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Greetings!

I am hoping to learn more about my greatgreat grandparents who came from the Dungarvan/Abbeyside area.

Michael Fitzgerald, b. 1832 +/- 2 yrs his father thought to be Bartholomew Fitzgerald , mother Mary Veale or possibly Neill . Baptised Oct 29, 1833 at Abbeyside Parrish. Griffiths shows Bartholomew lived in Waterford, Decies within Drum, Aglish, Graigue. Michael died in Wisconsin Mar 14, 1910.

Johanna Power, b. 1839 +/- 2 years her father Phillip Power and mother Catherine Keily, baptised in Abbeyside on May 7, 1840. Griffiths shows a Phillip Power lived on Bridge street, Abbeyside. Johanna died in April 1899 in Wisconsin.

Though they came from the same region of Ireland, my greatgreat grandparents were about 7-10 years apart and met in Massachusetts, USA. They married in Boston in 1855 and went on to have 10 children.

I would love to know more about my relatives siblings, family that remained in Ireland. I will be visiting the area in mid April and hope to find records, be able to locate their homeplace, search for gravesites, et cetera.

I would appreciate any help from local sources. Thank You! Nancy Eister

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Hi Nancy
Here's a baptism record from www.rootsireland.ie/ (subscription site):
Name: Michael Fitzgerald Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 29-Oct-1833
Address: Parish/District: ABBEYSIDE
Gender: County Co. Waterford
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Bartholomew Fitzgerald Mother: Mary Neile
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: John Daily Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Bridget Hearn

The only marriage record I could find for the parents has Mary as Brown not Neile!
Date of Marriage: 21-Feb-1830
Parish / District: Clashmore County: Co. Waterford
Husband Wife
Name: Bartholomew Fitzgerald Mary Brown
Address: Ballywell
Denomination: Roman Catholic Roman Catholic

Here are siblings of Michael's:

Name: John Fitzgerald Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 19-Aug-1832
Address: Parish/District: ABBEYSIDE
Gender: County Co. Waterford
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Bartholemew Fitzgerald Mother: Mary Neile
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Patrick Bryan Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Elizabeth Brown
Name: Catherine Fitzgerald Date of Birth:
Date of Baptism: 09-Jun-1839
Address: Parish/District: KILROSSANTY
Gender: County Co. Waterford
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Father: Bartholomew Fitzgerald Mother: Mary Neil
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1: Mathew Fahy Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2: Mary Morrissy

The Irish Censuses (free online http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/) do not have Waterford records until 1851 & there are no Fitzgeralds in Waterford in 1851; however there are over 1000 in the 1901 & 993 in the 1911 - with 37 & 71 in Dungarvan.

Not sure if this is Mary Fitzgerald nee Neile:

Name: Mary Fitzgerald Date of Death: 03-Jul-1868
Age: 80 Parish / District: Dungarvan
Address: Workhouse County: Co. Waterford
Status: Widow Denomination: Civil Record
Occupation: Servant Sex: Female

There are a few Bartholomews but none in Dungarvan.

Col

ColCaffIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you very much, Col!

I have so many questions.. perhaps I should join Rootsireland.ie.  I am on ancestry.com with a global membership for this month, but it has not yielded me any baptism, marriage or death records from the Dungarvan area in those years.

Are you familiar with the area enough to know if Abbeyside, Kilrossanty, and Clashmore are all close enough to each other to be viable baptism locations for people who were probably travelling by cart? or do you have a good source for placenames in the Dungarvan area?

The siblings dates and names sound right , and I am so grateful to have some leads to pursue. Maybe there are death records for Bartholomew, John, or Catherine. I would love to encounter an Irish relative.

What you say about no Fitzgeralds in Waterford in 1851 , then a thousand by 1901 surprises me. I thought they had all been there since the Normans came, it being a Norman name. I wonder where they came from then, after 1851?  That is the year my gggrandfather left, at the age of 19.  maybe its a lack of records rather than an absence of Fitzgeralds!

Again, thank you so much, Col; this is extremely helpful.   Nancy Eister

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Hi Nancy Here's an address for the Irish Times parish map of Waterford. http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseacti…

You will see that Clashmore Dungarvan & Kilrossanty are all close.

Perhaps your Fitzgeralds were in other counties before Waterford?

Here are the Waterford Fitzgeralds from the Irish phone book:

19 results for Fitzgerald Waterford and nearby

Fitzgerald Power Greyfriars Waterford Co. Waterford Chartered Accountants Registered Auditors Fitzgerald John Lios Dun Coolagh Abbeyside Dungarvan

Fitzgerald Freddie 6 Patrick st Tramore

Fitzgerald Fiona 1 Stephens Ct Patrick St Waterford

O'Mahoney & Fitzgerald 24 Shandon St Dungarvan Waterford

Sherry Fitzgeralds Reynolds Bridge St Dungarvan Co. Waterford

Fitzgerald Francis J 62 Tramore hts Tramore

Fitzgerald Insurance 23-24 The Quay Waterford

Fitzgerald Susan 49 Kings Channel

Fitzgerald Fiona 22 Oconnell St Waterford

Fitzgerald Power Greyfriars Waterford

Fitzgerald Power Greyfriars Waterford

Fitzgerald Patk Kilrossanty

Fitzgerald M Baileys New st Waterford

Fitzgerald Life & Pensions 21-22 The Qy Heroes

Fitzgerald Ltd (Bryan) Waterford

Fitzgerald Dr Maurice Horsequarter Lower vlge Dunmore East Co. Waterford

Fitzgerald Menswear & Dress Hire Ltd Office

Fitzgerald Menswear & Dress Hire Ltd 6 Barronstrand st Waterford

You'll notice a couple from Dungarvan & Kilrossanty. We have had success from people writing to those who still live in the area of their ancestors so you never know your luck.

Col

ColCaffIrelandXO Volunteer

once again, Col, this is very helpful!  

The Irish Times site is a wealth of information. 

I will endeavor to write to some of these Fitzgeralds - however, I will be there next month, just over a weekend though! Staying in Gortnadiha, hoping to locate local parishes, find old graves, look at registries? In Dungarvan,  Abbeyside, and Ring. 

Can you recommend a good place to get started once physically there? Or refer me to anyone there? I so appreciate your time with this.   

And instinctively, I'm feeling these Fitzgeralds came from Cork.  

Thanks again- Nancy Eister

 

 

IrelandXO member

once again, Col, this is very helpful!  

The Irish Times site is a wealth of information. 

I will endeavor to write to some of these Fitzgeralds - however, I will be there next month, just over a weekend though! Staying in Gortnadiha, hoping to locate local parishes, find old graves, look at registries? In Dungarvan,  Abbeyside, and Ring. 

Can you recommend a good place to get started once physically there? Or refer me to anyone there? I so appreciate your time with this.   

And instinctively, I'm feeling these Fitzgeralds came from Cork.  

Thanks again- Nancy Eister

 

 

IrelandXO member

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