Fourth of seven children of Gustav and Augusta Fritz Witt, he was fostered to the Fred Billings family in Sibley, IL when his mother died in 1899. As a teen he hitched a ride with a minister moving to North Dakota where he worked as a drover and went to Moorhead, MN. There he got a job as a cook in a hotel.
He met Mae Novatney who was a maid at the same hotel. They married June 17, 1914 and moved to Fargo, ND where Fred drove a fuel truck. Fred smoked heavily which put a burden on his heart.
They moved to Seattle, WA for the milder climate, but Fred couldn't tolerate the damp, so he trained himself to be a barber, they moved to Woodland, CA and lived there until he died of heart failure.
Mae and Fred had no children.
He met Mae Novatney who was a maid at the same hotel. They married June 17, 1914 and moved to Fargo, ND where Fred drove a fuel truck. Fred smoked heavily which put a burden on his heart.
They moved to Seattle, WA for the milder climate, but Fred couldn't tolerate the damp, so he trained himself to be a barber, they moved to Woodland, CA and lived there until he died of heart failure.
Mae and Fred had no children.
Fourth of seven children of Gustav and Augusta Fritz Witt, he was fostered to the Fred Billings family in Sibley, IL when his mother died in 1899. As a teen he hitched a ride with a minister moving to North Dakota where he worked as a drover and went to Moorhead, MN. There he got a job as a cook in a hotel.
He met Mae Novatney who was a maid at the same hotel. They married June 17, 1914 and moved to Fargo, ND where Fred drove a fuel truck. Fred smoked heavily which put a burden on his heart.
They moved to Seattle, WA for the milder climate, but Fred couldn't tolerate the damp, so he trained himself to be a barber, they moved to Woodland, CA and lived there until he died of heart failure.
Mae and Fred had no children.
He met Mae Novatney who was a maid at the same hotel. They married June 17, 1914 and moved to Fargo, ND where Fred drove a fuel truck. Fred smoked heavily which put a burden on his heart.
They moved to Seattle, WA for the milder climate, but Fred couldn't tolerate the damp, so he trained himself to be a barber, they moved to Woodland, CA and lived there until he died of heart failure.
Mae and Fred had no children.
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