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Richard David Fitzgerald 1840–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1840; or 1 Jun 1844

Birth Location: Boherbue, Cork, Ireland

Death Date: 18 May 1918

Death Location: Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia

Father: Garrett Fitzgerald

Mother: Honora Brien

Spouse(s): Ellen Harty

Children(s): Garret Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald, Ellen Fitzgerald, Kathleen* Fitzgerald, Richard Fitzgerald, Hannah Fitzgerald, Annie Fitzgerald, Morris Fitzgerald, Richard Jnr, Anne Fitzgerald, Catherine Fitzgerald, Frank Fitzgerald, Mary Fitzgerald

In 1840, Richard David Fitzgerald entered the world in Boherbue, Cork, Ireland, born to Garrett Fitzgerald And Honora Norry O Brien. Richard David Fitzgerald married Ellen Harty, and had children including Anne Conway Nee Fitzgerald, Annie Fitzgerald, Catherine Kathleen Frances Shinnick Nee Fitzgerald, Ellen Fitzgerald, Frank Frankie Fitzgerald, Garret Thomas Fitzgerald, Hannah Fitzgerald, Kathleen Smith Nee Fitzgerald, Mary Lucinda May Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald, Morris Fitzgerald, Richard D Fitzgerald, Richard David Fitzgerald Jnr. Richard David Fitzgerald passed away in 1918 in Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia.

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Biography

  • In 1840, Richard David Fitzgerald entered the world in Boherbue, Cork, Ireland, born to Garrett Fitzgerald And Honora Norry O Brien.
  • Richard David Fitzgerald married Ellen Harty, and had children including Anne Conway Nee Fitzgerald, Annie Fitzgerald, Catherine Kathleen Frances Shinnick Nee Fitzgerald, Ellen Fitzgerald, Frank Frankie Fitzgerald, Garret Thomas Fitzgerald, Hannah Fitzgerald, Kathleen Smith Nee Fitzgerald, Mary Lucinda May Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald, Morris Fitzgerald, Richard D Fitzgerald, Richard David Fitzgerald Jnr.
  • Richard David Fitzgerald passed away in 1918 in Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Garrett Fitzgerald
1807–1875
Birth Location: , Limerick, , Ireland,
GF
Honora Brien
1809–1887
Birth Location: Behena Kilbeheny, Limerick, Ireland
HB

Spouses(s)

Ellen Harty
1842–1906
Birth Location: Knocklong, East of Manister, Limerick,Co. Ireland
EH

Children(s)

Garret Fitzgerald
1865–1943
Birth Location: Port Gawler, South Australia, Australia
GF
Michael Fitzgerald
1872–1950
Birth Location: prob. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
MF
Ellen Fitzgerald
1873–1959
Birth Location: Alma, South Australia, Australia ; vol.129., pg.11
EF
Kathleen* Fitzgerald
1880–1976
Birth Location: Alma, South Australia, Australia
KF
Richard Fitzgerald
1875–1931
Birth Location: Gilbert, nxt Alma, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
RF
Hannah Fitzgerald
1869–1955
Birth Location: Gawler, South Australia, Australia
HF
Annie Fitzgerald
1872–1895
Birth Location: Adelaide South Australia
AF
Morris Fitzgerald
1883–1884
Birth Location: Alma, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
MF
Richard Jnr
1894–1931
Birth Location: Constitution Hill, Sorrento, Victoria Australia
RJ
Anne Fitzgerald
1862–1937
Birth Location: –
AF
Catherine Fitzgerald
1866–1919
Birth Location: prob. Port Gawler, Virginia, South Australia, Australia
CF
Frank Fitzgerald
1872–
Birth Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
FF
Mary Fitzgerald
1857–1934
Birth Location: at sea, off, the, Isle of Man, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
MF

