Martha (Crowe) FitzGerald (abt. 1788 - 1875)

Born about 1788 in Legarhill, parish of Clones, county Monaghan, Ireland

Wife of James FitzGerald Esq — married 16 Aug 1816 in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1875 at about age 87 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Martha Crowe was born about 1788, the daughter of John Maxell Maxwell Crowe of Legarhill, county Monaghan and Elizabeth Young if Corlismore, county Cavan.^[1]

On 16th August 1816, she married James Fitzgerald, Esq. of Clonavilla, in the parish church (Church of Ireland) of Clones, county Monaghan.^[2]

Martha's husband died at home in Clonavilla on 27th April 1833.^[3]

On 20th November 1875, Martha FitzGerald, née Crowe, died at Dublin, aged eighty-seven years.^[4][5][6]

Research notes

• Estimated date of birth:—The approximate year of birth was inferred from the the ages and birth order implied for the children of John Maxwell Crowe and Elizabeth Young in Crossle's Genealogical Abstract of a 1795 Exchequer Bill, ^[1] and the age recorded in the civil registration of the death.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Crossle, Dr Francis Clement (1847–1910), and Philip Crossle (1875–1953). Crossle Genealogical Abstracts. Exchequer Bill: Clarke v. Young, 2 January 1795. Citing a family tree with the surnames Young, Crow, and Walsh. Original record held by the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin). Archival ref. [not cited]. Digital images hosted online by findmypast.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and extract transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-01-01).
2. ↑ Church of Ireland. Parish of Clones. Church Register. Abstract: “Marriages. Western Division. … 16/08/1816 Jas Fitzgerald of Clonavilly & Martha Crowe of Clones.” Abstract by Peter McWilliam; hosted online by Peter McWilliam, at treasureyourexceptions.com/church.html, “Church Records,” Treasure Your Exceptions (accessed 2019-07-19).
3. ↑ Limerick Chronicle, 27 April 1833 (pg. 3). Death notice: “James Fitzgerald, Esq. of Clonavilla.” Digital image courtesy of The British Library Board; online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2019-07-20).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} General Register Office, Ireland. Index Entry for Civil Registration of a Death. Martha Fitzgerald, aged 87 years, 4th quarter ending 31st December 1875, Dublin South RD, vol. 17, pg. 564. Index online at Irish Genealogy, hosted by the Department of Culture, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht, www.civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie (accessed and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-07-20).
5. ↑ Belfast News-Letter, 25 November 1875 (pg. 1). Death notice: “FitzGerald—Nov. 20, at her residence, Adelaide Road, Dublin, Martha Crowe, widow of the late Jas. FitzGerald, Esq., Clonavilla, Co. Monaghan.” Digital image courtesy of The British Library Board; online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2019-07-20).
6. ↑ The National Archives of Ireland. Calendars of Wills and Administrations, 1858–1922. Will calendar entry: “FITZGERALD, Martha. [15] Effects under $1,500. 1 February [1876]. Letters of Administration (with the Will annexed) of the personal estate of Martha Fitzgerald, formerly of 23 Upper Temple-street and late of 14 Adelaide-road, Dublin, Widow, deceased, who died 20 November 1876 at latter place, were granted at the Principal Registry to Dorathea Whitaker Fitzgerald, also of 14 Adelaide-road, Spinster, the Daughter and sole Residuary Legatee.” Archival ref. Wills 1876 (no. 227). Digital image online at willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2019-07-21).

Links

• Arborealis: Family outline of Martha Crowe and James FitzGerald.
• Arborealis: Family outline of John Maxwell Crowe of Legarhill, county Monaghan, and Elizabeth Young of Corlismore, county Cavan. — Please note that Arborealis is under reconstruction. ~Kilpatrick-1128 (2020-12-31)

Acknowledgements

• ... with thanks to Peter McWilliam of Treasure Your Exceptions, for his transcripts from the Church of Ireland registers for the parish of Clones, county Monaghan.