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Patrick Fitzgerald

This entry is about Patrick Fitzgerald (Born 10 November 1895; death not recorded). For other family members with the same first and family name, see Patrick (Pat) Fitzgerald (26 February 1930 – 7 December 1995), Patrick Fitzgerald (Born 16 March 1867; death not recorded), Patrick Fitzgerald (Dates not recorded).

Born 10 November 1895; death not recorded

Born at Cahirtrant in the parish of Ventry, County Kerry, on 10 November 1895, the son of John Fitzgerald, a farmer of Cahirtrant, and Bridget Fitzgerald, whose maiden name was also Fitzgerald. His father registered the birth five days later and could not write, making a cross where his signature belonged.

Proved by a record

Patrick Fitzgerald was born at Cahirtrant on 10 November 1895 to farmer John Fitzgerald and Bridget Fitzgerald.

Born at Caheratrant, Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland

How is this person related?

Andrew John Leahey’s no relationship found in this archive

Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.

Life

Patrick Fitzgerald was born at Cahirtrant on 10 November 1895. His civil birth record names his parents as John Fitzgerald, a farmer of Cahirtrant, and "Bridget Fitzgerald formerly Fitzgerald."

This archive contains no later record of Patrick's life or death. Although his birth appears in an original record quoted elsewhere in this archive, his own entry otherwise depends on our family tree.

How we know this: His birth and parentage are supported by an original civil record quoted in this archive; nothing later is known.

Family

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Where they lived

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  • Caheratrant, Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland
  • Ventry, County Kerry, Ireland
  • County Kerry, Ireland
  • Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland
  • County Kerry, Ireland

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Born

Irish civil birth register, Ventry district, Dingle union, County Kerry, entry 21: “Tenth November 1895,” “Cahirtrant,” “Patrick,” male; father “John Fitzgerald,” “Cahirtrant,” “Farmer”; mother “Bridget Fitzgerald formerly Fitzgerald.”

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Birth registered

Registered on 15 November 1895 before the registrar Robert Hudson by his father, John Fitzgerald of Cahirtrant, who could not write and made a cross. As written: “John ✗ Fitzgerald, his mark, Father, Cahirtrant.”

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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

  • His later residences and occupation
  • His marriage and death details

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