Person in this family
Mary Fitzgerald
This entry is about Mary Fitzgerald (18 February 1912 – 2 July 2011). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Mary F. Fitzgerald (1873 – 19 January 1956), Mary Fitzgerald (Born 7 December 1902; death not recorded).
18 February 1912 – 2 July 2011
Mary Fitzgerald was born in Jersey City about 1912, the daughter of David Fitzgerald and Catherine Condon, and appears aged seven in the family's household there on the 1920 census. She married Edward Moylan and they raised seven children in Jersey City. In April 1950 the census finds her aged 38 with Edward and their daughter Catherine — and her sister Margaret, who had married John Finn, in the next enumeration district. She died on 2 July 2011 at Denville, New Jersey, aged ninety-nine.
Proved by a record
Mary Fitzgerald was reportedly born about 1912 and died on 2 July 2011, but her life details is recorded here but not yet supported by a document.
Born at Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Died at Denville, Morris County, New Jersey
Recorded as: Mary A Moylan, Mary Moylan, Denville, NJ, United States
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s grandparent's sibling
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's grandparent's sibling (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s great-grandparent's sibling
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s parent's sibling
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's parent'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:
Mary Fitzgerald is your grandparent’s sibling.
Life
Our family tree identifies Mary Fitzgerald as a daughter of David Fitzgerald and Catherine Condon and says that she was born about 1912. It names Edward Moylan as her husband and lists seven children.
The same tree says that Mary died on 2 July 2011. No places or independent birth, marriage, or death records are included in this archive.
How we know this: Mary’s details are recorded here, but not yet supported by a document. [1][2][3]
Family
Parents
Siblings · birth order
Spouse
Children
See this family in the family treeWork and occupation
- homemaker
Where they lived
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Places listed on this page
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- New Jersey
- Ireland
- New York City, New York
- New York
- United States
- Denville, Morris County, New Jersey
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Timeline
Born
about 1912
From our family tree - no record found yet
In the 1920 census
United States census, 1920, Jersey City Ward 10, enumeration district 223, sheet 13B, household 296. David Fitzgerald, 42, head, born Ireland, arrived 1897; Catherine, 42, wife, born Ireland; and three children born in New Jersey — Margaret 9, Mary 7 and John 6. Her age of seven in January 1920 supports a birth about 1912.
Proved by a record
Jersey City, ED 29-214
Page 16, line 28. Edward 41, Mary 38, and Catherine 10. His wife's sister Margaret had married John Finn and was enumerated four days earlier in ED 29-218 — the neighbouring district. The two Fitzgerald sisters were raising their families a few streets apart.
Proved by a record
Died
2 Jul 2011
From our family tree - no record found yet
Died — confirmed, and it supplied her exact birth date
Filed under Moylan, her married name, which is why she was never found. The row confirms the death date this archive carried unsourced, gives state file 20110036184, and adds two things it did not have: an exact birth date of 18 February 1912 and a birthplace of Jersey City. Finding 153. [2]
Proved by a record
What the records say
3 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Edward Moylan household, 1950 United States census, Jersey City
A census is a government list of the people who were living in a home.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Jersey City, Hudson County, ED 29-214, page 16, line 28, enumerated 14 April 1950. Edward Moylan, head, 41, born New York. Mary Moylan, wife, 38, born New Jersey. Catherine Moylan, daughter, 10, born New Jersey. Only one child is indexed on this line; the others are not named here.
Record exhibit
New Jersey Death Index 2001-2017 — German Genealogy Group / Italian Genealogical Group
An index is a list that points to where the full record can be found.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Santangelo | Maureen A | 20050028812 | 1950 Oct 13 | 2005 May 25. Moylan | Mary A | 20110036184 | 1912 Feb 18 | Jersey City, New Jersey | 2011 Jul 2.
Record exhibit
NYC marriage index, 1866-1937 — controlled sweep of twelve archive couples, 21 August 2026
An index is a list that points to where the full record can be found.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Twelve couples tested by intersecting both spouses' rows on county, certificate number and year: no matches. Controls: surname Mayer alone returns 1,025 rows for 1922-1937, and the GGG (all-records) and City (digitised-only) indexes return identical counts for every name tested.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
Bayonne and the Industrial Waterfront, 1870–1920
The Bayonne in these family records was a new city built around water, rails and heavy industry. Bayonne Township was formed only in 1861, uniting older settlements on Bergen Neck; it became a city in 1869. The…
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,…
The Irish Road to Ipswich, Queensland
Most branches on this site point toward New York or New Jersey. The Hickey–McGreevy–McGuire cluster points in the opposite direction, to Ipswich, Queensland. The Australian evidence is uneven: cemetery records …
What we still don't know
- Her exact birth date and place
- Her marriage details
- Independent evidence for the listed children
- The place and record of her reported 2011 death
- [NEGATIVE, CONTROLLED — NOT MARRIED IN NEW YORK CITY] Tested on 21 August 2026 against the New York City marriage index by intersecting both spouses' rows on county, certificate number and year. No certificate joins them. Two controls make the zero usable: the surname alone returns hundreds of rows, so the query works; and the GGG transcription of every record and the City's index of digitised records return identical counts, so this is a real absence and not a scanning gap. Within the index's coverage — five boroughs, 1866-1937 — they married somewhere else. Finding 158.
References
- [1] Edward Moylan household, 1950 United States census, Jersey CityBack to citation 1
- [2] New Jersey Death Index 2001-2017 — German Genealogy Group / Italian Genealogical GroupBack to citation 2a Back to citation 2b
- [3] NYC marriage index, 1866-1937 — controlled sweep of twelve archive couples, 21 August 2026Back to citation 3