fitzgerald/purdue

Hi Suzanne,

I found as you did the marriage record for Thomas Fitzgerald and Eliza Perdue in 1864.  Her address includes the word Gaily.  When I looked at the Griffith valuation (www.askaboutireland.ie) and searched for her father Thomas Perdue I found a number of records of him leasing land in Co. Roscommon.  This address in Roscommon also includes the word Gaily (Galey).  I assume that this is her father.

I searched for a baptismal record for Eliza who I am guessing was born approx 1840 - 1845 but could not find any record at all.  I looked at both sites www.irishgenealogy.ie and www.rootsireland.ie

The rootsireland site would carry the records for Roscommon, but when I looked at the source list for that county, the Church of Ireland records begin quite late and it's possible that there won't be a record for her.  However as not everything is online, I would suggest that you contact the church of Ireland in Co Roscommon and see if they have anything in their records.

Kind regards,

anne

A book/manuscript in the Linen Hall Library in Belfast:

"A memorial sketch of the Late Francis Fitzgerald, Esq., Clones : who was over fifty years, a painstaking sabbath school teacher, a faithful class leader, an earnest and powerful local preacher in the Methodist Society; and who died in the Lord, December 13, 1883" by Rev. John Ker (Belfast : University Printing House, 1883).

Francis Fitzgerald's 1883 civil death record described him as a "Gentleman." News articles for several decades before his death describe him as a member of the local gentry, a member of the Methodist congregation and a supporter of the local Methodist school, a landlord and apparently also a land agent (there are notices of him selling various properties). His residence was "Cloncorn House."

The 1864 marriage of Thomas Fitzgerald and Eliza Purdue has his father Francis Fitzgerald as a "Farmer." I doubt this was the same man who lived in Cloncorn House.

Regards,

Annie