palladium Times 11/6/1925, n.p.
  Buried	7 Nov 1925	St. Mary's Cemetery, Route #49, Vienna, Oneida, New York   [3, 4]
  		20090510 - Headstone: John, Lorenzo, Katherine & Mary Bitz St. Mary's Cemetery Lorenzo F. Bitz and Mary M. Dyer John Bitz and Katherine Mulholland by Kiely Malone
  Person ID	I1575	CHS Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	John D. Bitz,   b. 1813,   d. 1901  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Catherine Mulholland,   b. 1821, Ireland ,   d. 20 Mar 1906, Cleveland, Oswego, New York  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary M. Dyer,   b. 1844 - 1845, New York ,   d. 1916  (Age 71 years)
  Married	13 Apr 1873  [2]
  	Married on Easter Sunday. [4]
  		xxxxxxxxx - Vienna Unknown Newspaper Clipping No Date, n.p.
  Children	1. Joseph Bitz,   b. Sep 1875, Vienna, Oneida, New York ,   d. 1950, Cleveland, Oswego, New York  (Age ~ 74 years)   2. John F. Bitz,   b. 3 Apr 1876, Vienna, Oneida, New York ,   d. 3 Sep 1955, Cleveland, Oswego, New York  (Age 79 years)   3. Mary Catharine Bitz,   b. 1879, Vienna, Oneida, New York ,   d. 1967  (Age 88 years) + 4. Katherine Bitz,   b. Jan 1881, Vienna, Oneida, New York ,   d. 1955  (Age ~ 73 years)   5. William Bitz,   b. 1883, Vienna, Oneida, New York ,   d. 1916  (Age 33 years)
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2016
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] 1850 United States Federal Census, 21 (Reliability: 1), 17 Jul 1850. State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; ED Date: 07/17/1850; Page: 21; Line: 16-18 [S84] Personal Correspondence (Reliability: 1), 24 Nov 2015. Fr: Keith Schmidt Re: Proposed Change: Mary Dyer (I1534) [S84] Personal Correspondence (Reliability: 1), 5 Dec 2015. Fr: Keith Schmidt Re: Proposed Change: Lorenzo F. Bitz (I1575) [S12] Oswego Palladium Times, np (Reliability: 1), 11/6//1925. Lorenzo F. Bitz [S19] Find A Grave, findagrave.com., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36952363 (Reliability: 1), 10 May 2009. Lorenzo F. Bitz [S59] Ancestry.com, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/43734270/person/12857182675/facts (Reliability: 1), 8 Dec 2015. The Johnston Family Tree: Lorenzo F. Bitz [S25] Northshore Notes, (Cleveland Historical Society), http://blog.clevelandhistoricalsociety.com/?p=667 (Reliability: 2), 2 Jul 2014. The Stone Barn Castle [S13] Rome Daily Sentinel, 2 (Reliability: 1), 27 Dec 1913. Real Estate Transactions [S37] Oswego Daily Palladium, 5 (Reliability: 1), 18 Aug 1910. Sale of Real Estate [S13] Rome Daily Sentinel, np (Reliability: 1), 11 May 1906. Cleveland Chat [S13] Rome Daily Sentinel, 8 (Reliability: 1), 7 Sep 1905. Cleveland Chat