Person in this family
Richard Fitzgerald
Born 17 April 1872; death not recorded
Child of John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher, recorded at birth in Cullane on 17 April 1872.
Proved by a record
Richard Fitzgerald was born at Cullane on 17 April 1872, a child of farmer John Fitzgerald and Margaret Fraher.
Born at Cullane, Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland
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:
Richard Fitzgerald is your great-grandparent’s sibling.
Life
Richard Fitzgerald was born at Cullane on 17 April 1872. His civil birth entry names his parents as John Fitzgerald of Cullane and Margaret Fitzgerald, formerly Fraher, and records his father's occupation as farmer.
The entry gives "Seventeenth April 1872" and "Cullane." This archive does not establish which locality named Cullane was meant, and it contains no later record of Richard's life or death.
How we know this: His birth and parentage are documented by an original civil record; nothing later is known. [1][2]
Family
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Places listed on this page
- Cullane (county unresolved), Ireland
- Ireland
- Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland
- County Limerick, Ireland
- County Limerick, Ireland
- Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland
- Galbally, County Cork, Ireland
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Timeline
Born at Cullane
Born at Cullane, Ballylanders, and registered on 26 June 1872 in the Galbally registrar's district. His father John Fitzgerald, farmer of Cullane, registered the birth and signed his own name. [2]
Proved by a record
Original records
Tap to open a larger copyCivil birth register, Richard Fitzgerald, 17 Apr 1872, 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 Richard Fitzgerald.
What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
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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,
Record exhibit
Irish civil birth register, Richard Fitzgerald, 17 April 1872, Cullane, Ballylanders, Galbally district
Civil registration means an official government record of a birth, marriage, or death.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
399 | Seventeenth April 1872, Cullane, Ballylanders | Richard | Male | John Fitzgerald, Cullane | Margaret Fitzgerald formerly Fraher | Farmer | John Fitzgerald, Father, Cullane | registered Twenty Sixth June 1872. Superintendent Registrar's District Mitchelstown, Registrar's District GALBALLY, Union of Mitchelstown, County of LIMERICK.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
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What we still don't know
- Which Cullane locality the record identifies
- His later life and death