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Maurice Fitzgerald
This entry is about Maurice Fitzgerald (1874 – 1930). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Maurice Fitzgerald (Born 1833; death not recorded), Maurice Fitzgerald (18 September 1937 – 24 May 2012), Maurice Fitzgerald (Dates not recorded).
1874 – 1930
Probable son of John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher baptized as Morice Fitzgerald at Ballylanders on 19 December 1870. A family-tree profile gives an unsupported 1874 birth and 1930 Jersey City death; those claims are retained pending reconciliation with the baptism.
Family story - not yet proved
Maurice Fitzgerald was reportedly born in 1874 and died in 1930, but these claims is recorded here but not yet supported by a document.
Died at Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Recorded as: Morice Fitzgerald, Jersey City, NJ, United States
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
Death: From our family tree - no record found yet
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:
Maurice Fitzgerald is your great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
Our family tree identifies Maurice Fitzgerald as a son of John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher and gives the years 1874–1930. No places or independent records accompany those claims, and nothing else is currently known about him.
How we know this: Recorded here, but not yet supported by a document. [1]
Family
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Places listed on this page
- Ireland
- Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
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Timeline
Baptized at Ballylanders
The baptism index records Morice Fitzgerald at Ballylanders, child of John Fitzgerald and Margret Fraher. This is almost certainly the same son represented by the unsupported family-tree profile dated 1874. [1]
Proved by a record
Born
1874
From our family tree - no record found yet
Died
1930
From our family tree - no record found yet
Original records
Tap to open a larger copyCivil marriage register, John Fitzgerald and Bridget Fitzgerald, 12 Feb 1889, Ventry
Civil registration means an official government record of a birth, marriage, or death. It matters on this page because it records information connected with Maurice Fitzgerald.
Tap to open a larger copyCivil marriage register, John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher, 25 Feb 1870, Kildorrery
Civil registration means an official government record of a birth, marriage, or death. It matters on this page because it records information connected with Maurice Fitzgerald.
What the records say
1 record transcribed.
Record exhibit
Ireland Births and Baptisms: Morice Fitzgerald, Ballylanders, 1870
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Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Morice Fitzgerald, baptized 19 December 1870 at Ballylanders; parents John Fitzgerald and Margret Fraher.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
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
- Records confirming his birth and parentage
- His life and the place and date of his death
- Resolve the unsupported 1874 birth year against the indexed Ballylanders baptism of Morice Fitzgerald on 19 December 1870; obtain the parish image and later records that connect him to the reported 1930 Jersey City death.