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Adding on to the original message by Mike FitzWilliam, a cousin of mine, and making some corrections:
James Fitzwilliam, Thomas Fitzwilliam, and Dennis Fitzwilliam, all from around the Vale of Avoca/Wexford/Arklow area, emigrated to the United States between 1820 and 1851. James died at sea and his wife, Bridget Doyle, and their sons and daughters (save for Thomas and Patrick) landed in New Orleans on Jan. 1. 1851.
Thomas also emigrated to New Orleans, married Anna Hennings, and built 13 House on Julia St. in addition to overseeing the construction of St. Patrick's Church on Camp St. He appears to have emigrated to America with Philip Maher and they went into various real estate ventures together, first in Pointe Coupee Parish and then in Madison Parish, where Thomas died of yellow fever in 1853.
Dennis's emigration date is unknown but he ended up in St. Louis as a fur trader. His descendants lived there until, like many families, jobs and marriages took them to other places, including the other Mike to Savannah. I'm part of the New Orleans branch descended from James's son, Thomas, who emigrated to Philadelphia in late 1850 and made his way to New Orleans to become the south's leading lithographer.
I have quite a bit of information about these folks and will be happy to help anyone who would like to know more. I'd like to know more about the Patrick Fitzwilliam clan that started out in Louisiana, went to Galveston for awhile before ending up in Los Angeles.
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