Family photo-collage: Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons Jr. line — children, weddings, clippings

A composite album page laying out a small genealogical record of the Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons Jr. branch in photographs and clippings.

Top of page — handwritten genealogical key (pencil, with red and blue ink corrections):

Samuel Gaillard Fitz Simons 2nd. B. Sept 24th 1904 — M — in Petersburg, Va. Jan 24th 1931 Mary Hadlock — B-Aug 11th 1911 D-Aug 24th 1958

1. Samuel Gaillard Fitz Simons 3rd. B. 1933
2. Mary Ann Fitz Simons. B. 1935 M Clarence Edwin McLane. April 27th 1957
3. Grace B. Dec. 24th 1938 Dunkin McLane. B. Dec. 1st 1959

[The “2nd” on the key block is Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons Jr. — the compiler Amy’s brother (Bub/Buck/Sambo). The “3rd” is his son SGFS III, who married Jeanne Louise Newhall in 1957 (see invitation below) and whose own son SGFS IV was born Dec. 24, 1961 — see page 367.]

Photographs (clockwise from upper left):

A studio portrait of a young woman with dark hair and a soft smile, three-quarter view. Pencil caption beneath:

Mary H. F. S.

[Mary Hadlock FitzSimons, wife of Samuel Gaillard Jr.]

A small colour snapshot of a smiling toddler in a striped shirt seated on a step:

Dunkin McLane

[Son of Mary Ann FitzSimons and Clarence Edwin McLane, b. Dec. 1, 1959.]

A sepia-toned snapshot of a baby in a christening gown:

Sam “B”

[Baby photo of Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons Jr. (“Sambo / Bub / Buck”), b. 1904.]

A small black-and-white head-and-shoulders studio photograph of a young man in jacket and tie:

Sam F. S. Jr. 1956

[Samuel Gaillard FitzSimons III, son of SGFS Jr. and Mary Hadlock; b. 1933.]

A larger studio portrait of a young woman in a Peter-Pan-collared blouse, smiling:

Mary Ann F. S.

[Mary Ann FitzSimons, who married Clarence E. McLane April 27, 1957.]

A larger black-and-white school-portrait of a girl with pearl necklace:

Grace F. S. 1957

[Grace FitzSimons, b. Dec. 24, 1938 — see also the Andrew Jackson Senior Class clipping below where she is named class treasurer.]

Newspaper clipping (left centre):

Miss FitzSimons Weds Navy Man

The marriage of Miss Mary Ann FitzSimons and Clarence E. McLane, USN, was solemnized April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Charles L. Keyser officiating.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G. FitzSimons of this city, and the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. C. C. Harston of Orlando.

Mrs. McLane is a graduate of Andrew Jackson High School. The bridegroom is presently stationed at Cecil Field Naval Air Station.

Engraved wedding invitation (centre-right):

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Newhall have the honor of announcing the marriage of their daughter Jeanne Louise to Mr. Samuel Gaillard Fitz Simons, III on Saturday the twentieth of April Nineteen hundred and fifty-seven Holy Cross Episcopal Church Jacksonville, Florida

Newspaper clipping (lower right) — pencilled annotation above:

Grace F. S. 1957

THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, JACKSONVILLE, FRIDAY, MAY [day trimmed], 1957

A wide news photograph of six young men and women posed in two rows in front of the school building. Caption beneath:

ANDREW JACKSON SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

Officers of the June graduating class at Andrew Jackson High School are pictured here. They are (left to right) George MacIntyre, president; Jimmy Lowry, sergeant-at-arms; Grace FitzSimons, treasurer; Kary Inlow, secretary; Robert Moxley, chaplain; and Jim Kirkland, vice president.