MARY ELLEN FITZMAURICE

Shannon:

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Mary Ellen was actually born October 22 1877. This link fifith record  https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1877/02984/2093181.pdf  has her civil birth record and below is a transcription from the subscription site Roots Ireland which has her baptismal info. She has a sister Mary or Margaret Agnes born in 1879 another sister Bridget Catherine in 1883 and another sister Margaret Jane in 1884. The father Timothy was a shopkeeper.

Can you provide more info on the family since I don't see them in the 1901 census? When did Mary Ellen emigrate? Did the entire family emigrate together? I did find a 1904 death record for a Timothy Fitzmaurice who was from Ballyhaunis but died in the Claremorris Workhouse Hospital. See link below the baptismal record.

Roger McDonnell

Name:Mary Ellen FitzmauriceDate of Birth:22-Oct-1877
Date of Baptism:28-Oct-1877Address:BallyhaunisParish/District:Bekan RC parishGender:FemaleCountyCo. Mayo
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Timothy FitzmauriceMother:Maria LyonsOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Patrick LyonsSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Margaret Lyons

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1904/05608/4576887.pdf

Hi, Shannon.

There was a birth registration fo Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice with those parents in Ballyhaunis sub-district of Claremorris Superintendent Registrar's District in 1877. Date of birth 22nd October 1877. Place of birth was Ballyhaunis. Timothy's abode was Ballyhaunis and his occupation was publican. There was no birth registration for Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice (or Mary or Ellen) in Claremorris Sup. Reg. District with a father named Timothy 1878-1880. I checked birth registrations of Fitzmaurice children without first names but none had a father Timothy. I also tried Fitzmorris and got no result. I also checked for a death of a child Mary Fitzmarurice, in case Mary Ellen, born 1877 had died and parents used her names for another daughter but that didn't semm to have been the case.

Irish Genealogy ie is the website for civil registrations of births, marriages and deaths https://www.irishgenealogy.ie  It's free to use; you simply have to sign in and solve a catchpa each time you use it. It's a government approved site. It has birth and death registrations and Catholic marriages from 1864 until 20th century. Other marriages from 1845.

Timothy and Maria married in Bekan R.C. parish, 27th Nov. 1876. Registration district Ballyhaunis in Claremorris Union. Marriage certificate can be seen on Irish Genealogy website. Clerk's handwritng isn't clear. Maria was under-age (that means she hadn't reached age of 21). I think it says "aged" in the age column for Timothy, meaning he was 21 or over. Tim's abode was Ballyhaunis; his occupation unclear. His father was Peter (dead), a farmer. Maria's abode is unclear; it might be  "..loonacurry"? Her father, also dead, was Bernard Lyons, farmer. Witnesses John Fitzmaurice and Maggie Lyons.

Death of a Peter Fitzmaurice, aged 73, registered in Claremorris Sup. Reg. District in 1869. Image isn't viewable yet. (Images of older death registers are being added gradually.) If you want to see it you'll have to order a copy for a fee.

You should be able to find names of other children born to Timothy and Maria by putting Fitzmaurice surname and Claremorris district and a span of years from 1878 in the search box.  Maria married young so might have borne children for 25 years.

Baptism and marriage registers for Bekan R.C. parish for the period of Tim & Maria's wedding and births of their children aren't among Catholic parish registers on  National Library of Ireland website. Timothy's baptism and Peter's marriage might be there, depending on when those events happened and if they were in Bekan parish. Later registers exist.

If Timothy ran a pub in Ballyhaunis he may be mentioned in Thom's Directory.

Did Timothy and Maria remain in Ireland? Were they likely to have been on 1901 & 1911 census?

Did Mary Ellen marry Peter Gilmore in Ireland?

Roger posted while i was typing.

Margaret Agnes died at 4 days old from convulsions. Informant of birth and death was the same person, Sarah McHugh. According to the dates in the registers, she registered Margaret's death on 21st of the month and the birth on 25th. Registration date may have been a clerical error; previous deaths on the page were registered on 21st. Tim was still a publican in 1879 when Margaret Agnes was born.  I didn't see a birth registration for Bridget. Tim was a shopkeeper when Maggie Jane was born 1884. P.S. Since Tim was a shopkeeper in 1884,  occupation on his marriage registration may be "dealer".

Maria and Timothy Fitzmaurice stayed in Ireland.  Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice emigrated in 1904 with Peter Gilmore.  Mary Ellen and Peter married in Seattle, Washington.  Since Peter Gilmore's mother, Katherine (Kitty) Fitzmaurice, was Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice's aunt, Kitty had to be either Maria or Tim's sister.  Do you have any information on that relationship?  You have been such a huge help already.  thank you so much. 
 

Go back to 1901 search and  enter Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice, you should find her in Knoxes Street, Ballyhaunis.  She and Maggie Jane are listed as step-daughters of Patrick Tarpey.

Timothy had died before 1896 as Maria Fitzmaurice married Pat Tarpey in 1896, a widow, father Bernard Lyons.  No luck in finding death record for Timothy so far.

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_re…

https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_retur…

In 1911 Patrick J Tarpey and Maria and daughter Nora are still in Knox Street.  She seems to have been the only child from this marriage.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Mayo/Ballyhaunis_Urban…

Hope above may be of some help.

Valerie

Sorry Shannon, error made in last posting.

Timothy died in 1888 according to transcription from record  on RootsIreland site. I will post link but not sure if will work at your end.  I cannot find the same record on irishgenealogy.ie site.

