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Robert William (E8) Hitch
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Robert William (E8) Hitch
- Born: 02 Apr 1867, England 1 2 3
- Marriage (1): Esther Christina Johnson on 01 Jan 1897 in Fact, KS 1
- Died: 28 May 1942, Winlock, WA 1 4
 Notes:
From a letter from Dorothy Hitch of Centralia, Washington, dated March 22, 1997: "Robert William Hitch left England at the age of 16 and worked his passage to the U.S. by ship. We don't know how long that took - if it took a year, he would have landed about 1883."
Moved from Dickinson Co., Kansas to Woodward Co., Oklahoma sometime between 1905 and 1906.
Robert married Esther Christina Johnson on 01 Jan 1897 in Fact, KS.1 (Esther Christina Johnson was born on 08 Dec 1875 in Clay Center, Clay Co., KS 1 5 6 7 and died on 22 Aug 1957 in Centralia, WA 1 4 7.)
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Sources
1
Correspondence from Dorothy Hitch; P.O. Box 352; Napavine, WA 98565-0352; dated December 21, 1994. She is the wife of Harry Edward Hitch.
2
1900 KS Census, Listed as born in April 1868 in England in the 1900 Dickinson Co., KS Census.
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1920 OK Census, Listed as age 53 in the 1920 Woodward Co., OK Census, born in England.
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WA Death Records.
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1900 KS Census, Listed as born in December 1875 in England in the 1900 Dickinson Co., KS Census.
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1920 OK Census, Listed as age 44 in the 1920 Woodward Co., OK Census, born in England.
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Correspondence from Dorothy Hitch; P.O. Box 352; Napavine, WA 98565-0352; dated March 22, 1997.