Richard Fitzgerald's Ancestors

Self
Richard Fitzgerald
1840–1918
Birth Place: Boherbue, Cork, Ireland
Parents
Garrett Fitzgerald
1807–1875
, Limerick, , Ireland,
Honora ((Norry) O') Brien
1809–1887
Behena Kilbeheny, Limerick, Ireland
Grandparents
Thomas Fitzgerald
1790–1861
Waterford, Ireland
Honora Moloney
1790–1826
Clonmel, Waterford, Ireland
Patrick (O') Brien
1770–
Marie (O'Brien, nee) Walsh
1775–
prob Tipperary, , Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Fitzgerald
1762–1835
Mary Lawler
1766–1879
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Fitzgerald's Descendants

1.
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Richard (David) Fitzgerald (1840; or 1 Jun 1844–18 May 1918) m. Ellen Harty (1842–29 Dec 1906)
  1. 1. Garret (Thomas) Fitzgerald 1865–1943 m. Georgina (Fitzgerald, nee) Lancaster 1878–1960
    1. 1. Johanna (Sylvia (Sylvie) Hendley, nee) Fitzgerald 1910–1995 m. Claude Hendley 1903–1977
      1. 1. Faye (Sylvia Harris, nee) Hendley 1939–2001 m. Raymond (Leslie) Harris 1938–1980
      2. 2. Clive Hendley 1934–1989
      3. 3. Joan (May Campbell, nee Hendley) (Artist) 1929–2015 m. Allan (McDonald) Campbell 1916–2002
      4. 4. Beryl (Rae Davis, nee) Hendley 1934–2022 m. George ((Stringer) Garnet) Davis 1931–2021
      5. 5. Ivy (Maude Watson, Lofts, nee) Hendley 1930–2012 m. Brian (Arthur Lofts) (driver) 1928–1974 m. Colin (Maxwell) Watson 1935–1997
        1. 1. Peter (Raymond) Lofts 1951–2013
      6. 6. Neil (Claude) Hendley 1937– m. Junetta ((Jeanette) Maartje Hendley, nee) Oosterbarn 1948–2021
    2. 2. Ellen ((Nell) Ivy Carter, nee) Fitzgerald 1904–1981 m. Horace (Desmond Carter) (Salesman) 1896–
    3. 3. Elsie (May O'Brien, nee) Fitzgerald 1914–2006 m. Robert (Edward) O'Brien 1912–1989
      1. 1. Lynette O'Brien 1944–2013
    4. 4. Francis (Roy (Roy)) Fitzgerald 1908–1992 m. Violet (Elizabeth Laura Fitzgerald, nee) Tondut 1910–1975
      1. 1. Dawn (Francis (Frances Dawn)) Fitzgerald 1932–1972
      2. 2. James (Ferdinand) Fitzgerald 1937–1941
      3. 3. June (Violet Grey, Lynch, nee) Fitzgerald 1946– m. Arthur (Matthew) Grey 1930–2014 m. Michael ("Thomas" Francis) Lynch 1908–1998
      4. 4. Peter (James) Fitzgerald 1944–2007
      5. 5. Garrett (Geoffrey) Fitzgerald 1934–2021
    5. 5. Mary (Kathleen May) Fitzgerald 1901–1957 m. Albert (Francis) Kerr 1892–1940 m. John ((Jack)Alexander) Bedwell 1912–1961 m. Samuel (John Franklin) Goddard 1906–1976
      1. 1. Kevin (Ronald) Kerr 1923–1964
      2. 2. John (Albert) Kerr 1920–1996 m. Phyllis (Muriel Kerr, nee) Newton 1922– m. Jean (Kerr, nee) Davidson 1924–
      3. 3. Iris (Gertrude) Kerr 1924–2016 m. Stanley (Harold) Davis 1918–2004
      4. 4. Douglas (Brian) Bedwell 1935–2014
    6. 6. Laurence ((Larry) Thomas) Fitzgerald 1902–1969 m. Edith (Mary Jones, Fitzgerald, nee) Smith 1917–1982
    7. 7. Jean Fitzgerald 1921–1921
    8. 8. Alma (J) Fitzgerald 1923–1960
  2. 2. Michael Fitzgerald 1872–1950 m. Elizabeth (Hannah Fitzgerald, nee) Burns 1866–1930
    1. 1. Richard Fitzgerald 1894–1929
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Clarice) Fitzgerald 1892–1970 m. Cyril (Roy) Fitzsimmons 1900–1969 m. Bertie (Leonard (Jerry)) Dean 1897–1971
