Edmund Fitzmaurice of Kerry, b. 1799
Edmund's tombstone in Ripon, WI, lists his date of birth as 1799 from Co Kerry. Buried along with him are: wife, Anna, without marker; son, Michael, b. Sep 1842; Mary Coughlan b.Jan 1833; and, Mary's husband, Thomas Coughlan. I can't prove, but believe Mary Coughlan was a daughter.
Edmund unsuccessfully speculated on a land parcel in 1859 in Shawano County, WI, with Thomas Coughlan. At that time they were both residents of Dodge County, WI. Edmund laterowned property in Berlin and Oshkosh, WI. He died in 1878, in WI.
His son Michael, filing for Naturalization, claimed to have arrived in New York in Dec 1854. Michael was killed in a gruesome railroad yard accident in Ripon in 1877. His father Edmund deeded some property in Berlin over to the Michael's widow, Mary McDermott Fitzmaurice, b. 1835, Croghan, Co Roscommon.
I know Fitzmaurices were in relative abundance in Kerry. Thought I'd cast this Fitzmaurice out there, in case anyone happened to know a 1799 vintage Edmund. I'm looking for a parish for mine.