Jo Fitz-Henry
Honor Code SignatorySigned 4 Feb 2018 | 41,149 contributions | 4,095 thank-yous | 283 connections
Signed 4 Feb 2018 | 41,149 contributions | 4,095 thank-yous | 283 connections
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Jo Fitz-Henry
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Tom Fitz-Henry
and Maureen (Quinlan) Fitz-Henry
Sister of
[private brother (1960s - 2000s)] and [private sister (1960s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jan 2018
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Descendant of absolutely nobody nobby.
Jo Fitz-Henry was born in Barking, Essex, England.
Jo has been a member of the England Project for over 1,000 days.
Jo Fitz-Henry has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.
Jo Fitz-Henry Successfully completed the England Project's pre-1500 Prep.
Jo Fitz-Henry is an England Orphan Trailblazer
Jo was a winner in the England Project FA CUP Challenge.
Jo participated in the England v Australia Ashes Challenge.
Jo participated in the England Project’s Pub Crawl.
WikiTree Day Attendee: 2022
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Biography
I was born in Barking, Essex on the eastern fringes of London on a Saturday in the 1960s when Spurs lost. [1] My lovely Dad never let me forget that.
I had an idyllic childhood full of trees, bikes, football and mud. Parents who were encouraging but not pushy. They opened our eyes to what was possible.
I grew up in Barking, but knew that once I had left London to go to medical school, I would never be going back. A chance interview took me to Nottingham for a 12 month post at the City Hospital, and 25 years later I'm still here.
Our family were dockers in the London docks living in squalid poverty a hundred years ago. My parents were the first generation to have a university education (albeit as mature students) and their own house. Me and my sister are standing on the shoulders of giants, our East End forebears who could see what was possible if we believed and were prepared to keep at it.
Research and Stuff
My genealogy research started in earnest after Mum died in 2002 (her funeral was on the day that England went out to Brazil in the World Cup [2]). Dad had always wondered where his Fitz-Henry roots came from. We never did find out while he was still alive. Even now he is gone, his DNA pattern is still there at FamilyTreeDNA waiting for that elusive Y-DNA match. Thank you for that Dad.
I co-ordinate the Fitzhenry and Fitzharris One Name Study at the Guild of One Name Studies (study number 4389). I'm also one of the Regional Reps for Nottinghamshire, even though Notts is one of the most Fitz-Henry-less places in the UK.
I have been tracing my own Fitz-Henry family for nearly 20 years, and have traced many other disconnected Fitzhenry and Fitzharris branches along the way. Mine are distinctly unhelpful in leaving clues to their origins, but the DNA pattern points to links to the Fitzhenry/Fitzharris families from County Wexford rather than the genetically distinct family from County Galway.
I also co-ordinate the Fitzhenry / Fitzharris DNA study at FamilyTreeDNA (Y testers and autosomal testers welcome!).
If you have taken an autosomal DNA test and you have the Fitzhenry or Fitzharris name in your family, please get in touch and let's see what we can find.
Many thanks to my wonderful network of Fitzhenry and Fitzharris contacts around the world, and especially Gretta Browne of Clonroche, County Wexford without who I wouldn't have got half as far as I have with it all.
#tailendersoftheworlduniteandtakeover
Here on Wikitree
I've been here on Wikitree since January 2018.
I am one of the Managed Profiles Coordinators for the England Project. The team looks after our notable English profiles, and also those English profiles which are contentious or disputed
I am also an England Project Data Doctor - mainly sorting out issues with our Managed Profiles and their immediate relations.
I am a Trailblazer for the England Project's Orphan Trail.
I was a Wikitree Leader (March - October 2020).
This is the badge I really wish I had...
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Sources
- ↑ I did have the reference in here but realised that the whole Interweb would know my birthdate then - oops!
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Jo's formal name
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (2)
- private siblings' names
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jo:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jo:
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Jo Fitz-Henry:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A150443 [compare] [compare x], Ancestry member jofitzhenry
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T103810 [compare] [compare x]
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Tom Fitz-Henry
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T555334 [compare] [compare x]
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Jo:
- Jo Fitz-Henry is a Wonderful WikiTreer Sep 1, 2024.
- Jo Fitz-Henry is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jun 6, 2024.
- Jo Fitz-Henry is a Wonderful WikiTreer Apr 29, 2024.
