Catherine (Kate) FITZGERALD

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Name Catherine (Kate) FITZGERALD , F
Birth 27 Feb 1862, At sea, LAT 26N LONG 20W (near Canary Islands), on board the MERCHANT PRINCE en route to AUS [562], [563]
Birth Memo VIC Cert#19M: Port of examination: Liverpool, ENG, UK; informant David Fitzgerald (father) who made his mark (illiterate); 2 daughters of David (listed as living)
Death 19 Nov 1916, Melbourne Hospital, Gipps Ward, VIC, AUS [565] Age: 54
Death Memo Chronic nephritis, arterio sclerosis, gangrene of left leg, cardiac failure - for 7 weeks; informant A.J. Richardson - agent
Burial 21 Nov 1916, Coburg Cemetery, VIC, AUS [600], [565]
Burial Memo Unmarked plot: CofE section, grave A611
Immigration 26 Jan to 12 May 1862, Melbourne, VIC, AUS [562] Age: <1
Immigration Memo Family departed Liverpool 26 Jan 1862 on board the ship "Merchant Prince" & arrived Melbourne 12 May 1862; Catherine was born at sea on 27 Feb 1862
Occupation Gentlewoman, home duties [560], [565]
Religion Church of England [600]
Father David FITZGERALD, M (1834-1897)
Mother Margaret/Elizabeth HOWARD, F (1841-1910)
Misc. Notes
Catherine living at Footscray at time of marriage
Lived at 10 Ethel St, Thornbury, prior to death [607]
Spouses
1 James William DURANCE , M
Birth 18 Sep 1861, Sandridge (Port Melbourne), VIC, AUS [597]
Birth Memo Also listed 1 male and 1 female sibling alive; informant Matthew Thomas Durance - father
Death 30 Nov 1911, Gipps Ward, Melbourne Hospital, VIC, AUS [598], [599] Age: 50
Death Memo Chronic nephritis and heart failure; informant A.J. Richardson - agent
Burial 2 Dec 1911, Coburg Cemetery, VIC, AUS [598], [600]
Burial Memo Unmarked plot: CofE section, grave A611
Occupation Watchmaker [560], [598], [601], [602], [603], [604], [605], [606]
Religion Church of England [600]
Father Matthew Thomas DURANCE, M (ca1827-1890)
Mother Martha Ann/Caroline COOPER, F (1830-1881)
Misc. Notes
James resided at Carlton at time of marriage;
Member United Lodge of Freemasons, St Arnauds, VIC, AUS;
Resided at 38 Salisbury Grove, Northcote, VIC, AUS at time of death;
On will, assets listed: real estate (40'2" x 100') with a 6-roomed weatherboard dwelling (�300)
On will, liabilities: The German Sick and Relief Society, Melbourne (money lent) [601], [598]
Marriage 12 Aug 1884, 116 Gore St, Fitzroy, VIC, AUS [560]
Marriage Memo James bachelor, Catherine spinster; Witnesses Henry James Joseph Maddox, Alice Flood Brown (James' sister)
Children Edwin James, M (1885-1943)
Lois Martha, F (1886-1941)
Horace Arthur (Died as Infant), M (1887-1888)
Unknown (Stillborn), ? (ca1888-ca1888)
Alice Margaret, F (1890-1951)
Minnie Helen (Died as Infant), F (1891-1891)
Minnie (Died as Infant), F (ca1892-ca1892)
Julia Elizabeth, F (1893-1948)
Emily Clara, F (1894-1963)
Bertha Ann, F (1897-1947)
William John/James, M (1898-1957)
Thomas Alfred, M (1900-1947)
Ernest John, M (1901-1976)
Last Modified 8 Sep 2002 Created 19 Feb 2005 by Stephen & Karen Karner (Reunion 7.05 for Macs)

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