      1. 1. Cyril (Lennard) Fitzsimmons 1923–1987 m. Elsie (Fitzsimmons, nee) Coles 1917–1995
      2. 2. Clarice (Doreen Hammond, nee) Fitzsimmons 1921–2010 m. Alfred (B) Hammond 1919–1991 m. Alfred (B.) Hammond 1919–1991
        1. 1. Robert (Dale) Hammond 1946–1967
        2. 2. Robert (Dale) Hammond 1946–1967
      3. 3. Iris (Joan James, nee) Fitzgerald 1925–1987
      4. 4. Iris (Joan) Fitzsimmons 1925–1987
    3. 3. Ellen (Margaret) Fitzgerald 1893–1970 m. John (Stephen) Moynihan 1884–
      1. 1. Eileen Moynihan 1920–1991
    4. 4. Annie ((Eileen) Antonovich, nee) Fitzgerald 1897–1969 m. Mathew ((Matte)) Antonovich 1892–1972
      1. 1. Matthew (Gerald) Antonovich 1930–2000
    5. 5. Elizabeth(Meg) (Clarence) Fitzgerald 1892–1982 m. Frederick (John) Elliott 1903–1941 m. Frederick (John) Elliott 1903–
      1. 1. Frederick (James) Elliott 1928–2002
      2. 2. James (Ronald) Elliott 1929–1976
      3. 3. Richard (Peter) Elliott 1931–2019 m. Eva (May) Arthur 1931–2016 m. Eva (May Elliott, nee) Arthur 1931–2016
      4. 4. Pamela (Elizabeth) Elliott 1932–1989
      5. 5. Pamela (Elizabeth) Elliott 1932–1989
    6. 6. Meg Fitzgerald 1894–1950
  3. 3. Ellen Fitzgerald 1873–1959 m. Thomas (James) Barkas 1879–1944 m. Robert (Alexander) Mitchell 1873–1944
    1. 1. Sylvia (Eileen) Mitchell 1899–1959 m. Clifford (Vincent) Balzary 1899–1964
      1. 1. Peter (John Balzary) Major(MBE) 1927–2004
    2. 2. Margaret (Mary) Barkas 1911–2002 m. Albert (George) Bailes 1911–1999
  4. 4. Kathleen* (Smith, nee) Fitzgerald 1880–1976 m. Sydney (Vincent) Smith 1875–1938 m. Patrick (Francis) Loughnan 1889–1967
    1. 1. Adelaide (Florence) Smith 1897–1961 m. Donald (Rodney William) Richardson 1904–1977 m. Michael (Frederick) Kelly 1896–1956 m. Lachlan Britten 1895–
      1. 1. Joy (Louise) Richardson 1927–1995
      2. 2. Addie (Catherine Ellen) Richardson 1921–2004 m. Charles (William London) Jnr 1921–1985
        1. 1. Margaret (E) London 1949–1950
        2. 2. Charles (William) London 1949–1953
      3. 3. Sidney (Frederick Richardson\Kelly (step son of D.R.W.) Richardson 1919–1999 m. Lil Worden 1921–
    2. 2. Sydney (Vincent) Smith 1900–1900
  5. 5. Richard (D.) Fitzgerald 1875–1931
    1. 1. Francis''Frank'' Fitzgerald 1900–
  6. 6. Hannah Fitzgerald 1869–1955 m. John (Bell) Towers 1875–1942
    1. 1. Honora (Irene Gladys Sharp, nee) Towers 1910–1981 m. Alexander ((Alec) Baird) Sharp 1907–1989
    2. 2. William (Harty) Towers 1907–1981
    3. 3. John (Bell) Towers 1902–1971 m. Bridget (May Towers, nee) Morgan 1907–1985
      1. 1. Towers –1955
  7. 7. Annie Fitzgerald 1872–1895
  8. 8. Morris Fitzgerald 1883–1884
  9. 9. Richard (David Fitzgerald) Jnr 1894–1931
  10. 10. Anne (Conway, nee) Fitzgerald 1862–1937 m. John (H.) Conway 1854–1894
    1. 1. Mary (Agnes) Conway 1881–1907
    2. 2. Catherine (Gertrude) Conway 1885–1915
    3. 3. Annie Conway 1893–
    4. 4. Rose (Alice) Conway 1889–1902
    5. 5. Alice Conway 1887–1888
    6. 6. John (Harold) Conway 1894–1964 m. Edith (Constance Conway, nee) Bruce 1895–1966
      1. 1. John (Francis) Conway 1920–2002
  11. 11. Catherine ((Kathleen) Frances Shinnick, nee) Fitzgerald 1866–1919
  12. 12. Frank ((Frankie)) Fitzgerald 1872–
  13. 13. Mary (Lucinda May) Fitzgerald 1857–1934

