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My grampa, micheal fitzmaurice was born in county clare to thomas and margaret walsh/welsh fitzmaurice about 1895, He came to the usa, married theresa donelan and worked as a policeman. We are interested in vital stats for thomas and margaret. also anything on their parents. we have found them in the 1900 1nd 1910 censuses but little info prior to that. any help would be appreciated i have done dna testing and am currently on gedmatch.com. thank you so much.

theresa

Saturday 14th Nov 2020, 10:02PM

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  • Hi, Can you give some specifics? Where did Michael live in the U.S.? What year did he marry and die?

    Michael's parents emigrated--where were they livling in the U.S.? Did they have other children?

    Do you know where in Clare they lived?

    Patricia

    Saturday 14th Nov 2020, 11:39PM
  • Thomas and Margaret’s 1891 marriage can be seen at irishgenealogy.ie, as can the birth records of their three children.
    MARRIAGE
    Party 1 NameTHOMAS FITZMAURICE
    Party 2 NameMARGARET WALSH
    Date of Event28 January 1891
    Group Registration ID2559568
    SR District/Reg AreaKildysart
    Married in church at Kilmurry McMahon
    His father: Michael Fitzmaurice
    Her father : John Walsh
    Witnesses: Maria Sheedy, Patrick McCauliffe
    BIRTHS
    --Born 2 May 1892 in Knock, Co. Clare.
    NameMICHAEL FITZMAURICE
    Date of Birth1892
    Group Registration ID9373862
    SR District/Reg AreaKilrush
    .
    --Born April 2, 1894, in Casserna
    Registered in district of Kilmihil
    NameJOHN FITZMAURICE
    Date of Birth1894
    Group Registration ID9283586
    SR District/Reg AreaKilrush

    --Born April 2, 1895, in Knock
    NamePATRICK FITZMAURICE
    Date of Birth1895
    Group Registration ID9774349
    SR District/Reg AreaKilrush
    Please note that although the birth dates appear in the birth register, they are not always correct. If people registered a birth late, they had to pay a fine—so to avoid the fine they made the birth date later than it was.
    If you have questions, please email me at glanvil3@aol.com.

    Patricia

    Sunday 15th Nov 2020, 12:06AM
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    Thank you somuch!!!  Michael married and died in Cuyahoga co ohio usa.  Died in 1963, married in about 1927 in Cleveland ohio.  His daughter, Sarah died in about 1935 aged about a yr.  ,His wife, Theresa Donelan died in Cuyahoga county ohio 1990.  We just found a picture of their son's wedding 1954.  Below.  He is in THE foreground with his wife behind him.  I will be researching his Irish family for a while!!!!  Hoping to find DNA matches with them!!   Have a great day and happy hunting!!!!

    theresa

    Saturday 21st Nov 2020, 07:05PM

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