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Note: Notes for Patrick Fitzgerald: The 1851 United Kingdom (U. K.) census, taken March thirty first, shows that Patrick Fitzgerald and his family had recently arrived in Wales from Ireland. The couple's one year old daughter was listed as being born in County Tipperary, Ireland, as were the other family members. The likely reason the family moved from Ireland to Wales was the Irish potato famine, which lasted from 1845 to 1852. A transcription of that 1851 census page lists Patrick Fitzgerald, 35, a carpenter; his wife Alice, 25; and daughters Mary, 13; and Catherine, age one. All were born in County Tipperary, Ireland. The family lived in Llantwitvardre, (also known as Llantwit Fardre), Glamorgan, Wales. The ages of Alice and Mary show that Patrick must have had a first wife who died in Ireland. Online transcribed birth records show a Catherine Fitzgerald born in County Tipperary in 1850, who had a father named Patrick. This matches information from the 1851 census. The 1850 record shows that the birth took place in the Catholic parish of Ballyneale. Complete information (the little that there probably is) from that birth record can be bought online. The only likely additional information provided on that birth record would be the maiden name of Patrick's wife Alice, an exact date of birth or baptism, plus a more specific location for the birth or baptism, such as a townland or civil parish. Also, obtaining Alice's maiden name could make it possible to find a marriage record for her and Patrick. Patrick Fitzgerald died in June of 1855, in Llantwitvardre. The 1861 U. K. census, taken March thirty first, lists Alice "Fitsgerald" (Fitzgerald), 34, a widow; and children Catherine, 11; "Margt", 9; and Patrick, six. Alice and Catherine were listed as being born in Ireland. Margaret and Patrick were listed as being born in Llantwitvardre, where the family lived in both this census, and the previous one. Margaret's 1938 death notice mentioned a sister who became a nun. That must be Mary. That obituary also mentioned a sister named Alice. No daughter named Alice is listed in either the 1851 or 1861 censuses. Either Alice was born and died before the 1851 census, or between the 1851 and 1861 censuses, or the person who told Margaret's obituary writer that Alice was a sister of Margaret was wrong, as maybe the only Alice was Margaret's mother. Since the 1851 census shows that daughters Mary and Catherine were born 12 years apart, with no one listed in between, that seems an obvious gap where a sister named Alice could have been.
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