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Hi David

Thanks for your reply.  I am a bit blown away by all this?  When we were growing up my mother only vaguely mentioned her father had another brother, but there was never a name.  So when her last brother died (1996), a woman appeared at his funeral trying to make contact with the Fitzpatrick family. But my mother would not talk to her. So I retired three years ago and stated to the family tree. As we have a very large gang on my father’s side it took me a while to get to the Fitzpatrick side.  In looking at the Census I noticed my mother’s father had put in Mullingar as his place of birth and then crossed it out to put in Westmeath. This was my first introduction that my mother’s side came from Mullingar.  In talking to my mother’s brothers wife (she was much younger than him and is still alive) she informed me the lady at the funeral was Thomas daughter and that they are still in touch. Using other websites I have gather a lot of information and copies of records.

It is funny that you should be back in Mullingar as there are still some living relations there (I think)? As you may know John Fitzpatrick (senior) married a second time to Marie Reilly and there had nine children, one of which was called William (1885). He married Margaret McEnroe (there are both buried in the local cemetery) and they have a living son, who have a living daughter, who has a living son.  The address in the records for Mullingar are: Mount Street and 30 Greville Street (now called Pearse St – the one with the Greville Hotel in it).

Was the bus called the St. Kevin’s Bus. Photograph shows Joseph Fitzpatrick, Wife Margaret Nelson and five children including twins (taken 1907/08). My mother was not born till 1910.

 

Regards

Finbarr