Daniel J. Fitzgerald
Daniel J. Fitzgerald was the Hampden County, Massachusetts Registrar of Probate and a State Deputy of Massachusetts for the Knights of Columbus.
Fitzgerald was born June 9, 1898 in Springfield, Massachusetts to Thomas J. and Nellie V. Fitzgerald. He had a brother, Gerald, and a sister, Mae. He served in the Army during World War I and the Navy in World War II. He married Marguerite A. O'Donnell, but she died on December 12, 1936 after 15 months of marriage.
He was elected the Hampden County Registrar of Probate and retired on July 1, 1968, after 35 years in office. Prior to that we worked in the Registry.[ He was also a Knight of Malta. Fitzgerald was elected on in 1952 as the Massachusetts State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus. He was the first man from Western Massachusetts to hold the post.]
Fitzgerald lived at 179 Thompson St. in Springfield. He died March 12, 1990 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Chicopee.
