Edward Fitzireland Grace b. 24 Feb 1866 m. 5 Nov 1890 d. 25 Oct 1938 |  |
Edward Grace's father, Gilbert, died when Edward was only nine years old. At the time, his older brothers were much older, and his younger siblings were very young, leaving Edward oddly in the middle. Rumor has it he ran away and joined the circus.
Edward was a printer, journalist, and staunch union man. He was initiated into the International Typographers Union (ITU) in 1885 and was a member until his death. While in Memphis, he wrote for and published the Union Journal. Later in Norfolk, VA he published the Union News. He wrote that "the common people have been ignored."
He was an easy going fellow, a story teller, and a ladies' man. For 3 years (between 1917 and 1919), Edward disappears from public record. Family lore says that Edward ran away to New Orleans with another woman. By the time he reappears in documentation in Virginia in 1920, he is living the life of a bachelor - moving from house to house each year and proclaiming himself to be a widow in the 1920 census.
In 1933, Edward moved to Colorado Springs, CO where he was admitted to the Union Printers' Home, which was built in 1892 by the ITU to care for its members. The filthy working conditions and long hours (often 11 hours per day) of most 19th century printers left a population of printers suffering from a variety of eye conditions and lung afflictions such as tuberculosis. Edward died five years later in 1938 at the age of 72 from senility and heart disease. He is listed as a widow on his death certificate and his obituary claims he left no survivors.
Edward was a printer, journalist, and staunch union man. He was initiated into the International Typographers Union (ITU) in 1885 and was a member until his death. While in Memphis, he wrote for and published the Union Journal. Later in Norfolk, VA he published the Union News. He wrote that "the common people have been ignored."
He was an easy going fellow, a story teller, and a ladies' man. For 3 years (between 1917 and 1919), Edward disappears from public record. Family lore says that Edward ran away to New Orleans with another woman. By the time he reappears in documentation in Virginia in 1920, he is living the life of a bachelor - moving from house to house each year and proclaiming himself to be a widow in the 1920 census.
In 1933, Edward moved to Colorado Springs, CO where he was admitted to the Union Printers' Home, which was built in 1892 by the ITU to care for its members. The filthy working conditions and long hours (often 11 hours per day) of most 19th century printers left a population of printers suffering from a variety of eye conditions and lung afflictions such as tuberculosis. Edward died five years later in 1938 at the age of 72 from senility and heart disease. He is listed as a widow on his death certificate and his obituary claims he left no survivors.
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