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Ellen Fitzgerald
This entry is about Ellen Fitzgerald (Born 2 May 1873; death not recorded). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Ellen Fitzgerald (Born 18 July 1870; death not recorded).
Born 2 May 1873; death not recorded
Child of John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher, recorded at birth in Cullane on 2 May 1873.
Proved by a record
Ellen Fitzgerald was born at Cullane on 2 May 1873, a child of farmer John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher.
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How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s great-grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's great-grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s grandparent's sibling
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
Ellen Fitzgerald is your great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
Ellen Fitzgerald was born at Cullane on 2 May 1873. Her civil birth entry names her parents as John Fitzgerald of Cullane and Margaret Fitzgerald, formerly Fraher, and records her father's occupation as farmer.
The original record gives "Second May 1873." This archive does not establish which locality named Cullane was meant, and it contains no later record of Ellen's life or death.
How we know this: Her birth and parentage are documented by an original civil record; nothing later is known. [1]
Family
Parents
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Places listed on this page
- Cullane (county unresolved), Ireland
- Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland
- Galbally, County Cork, Ireland
- County Limerick, Ireland
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Timeline
Born
Irish civil birth register, Galbally district, Mitchelstown union, County Limerick, entry 35: “Second May 1873,” “Cullane South,” “Ellen,” female; father “John Fitzgerald,” “Cullane South,” “Farmer”; mother “Maggie Fitzgerald formerly Fraher.”
Proved by a record
Birth registered
Registered on 14 May 1873 by her father, John Fitzgerald of Cullane South, who signed his own name — one of four informants on that page who could, against six who made a cross.
Proved by a record
Original records
Tap to open a larger copyCivil birth register, Ellen Fitzgerald, 2 May 1873, Cullane
Civil registration means an official government record of a birth, marriage, or death. It matters on this page because it records information connected with Ellen Fitzgerald.
What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
entry 35 image
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Proved by a record
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Seventeenth April 1872, | Cullane, | John Fitzgerald Cullane, | Margaret Fitzgerald formerly Fraher, | Farmer | Second May 1873, | Twenty eighth March 1875, | Eleventh January 1877, | Second December 1878,
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
Reading Irish Civil Registration
The year 1864 is the dividing line in this family’s Irish paper trail. Civil registration began in 1845 for non-Catholic and civil marriages, but from 1 January 1864 the law required registration of all births,…
Farmers and Labourers in North Cork
Two words in the Cork records—“farmer” and “labourer”—describe different positions in the same rural economy. When John Fitzgerald married Margaret Fraher at Kildorrery in 1870, the register called John, his fa…
What we still don't know
- Which Cullane locality the record identifies
- Her later life and death