Family page: photographs and genealogy of Christopher FitzSimons Jr. 'Kit' and Frances Motte Huger, with descendants

The page combines six mounted photographs of three generations of FitzSimonses with a dense, central column of cursive-ink genealogy in the compiler’s hand. Above the genealogy is a small newspaper-clipping fragment about Hazel Duke FitzSimons of Columbia.

Top — heading of the genealogical chart (cursive ink)

Christopher Fitz Simons 4th — Born Jan 26th 1856 / Died Oct 8th 1925 — M. Feb 12th 1890 — Frances Motte Huger. B. Jan 10th 1863. D. Nov 11th 1937

[The “4th” notation above “Christopher Fitz Simons” identifies this as the fourth-generation Christopher, viz. Christopher FitzSimons Jr. “Kit”, son of Dr. Christopher FitzSimons (3rd). Family tradition counted: (1) the emigrant Christopher b. 1762, (2) his son Christopher b. ~1789, (3) Dr. Christopher b. 1826, (4) Christopher “Kit” b. 1856.]

Left column — descendants of daughter Susan Milliken FitzSimons

(1) Susan Milliken F.S. B[orn] Dec. 7 1890 — M[arried] May 1922 — Dr. James Richard Allison. D. April 27 1965 1) Frances Huger 2) [James?] Richard 3) Christopher F.S.

1) Frances Huger Allison — M[arried] — Sydenham B. Alexander 1) Susan FitzSimons 2) Syd. B. Jr. 3) Frank Spruill 4) Frances Huger

Right column — descendants of son Christopher FitzSimons (5th)

Christopher F.S. 5th Born May 15th 1892 — M[arried] — Nathalie Heyward 1) Christopher Fitz Simons 6th [2)] (illegible — possibly torn or missing entry) 3) Nathalie Heyward F.S. B. 1943 — M[arried] — Donald Nelson Mercer 1 Robert Mercer (Adopted)

Christopher F.S. 6th — M[arried] — Elise Hodges 1st m. 2nd Hazel Duke 1) Nathalie Heyward B. 1948 [2)] Christopher (7th) B. 1951 (2nd) Caroline Elizabeth (B) 1952 4) Robert Cleland 1958

[The “1st” / “2nd” annotation marks two successive marriages of Christopher F.S. (6th); the third and fourth children listed (Caroline Elizabeth, Robert Cleland) are children of the second marriage to Hazel Duke. The “4)” beside “Robert Cleland 1958” is the compiler’s later inserted numeration; original sequence is slightly muddled.]

Centre column — small mounted clipping fragment (newsprint glued to page)

Although not taking the top honor at Kingstree High School, Hazel, now Mrs. Christopher Fitzsimons of Columbia was an honor graduate and went on to the University of South Carolina to become the second member of the family named to Who’s Who. She was also elected to Alpha Kappa Gamma, national leadership society.

[The clipping is undated; it post-dates Christopher F.S. (6th)'s second marriage to Hazel Duke. “Mrs. Christopher Fitzsimons of Columbia” in the late-mid-twentieth century is Hazel Duke FitzSimons, second wife of the Gen-6 Christopher.]

Lower-right caption block (cursive ink, beneath the family group photograph)

James Richard Allison Jr. — M — Elizabeth McElveen

1. J. Richard Allison 3rd
2. Ann FitzSimons Allison
3. Robert McElveen [Allison] 6½) Elizabeth Huger [Allison]

[The “6½)” is the compiler’s later, slightly cramped insertion. James Richard Allison Jr. is the son of Susan Milliken FitzSimons and Dr. James Richard Allison named in the left column above; his marriage to Elizabeth McElveen extends the chart one more generation.]

Photograph captions (clockwise from top-left, in cursive ink)

Top-left cabinet card (moustachioed man in dark coat):

Christopher Fitz Simons

Top-right cabinet card (woman with baby), photographer’s mark Hennies, Main St., Columbia, S.C.:

Frances Huger Fitz Simons

Middle-left small portrait (young woman, white blouse, dark belt):

Susan Milliken Fitz Simons

Middle-centre oval portrait (young woman, dark dress, white collar), photographer’s mark HOWIE, Columbia S.C.:

Susan Milliken Fitz Simons

Middle-right cabinet card (couple seated with two small children), photographer’s mark Hennies, Columbia, S.C.:

C. Fitz Simons — wife and children

Bottom-centre small snapshot (boy in white shirt):

Christopher Fitz Simons [followed by struck-through date in cursive — likely a birth date for the Gen-7 Christopher]