Richard Fitzgerald's Timeline

14 Records

1835
23 Aug 1835
Birth of Richard David Fitzgerald in Carrigeen, Limerick *; or (nrby)Boherbue, Laharan West, Co. Cork, Ireland Ireland
Carrigeen, Limerick *; or (nrby)Boherbue, Laharan West, Co. Cork, Ireland Ireland
1835
23 Aug 1835
Birth of Richard David Fitzgerald in Meens, Kiskeam, Cork, Cork, Ireland
Meens, Kiskeam, Cork, Cork, Ireland
1835
23 Aug 1835
Birth of Richard David Fitzgerald in Carigeen, Limerick, Ireland
Carigeen, Limerick, Ireland
1835
23 Aug 1835; or 1 Jun 1840
Birth of Richard David Fitzgerald in Boherbue Cork Ireland
Boherbue Cork Ireland
1835
23 Aug 1835
Richard David Fitzgerald was baptized in Kilbehenny, Limerick, Ireland
Kilbehenny, Limerick, Ireland
1840
1840; or 1 Jun 1844
Birth of Richard David Fitzgerald in Boherbue, Cork, Ireland
Boherbue, Cork, Ireland
1844
1 June 1844
Age 4
Richard David Fitzgerald was baptized in Boherbue, County Cork, Ireland
Boherbue, County Cork, Ireland
1878
1878- Farmer
Age 38
Richard David Fitzgerald resided here in Dalkey, South Australia, Australia
Dalkey, South Australia, Australia
1903
1903
Age 63
Richard David Fitzgerald resided here in Denmark, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Denmark, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
1910
1910
Age 70
Richard David Fitzgerald resided here in Forrest, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Forrest, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
1916
1916
Age 76
Richard David Fitzgerald resided here in Forrest, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Forrest, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
1918
18 May 1918
Age 78
Death of Richard David Fitzgerald in 213 Bulwer St, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia
213 Bulwer St, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia
1918
18 May 1918
Age 78
Death of Richard David Fitzgerald in 213 Bulwer St, East Perth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
213 Bulwer St, East Perth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
1918
18 May 1918
Age 78
Death of Richard David Fitzgerald in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1835
    Event Place: Carrigeen, Limerick *; or (nrby)Boherbue, Laharan West, Co. Cork, Ireland Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02500 03

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1835
    Event Place: Meens, Kiskeam, Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1835
    Event Place: Carigeen, Limerick, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1835; or 1 Jun 1840
    Event Place: Boherbue Cork Ireland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1840; or 1 Jun 1844
    Event Place: Boherbue, Cork, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1835
    Event Place: Kilbehenny, Limerick, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02500 03

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 1 June 1844
    Event Place: Boherbue, County Cork, Ireland
    Record Source: Irish Records Extraction Database

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 4 Oct 1861
    Event Place: Melbourne, Australia
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1878- Farmer
    Event Place: Dalkey, South Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1903
    Event Place: Denmark, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Forrest, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1916
    Event Place: Forrest, Swan, Western Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Liverpool
    Record Source: Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Carrigeen
    Record Source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02500 / 03

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1918
    Event Place: 213 Bulwer St, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1918
    Event Place: 213 Bulwer St, East Perth, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia Death Index
    [2] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1918
    Event Place: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Karrakatta, Nedlands City, Western Australia, Australia
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
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