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Abram Edward Fitkin〔Also listed as Abraham Edward Fitkin, see James Terry White, ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' Vol. 27 (James T. White & Co., 1939.):142.〕 (September 18, 1878 – March 18, 1933) was an American minister, investment banker, businessman, public utilities operator, and philanthropist, who founded and ran dozens of companies, including A.E. Fitkin & Co.; the National Public Service Corporation; the United States Engineering Corporation; and the General Engineering and Management Corporation, which by 1926 managed 178 utility companies in 18 US states and over 1,000 local communities. As a philantthropist Fitkin donated in excess of $3,000,000 to finance the construction of the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital in Manzini, Swaziland; the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Institution in Scobeyville, New Jersey; the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Pavilion for Children at the New Haven Hospital in Yale; and the Jersey Shore University Medical Center (formerly Raleigh Fitkin and Paul Morgan Memorial Hospital) at Neptune Township, New Jersey.〔("Our History" ).〕 ==Personal history== Abram Edward Fitkin was born on September 18, 1878 in Brooklyn, New York,〔Ancestry.com. ''World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918''. Registration Location: Kings County, New York; Roll: 1754592; Draft Board: 65.〕〔However, Fitkin's US Passport application on January 31, 1921 indicates he was born September 18, 1876. See Ancestry.com. ''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925'' (on-line ). Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1.〕〔Ancestry.com. ''World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918''. Registration Location: Nassau County, New York; Roll: 1754388; Draft Board: 4.925 (M1490).〕 the sixth son and 11th of thirteen children of Mary E. Vought (born September 18, 1843 in Easton, Pennsylvania; died May 7, 1914) and Thomas Furlong Fitkin (born June 10, 1833 in Weston Turville, England; died March 2, 1914),〔His baptism record indicates that on 21 July 1833 that he and his parents were living in Turnham Green, Chiswick, a suburb of west London. See Ancestry.com. London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906. Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1906. London Metropolitan Archives, London. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=Thomas+Furlong&gsln=Fitkin&msbdy=1833&msbpn__ftp=England&msbpn=3251&msbpn_PInfo=3-%7c1652381%7c3257%7c3251%7c&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=n3f&_83004003-n_xcl=f&cp=12&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2954056&recoff=9+10+11+33+44+45&db=LMAbirths&indiv=11〕〔''Who Was Who in America with World Notables'', Vol. 1 (Marquis-Who's Who, 1960):403.〕〔Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ''1880 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 847; Family History Film: 1254847; Page: 184D; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0460.〕 a harness-manufacturer,〔"Milestones, Mar. 27, 1933", ''Time'' (March 27, 1933), http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745423,00.html〕〔"Thomas Furlong Fitkin", http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/22910402/person/1323034456〕 who migrated to the USA in 1850,〔Ancestry.com. ''1850 United States Federal Census''. Year: 1850; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings, New York; Roll: M432_519; Page: 13B; Image: 462.〕〔Ancestry.com. ''1900 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 26, Kings, New York; Roll: T623_1064; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 473.〕 settling in Brooklyn. Fitkin's parents were married on December 31, 1861. Fitkin had thirteen brothers and sisters:〔"Business & Finance: Fitkin Sells Again", ''Time'' (June 15, 1931), http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846911,00.html〕 Thomas Ellsworth Fitkin (1862–1868); Louisa Fitkin (born 1863; died June 1879 of diphtheria);〔Ancestry.com. ''U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880''. Month of Census Year: 1880; Family Number: 13; Line number: 27; Roll: M10.〕 Mary E. Fitkin Raynor (born October 1865; died 1952); 〔〔In 1910 Mary was married to John H. Raynor, a bookeeper in a bank, since about 1891. Her father lived with her at 308 South Fifth Street, Brooklyn, in a house she shared with her younger sister, Nellie, Nellie's husband, their 6 children, and her mother. See Ancestry.com. ''1910 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_962; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0274; Image: 401; FHL Number: 1374975.〕 Nellie Fitkin Christy (born September 20, 1866; died 1936);〔In 1910 she lived with her husband, Thomas W. Christy, a plumber, whom she married about 1893; and her mother, and her 6 children. They shared a house with her older sister, Louisa and her husbane, John H. Raynor, and her father. See Ancestry.com. ''1910 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 13, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_962; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0274; Image: 401; FHL Number: 1374975.〕〔Ancestry.com. ''1920 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 4, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1149; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 198.〕 Walter Raleigh Fitkin (born October 1868; died June 1935);〔〔"WALTER R. FITKIN.; Brother of Late A. E. Fitkin, Philanthropist and Financier", ''The New York Times'' (June 28, 1935).〕〔In 1930, Walter was married to Bessie S. Dexter since about 1910, and was employed as a clerk at A.E. Fitkin & Co. Ancestry.com. ''1930 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 1539; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 466; Image: 1080.0.〕 Thomas George Fitkin (born and died in 1869); William Fitkin (born and died 1870); Robert Laurence Fitkin (born May 26, 1873; died February 20, 1938);〔〔"Deaths; In Memoriam", ''The New York Times'' (February 21, 1938).〕〔In 1930 Robert, a men's clothing salesman, and his wife, Jennie Colyer Fitkin (born 1878), whom he married about 1903, and their 2 sons, Robert L. Fitkin, Jr., and Clinton F. Fitkin, were living in Lynbrook, New York. See Ancestry.com. ''1930 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Lynbrook, Nassau, New York; Roll: 1458; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 756.0.〕 Maude Fitkin (born and died in 1875); Sarah "Sadie" Fitkin (1876–1882); Francis "Nance" Fitkin (born March 1880; died in 1880); and Fuller Fitkin (born and died in 1881).〔 In June 1880 the Fitkin family lived on Second Street, Brooklyn.〔 Fitkin was a member of the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church at 95 Richmond Street, Brooklyn.〔Shirley V. Anson and Laura M. Jenkins, ''Quaker History and Genealogy of the Marlborough Monthly Meeting, Ulster County, N.Y., 1804-1900+'' (Gateway Press, 1980):119.〕 On October 15, 1895 Fitkin met Susan W. "Susie" Norris (born March 31, 1870 in Ely, Quebec, Canada; died October 18, 1951 in Oakland, California),〔Ancestry.com. ''1900 United States Federal Census''. Census Place: Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: T623_138; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 199.〕〔"Veteran Missions Head, Rev. Susan Fitkin, Dies", ''The Sun'' (Baltimore, MD) (October 20, 1951):9.〕 an ordained Canadian Quaker pastor, at a camp meeting in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Clintondale, New York, where she was entirely sanctified.〔Susan Norris Fitkin, Grace ''Much More Abounding: A Story of the Triumphs of Redeeming Grace During Two Score Years in the Master's Service'' (Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House, n.d. Holiness Data Ministry, 1997):12-14,〕〔Basil Miller, ''Susan N. Fitkin: For God and Missions''. Digital ed. (Holiness Data Ministry, 2006):26-29, http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/books/2601-2700/HDM2627.pdf〕 In mid-June 1896 the Clintondale Pentecostal Church was organized after another revival campaign, with Hiram F. Reynolds, a Methodist minister, deciding to join at that time.〔Stan Ingersol, "Across a Century: The Heritage of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America", http://www.nazarene.org/ministries/administration/centennial/goals/across/display.aspx〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abram Fitkin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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