- Jo Fitz-Henry is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 2, 2024.
- Jo Fitz-Henry is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 2, 2024.
- Jo Fitz-Henry is a Wonderful Wikitreer Oct 21, 2023.
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Categories: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | Barking, Essex (London) | WikiTree Day Attendees
After looking at your Profile earlier today and realising you are in Nottingham. I have living family in Southwell and ancestors in Bunny Village Nottinghamshire, plus many Page ancestors in Nottingham. I know your family history is not in Nottingham. M
You posted a comment that identified what you had found, the suggestion you had for me to correct it, and what additional steps you was going to take for other profiles in that family.
The wording was clear, polite, kind and helpful in tone. It gave me exactly what I needed to take action in a timely and timesaving way.
Bravo, Jo Fitz-Henry!! You put a smile on my face!
Thanks again! I definitely look forward to any messages you may may send me as profile manager or as Bartlett Name Study Coordinator. -Sherry Bartlett
Thank you for contributing towards the goals of the England Project! Over the past year, a staggering amount has been done to improve English profiles on WikiTree and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
The England Project leadership like to check in with all our project members at least once a year. Are you happy to stay in your current project team/s? Or is there another team you would like to join or become more active in?
Please reply to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you. Please also let us know if you have other feedback about the direction of the project.
Many thanks!
Maddy, on behalf of the England Project leadership
My Virgina Pates had ties to the English shipbuilding Pates, the Throughgoods, and my Biscamps from Germany merged with the Didhams. As you pursue your interest in families please send any tidbits of info my way. I, the baby of 7 children, was the first university graduate in a poor family that lost its father, the bread winner, on my birth day in 1950.
Thank you so much for the work you did on Sydney Dyer's tree and sorry I could not join you on the night of the reveal.
I had the John Dyer organ maker family in an experimental tree I researched looking for Emma's connection, but was not sure because most of the other children were baptised.
But I think it is the correct family as my late mother, her brother and I have 3 DNA matches from other John Dyer descendants, 2 siblings from Emma Dyer (Axtens) and one from George Dyer.
Karen
edited by Jo Fitz-Henry
Is it possible to have a sticker that says simply : Lula has Irish Ancestors, with a shamrock?
As for the witch thing, don’t bother to find a picture. I would be very happy with the Virginia state flag. I appreciate you so much. Lula PS. I did correct the profile.
edited by Lula (Tuttle) Sinnott
And I can’t resist this one:Lula is the 9th great granddaughter of “THE WITCH OF PUNGO”, Grace (White) Sherwood,(1660-1740),, last witch to be tried and sentenced in Virginia. Many thanks for doing this.
All best wishes, Lula
edited by Lula (Tuttle) Sinnott
I am finding more evidence (in Brazil data) that my family on my mother's side is from England. Can I join the project and maybe find more data from England records? Thanks! God bless!
edited by Renato Zimmermann
Sorry for the delay. My Yahoo is not working here in Japan and I don't know why yet. I did make a mistake when I registered Patrick Ganley. In ALL documents in Brazil, he is declared as from England. And also witnesses that he took to the registry offices in Brazil to register the children were often English Jockeys. Furthermore, when the Queen of England came to Rio de Janeiro in 1968, my grandfather and his father (Patrick Ganley's son) bought the Rolls Royce she brought, and many other situations that I am discovering connect us to England. I have already tried looking for documents in England but have had no success. Hope we can help each other. God bless! Gratitude!
Apparently there is quite a controversy about his son Patricious Christian.
Genealogist living on the Isle of Man say that everyone has it wrong but they have not seem to want it corrected or have done the work.
They have sent me source materials that I would like to put in the hands of someone that’s experienced with this.
If what they say is accurate the materials that they’ve given me show a whole generation is missed in wiki tree and in every other ancestry.
Potentially changing I would assume thousands of trees.
Please put me in touch with someone who may know about this controversy already or I could get the information to thank you
edited by Vickie (Ekman) Mullen
Best wishes, Jo, England Project Managed Profiles Coordinator
Interesting that he performed the marriage ceremony of his daughter in 1958. And was living at the same address that year, as the year I met him in 1978. I know you are in a busy profession , and I am thankful you took the time to help. Prayers. Cliff Carter