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Dora Kate (Leo) Fitzgerald (1895 - 1946)

Dora Kate Fitzgerald formerly Leo
Born in Waverley, New Zealandmap
Daughter of and
Wife of — married 25 Jul 1923 (to 1940) in Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealandmap
Died at age 50 in Egmont, New Zealandmap
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Biography

Birth

On 26 May 1895 Dora Kate Leo was born in Waverley to Kate Verdon and James Leo. [1]

Siblings

Children born to Kate (Verdon) and James Leo [2]

  1. 1886/15201 Elizabeth Mary
  2. 1888/11876 Winifred Annie
  3. 1890/9912 John
  4. 1892/2720 Mary Josephine
  5. 1894/9339 Dora Kate

In 1919 she was living at Eltham Road, Kaponga, Egmont.

Marriage

Pre-marriage announcement [3]
On Thursday evening Miss Leo and Mr. D. Fitzgerald, who are to be married shortly, were entertained by the Kaponga Tennis Club at a social in the Parish Hall.

On 25 July 1923 Dora Kate Leo and Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald were married in St Joseph's Catholic Church, New Plymouth by Rev. Fr. Moore. [4]

They farmed in the Egmont area between 1928 and 1935.

Children

She had two children, Daniel James and Sean Anthony before they separated and were divorced in 1940.

Timeline

Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald was a farmer. Before marriage, he was farming in 1919 at Kaponga Rd, Egmont, with parents Daniel and Mary Fitzgerald.

1919 Dora Kate Leo, spinster, resided at Eltham Road, Kaponga, Egmont
1923 (July 25) - Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald married Dora Kate Leo [5]
1925 - Eltham Rd, Kaponga, Egmont
1926 Daniel and Dora have a son, Daniel James Fitzgerald
1928 - Eltham Rd, Kaponga, Egmont with Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald, Dora Kate (married), mother-in-law Mary (widow)
1931 Daniel and Dora have a son, Sean Anthony Fitzgerald
1935 - Eltham Rd, Kaponga, Egmont same address for Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald, Dora Kate (married), Mary (widow)
Daniel and Dora separated, and Daniel remarried.
1938 - Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald is at Rahotu, Egmont, separate address from Dora Kate (married) and Mary (widow) who are in Eltham Rd, Kaponga
1940, 1942, 1946 Wise's Directory - residence Kaponga
1946 Died in Wellington

Death

She died in Wellington on March 7 1946, aged 51. [6]

She was buried in the Kaponga Cemetery, Taranaki, Plot G-37.[7] The gravestone reads In loving memory of Dora Kate, loved mother of Dan and Sean Fitzgerald, died 7 March 1946 aged 51 years. R.I.P.

Her will dated 3 August 1945 left her estate to sons Daniel James (farmer at Kaponga) and Sean Anthony, and gave guardianship of her "infant children" to her sister Mary Elizabeth Leo in Clive. [8]

Sources

  • NZ Electoral Rolls
  • NZ Wise's Directory
  • NZ Archives
Fitzgerald, Daniel Thomas v Fitzgerald, Dora Kate
Code: R26150378
Years: 1939 - 1940
Location: Wellington repository
Item type: Physical
Dissolution of Marriage or Civil Union Records
  1. NZBDM births 26/5/1895 1894/9339 Leo, Dora Kate, Kate, James
  2. New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search
  3. Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1923, Page 5
  4. NZBDM marriages 25/7/1923 1923/4360 Dora Kate Leo, Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald
  5. NZBDM marriage 1923/4360 Dora Kate Leo to Daniel Thomas Fitzgerald
  6. NZBDM death 1946/18868 Fitzgerald Dora Kate 51Y
  7. New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 for Dora Kate Fitzgerald Taranaki
  8. Last Will of Dora Kate Fitzgerald, Married Woman of Kaponga




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