FITZPATRICK - MONASTEREVAN - GURTEENOONA
LETTER RETURN ADDRESS: Gurteenoona, Monasterevan, Co Kildare. Date Mar 1, 1932. Hello! In search of Fitzpatrick family decendants from the above area. My great-grandmother, Catharine Fitzpatrick (Kate) emmigrated to the USA in the 1880's. She died in the USA in her 40's. I have two letters written to my grandfather (Maurice Anderson) dated 1930 and 1932 from his Aunt Bridget Fitzpatrick of the above referenced section of County Kildare. In it she references the following names: Mick - who died in May @ 1924 around the same time as Aunt Nanny. She mentions that she recently saw Uncle Jack at Mass and he is the same as ever. She says her two boys are doing well. She tells about the Distillery and Brewery in Monasterevan being closed down for the past 10 years. She apologizes for not writing more often she lives "a piece out of town and I can't get in very often" -
THOSE ARE MY clues to my Irish family blood. I will be visiting Kildare in County Kildare the end of April 2025 hoping for a connection.
IF ANYONE has any clues, information or direction on finding family. I will be grateful.