Re: fitzsimmons
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Re: fitzsimmons
Pat Zell 5/04/04
Husband of Bridget Fitzsimmons, who [in the 1920s] lived 9 Raphael Street, Belfast.
* Believing that our Patrick Fitzsimmons is the Patrick Fitzsimmons born Oct 1883 : he married Brigid Keenan, on 19 April 1905, at St Malachy’s Church, Alfred Street, Belfast, and wereresiding at 22 Market Street, Belfast.
* In July 1915, i.e. one month after Patrick Fitzsimmons’s death, she lived at 89 Stanfield Street, Belfast. (This street is approx. 150 meters north of Raphael Street. Stanfield Street now is Lower Stanfield Street and Upper Stanfield Street. This area now is (was) Markets area.)
* In 1916 Bridget F. probably lived at the same address or area, for on 6/7/1916 a Bridget Fitzsimmons was witness to a marriage of a woman living at 95 Stanfield Street.
*She may have remarried, for in 1919 a Bridget Rodgers lived at 19 Raphael Street, and in 1924 at 9 Raphael Street. Also in 1930 (9 Raphael Street = the address given by the CWGC). If as a widow she remarried a Rodgers, we have no further information about this person.
* Bridget Keenan may have had a sister Catherine Keenan, who married Joseph Boyce on 22 April 1905. (3 days after Bridget and Patrick’s own wedding)
5. PARENTS OF PATRICK FITZSIMMONS
Believing that Patrick Fitzsimmons was born in the second half of 1882 or in 1883 (See 1. Death Certificate) we focus on a Patrick Fitzsimmons whose parents were :
- Bernard Fitzsim(m)ons x Mary Anne Harte (also spelled as Maryann Hart ; born 1854 ; a widow; her first husband was Hugh Gilmore, married 2 Aug 1875)
Bernard Fitzsimmons and Mary Anne Harte married 13 November 1884, address 17 Terence Street
They had the following children :
- Patrick(born 4 or 12 October 1883 - so, the year before the parents married)
- James (born 26 March 1886)
- Bernard (born 3 august 1888 ?), married Mary Dunne on 3 May 1912
- Catherine ? (born 31 July 1892)
- Elizabeth (born 22 August 1896), married Patrick Hanna on 25 Oct 1914
The main reason that we believe that this Patrick Fitzsimmons is the person we are looking for, are
- that he married a Brigid Keenan (on 19 April 1905 ), of who we believe that this is the‘Bridget’ mentioned by the CWGC.
- that his date of birth fits (though not exactly) the age given by his death certificate (Age 32).
Remark-However there is another Fitzsimmons couple who might qualify as his parents:
- Garrett (or Patrick ?) Fitzsimmons &Martha Purse, who married 17 Feb1879 in Newtonbreda, St Matthews church (?).They had a son Patrick Joseph Fitzsimmons, born Jan - March 1879.
The age of the father was 38, and he was a widower. The age of the mother Martha Purse was 28. They lived in Lemons Row.
6. CHILDREN
The children of Patrick Fitzsimmons (born Oct 1883) and Bridget Keenan :
- Alice Fitzsimmons (born 25 June 1906)
- Bernard Fitzsimmons (born 7 October 1908) ; then residing at 27 Roy or Joy Street
7. OTHER
*Patrick Fitzsimmons was employed by Messrs. W.W. Kennedy & Co Carriers, Warehouse Men and Produce Brokers, 24-26 Academy Street, Belfast.
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