The record has:  Timothy Fitzmaurice, age 45, Ballyhaunis, married, shopkeeper, 10 Aug.1888.  The informant was Coroner, J. E. Nally.  Inquest held 11 Aug.1888

http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/view_detail.php?recordid=68209&type=dcv&rec…

Valerie

Shannon, what do you know about Peter Gilmore? Father's name, approximate year of birth? Was he born in Mayo? If he was born after 1864 his birth should have been registered, although not all babies were registered in the early decades of civil registration. You can look up Peter Gilmore birth registrations on Irish Genealogy ie to check for parents' names. There were several in Mayo born in decades 1860s & 1870s. Have you found Peter Gilmore on 1901 census?

When did Mary Ellen and Peter marry? Was it in a Catholic church? Marriage of 1st cousins isn't usually permitted by the Catholic church unless for very serious reasons. The parish priest would have to apply through the diocese to the Vatican for permission. This took time and there would be additional administration costs. Have you seen a copy of the church marriage register? Is there a note in the margin about dispensation and consanguinity or a fee which is more than other weddings? That information might be in the church marriage register but not on the wedding certificate.

  If Fitzmaurice was maiden surname of Peter Gilmore's mother, she wouldn't have been sister of Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice's mother as Maria Fitzmaurice's maiden name was Lyons. Unless Kitty Fitzmaurice and Maria Lyons were step-sisters with different parents? Another possibility is that Peter Gilmore and Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice belonged to different generations of the Fitzmaurice family; they might have been 1st cousins-once-removed.

Valerie, you can correct content of a post or delete it by clicking on "My account" and selecting "My replies", if you find you've made a mistake. 

Is this Peter Gilmore's birth?  1865 Tuam Superintendent Registrar's District, Dunmore Registration District. Parents John Gilmore & Catherine (maiden name Fitzmaurice). Tuam registration district is adjacent to Claremorris reg. district. Ballyhaunis is in Claremorris reg. district. Dunmore is about midway between the towns of Tuam and Ballyhaunis.

Irish Genealogy.ie https://www.irishgenealogy.ie

Tuam is also the name of the Catholic diocese. Catholic parishes are on National Library of Ireland website where there is a map showing parish boundaries.

I don't see a Peter Gilmore on 1901 census which resembles him. He may have been out of Ireland at the time.

P.S. There is a death registration in Tuam district in 1865 for a Peter Gilmore aged 0. Image isn't available to view so can't tell if it was same baby whose birth was registered in Tuam in 1865. You would need to order a copy if you want to see it. There were no other Peter Gilmore births registered in 1864 or 1865 so there was no obvious alternative baby. As I said previously, not every birth was registered in the early years so the 1865 death may have been for a baby whose birth was unregistered.

Catherine Fitzmaurice married John Gilmore in Bekan RC on 10 April, 1859.  This is same church where Timothy Fitzmaurice married Maria Lyons.

They lived at Cappagh townland - see 1901/1911 census.  This townland is north of Dunmore, Co Galway, on the road to Ballyhaunis.

Peter and Martin were twins born 1865 but this Peter died at birth.  Peter born 1869 (Tuam District) is your ancestor Shannon, who emigrated 1898 to Alaska and became very successful.  When he visited home and returned again in 1904 he is accompanied  by his sister Bridget and Mary Ellen of course. 

In relation to Mary Ellen Fitzmaurice's sisters, Bridget Catherine born 1883, died in 1897. She was known as Delia Fitzmaurice.

That leaves Maggie Jane. I had no luck finding any further records for her in Ireland.  Have you any idea what happened to her?

If you are interested in finding out a little about Norah Tarpey, their half-sister, I have some leads from records but do not want to post here as people may be still living.

I can give you my email if you wish.

I googled 'Gilmore Hotel, Alaska' as Peter gave occupation as Hotel Proprietor when returning to USA in 1904 which led me to finding out more.

I found the story of 'Patrick J.Gilmore Sr., Pioneers of Southeast Alaska' fascinating to read.  Both he and brother Peter certainly made a good life in Alaska.

Valerie

I am a great-great grandson of Peter Fitzmaurice, brother of Timothy.  I have very little info about their parents, Peter Fitzmaurice and Mary Freely. The following info and related info can be found at my Ancestry.com pages

Children of PETER FITZMAURICE and MARY FREELY are not fully known and there were probably more than the four listed below. Most Irish Catholic families had 10 or more children at the time. The deadly impact of The Great Famine between 1846 and 1852 on this generation is not known.

                  i.  PETER² FITZMAURICE was born in 1837 in the Townland of Forthhill   

                      and died on 23 January, 1923 in Ballyhaunis

               ii.  MARY FITZMAURICE was born in 1840 in the Townland of Forthill and

                      died in 1887. She married Pat Murry and they had at least two children,

                      Thomas and Bridget.

             ii. TIMOTHY FITZMAURICE was born in 1844 in Forthill and died in               

                Ballyhaunis on 10 August 1888. Records show that he was a publican

                (bar owner) in Ballyhaunis. He married MARIA LYONS on 27                        

November 1876 in Ballyhaunis. One of their daughters Mary Ellen (1877-1964) emigrated to Alaska with her husband (and first cousin), Peter Gilmore Sr., for the 1897 Gold Rush; they both died in Ketchikan, Alaska where they ran a successful business. Other daughters included Mary (b.1879), Bridget (b. 1883), and Margaret Jane (b.1884)

            iv. MARGARET FITZMAURICE was born in 1848 and died in 1922 in             

Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland. She married MARTIN HANNON.