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Hi All

I am after a bit of help if possible please?

I've been researching my dads side of the family and made good progress over the years however i have hit a brick wall when it comes to my dads great aunt Margaret. My dad or my aunt never new anything about her, she was a bit of a mystery. She was a no go subject for them from their parents and grandparents.
I've managed to find her on the 1901 & 1911 cen but after that the trail goes cold.
Her Name Was Margaret Fitzgerald she was the Daughter of John & Alice Fitzgerald nee Geraghty/Garratty and her brother was James. He was born in 1895. I have them living in Lodge Avenue in the Richmond/Mortlake Area of Surrey. in the 1911 cen it appears she was 17 and a domestic servant for Lawrence & Henrietta Smart in Melville Road. She then disappears! I cannot find her birth registered or death.

Can anyone help or point me where to go? I dont know her exact dob :(

Many Thanks in advance

Shelley

if this is her birth /???????


FITZGERALD, MARGARET MARY
GERAGHTY
GRO Reference: 1893 S Quarter in RICHMOND - SURREY Volume 02A Page 400

Name: Margaret Mary Fitzgerald
Death Age: 92
Birth Date: 12 May 1892
Registration Date: Sep 1984
Registration district: Richmond Upon Thames
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 14
Page: 1432

although birth year doesn't match


FITZGERALD, JAMES
GERAGHTY
GRO Reference: 1895 S Quarter in RICHMOND - SURREY Volume 02A Page 421

Thank you! This could be right as Alice her mother was a Gerraghty/Garratty

in case you don't have it
1939 for alice

5 West Road, Barnes M.B., Surrey, England
James Fitzgerald 21 Jul 1895 Male Milk Foreman Married 237 1
Mabel Fitzgerald 15 Sep 1895 Female School Caretaker Married 237 2
Joan K Plumbridge (Fitzgerald) 30 Mar 1922 Female Book Keeper Single 237 3
James A Fitzgerald 14 May 1925 Male Office Boy (Printing) Single 237 4
Alice Fitzgerald 19 Aug 1864 Female Retired - 237 5

Ahh yes thats great :)
Ive got quite far with the others its just the elusive Margaret. I think ive found her going on a ship to new york at 63!

this one coming back

Name: Margaret Fitzgerald
Arrival Age: 63
Birth Date: 12 May 1892
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 30 Sep 1955
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: New York
Ship Name: Ryndam
Shipping Line: Holland-American Line
Official Number: 7767/20

Thank you so much. Now just to find out when she went. You have been so helpful x

The UK address of the Margaret who travelled in 1955 above, was:
20 Armitage Road, Bournes Green, Southend-on-sea.

She was a teacher

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

9, Lodge Avenue, Mortlake, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Fitzgerald Head Married Male 38 1863 Builders Labourer Ireland
Alice Fitzgerald Wife Married Female 36 1865 - Mortlake, Surrey, England
Margaret Fitzgerald Daughter Single Female 7 1894 - Mortlake, Surrey, England
James Fitzgerald Son Single Male 6 1895 - Mortlake, Surrey, England
Thomas Fitzgerald Brother Single Male 28 1873 Labourer In Brewery Ireland
Patrick Sullivan Boarder Single Male 30 1871 Labourer Market Gardens Ireland
John Sullivan Boarder Single Male 21 1880 Labourer Market Gardens Ireland
John Sullivan Boarder Single Male 19 1882 Labourer Market Gardens Ireland

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1911 census for parents shows that they had been married for 20 years with 6 children born of which 4 had died

1911 Census For England & Wales

4 Lodge Avenue Mortlake, Mortlake, Surrey, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Fitzgerald Head Married Male 49 1862 Labourer Builders Kerry Ireland
Alice Fitzgerald Wife Married Female 46 1865 Laundry Hand Ironer Mortlake Surrey
James Fitzgerald Son Single Male 16 1895 Milkround Milk Carrier Mortlake Surrey
Alice Fitzgerald's Census Details

You may well have these, but just in case, as they were born and died between census, did you know of the other children?

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
FITZGERALD, ELLEN GERAUGHTY
GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in RICHMOND. SURREY Volume 02A Page 391

FITZGERALD, MARGARET MARY GERAGHTY
GRO Reference: 1893 S Quarter in RICHMOND - SURREY Volume 02A Page 400

FITZGERALD, JAMES GERAGHTY
GRO Reference: 1895 S Quarter in RICHMOND - SURREY Volume 02A Page 421

FITZGERALD, CATHERINE GERAGHTY
GRO Reference: 1899 J Quarter in RICHMOND-SURREY Volume 02A Page 448

Twins -
FITZGERALD, JOHN GERAGHTY
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in RICHMOND SURREY Volume 02A Page 458

FITZGERALD, THOMAS GERAGHTY
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in RICHMOND SURREY Volume 02A Page 458

the Deaths

Name: Age at Death (in years):

FITZGERALD, ELLEN 0
GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in RICHMOND-SURREY Volume 02A Page 375

FITZGERALD, CATHERINE 0
GRO Reference: 1899 J Quarter in RICHMOND - SURREY Volume 02A Page 260

FITZGERALD, THOMAS 0
GRO Reference: 1902 S Quarter in RICHMOND - SURREY Volume 02A Page 232

FITZGERALD, JOHN 1 (freebmd shows RD to be Richmond - will report GRO not showing)
GRO Reference: 1903 M Quarter in Volume 02A Page 297

One Ancestry tree has the 1901/1911 census as you.

They then have her in
New York 1915 as a Teacher aged 23 but census shows born US

24.4.1929 - Arrival Southampton. Aged 38 a Buyer by occupation, address ? Park Lane Hotel

1935 - Residence Rural, Ulster, New York - no census attached, but stated on 1940 one

1940 - Rochester, Ulster, NY as a servant born England aged 48

1955 - arrival Southampton. Posted by Maddie earlier. Further info from original shows her dob 12 5.92. going to 20 Ermitage Road, Bournes Green, Southend on Sea. A teacher with English passport, country of last Permanent residence and intended future residence is England

1984 - death Richmond upon Thames

The other tree has only her 1901/11 census, Mother Alice, Father unknown

Wow grey ghost! I’ll go through it all with my dad. I literally found the same thing with the teacher but born in USA?
Much appreciated

Apologies I jumped the gun argyl I thought it was her going to the USA not coming back xx

1911 - Servant
1915 - Teacher
1929 - Buyer staying on Park Lane
1940 - Servant
1955 - Teacher

Is this the same person?? Don't believe Ancestry trees unless well documented and proved.

there was a rumour no fact to it that she might of been like a governess or something of the like with private families? My dads memory isn’t great but he thought he had heard she was something like that but they weren’t really told anything

The 1915 mentioned above, just for the record:

Margaret Fitzgerald
in the New York, State Census, 1915
Name: Margaret Fitzgerald
Birth Year: abt 1892
Birth Place: United States
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Residence Place: New York, New York
Relationship: Teacher
Colour or Race: White
Assembly District: 09
House Number: 164
Line Number: 31
Page Number: 23

Address: St Michael's Church & Convent.

But that tree GG mentioned sounds considerably mixed up.

Thank you all for your help. I’ve saved a lot to my tree to go through with my dad today and try and make some sense of it all. Appreciate all your help. It’s definitely a bit more information then what we had x