1800's. My Great Great Great Grandmother was a Mary Kathleen Meade married to a Henry James Fitzmaurice - supposedly a captain of HN, 3rd Buggs. Mary Kathleen's brother was a Major Roche Meade. Their parents were Mary-Anne (nee Harold) who married John Meade. This was in the late 1700's. My Great Great Grandmother Mary Agnes Fitzmaurice (daughter of Mary Kathleen Meade and Henry James Fitzmaurice) is eluding me in my efforts to trace my family history. She died in 1920 supposedly at the age of 90 in a home for old age dementia sufferers. Her death certificate is the only document I have and they are notoriously incorrect. However it states her parents were Henry Fitzmaurice - army captain and Mary Kathleen Meade. Captain Roche Meade never married and I have photocopies of a valuation of items from his estate and a document dated 24 May 1857 'Mrs Kate Fitzmaurice with John Chalmers in Account Currently.This document also appears to contain an Order on Sydney on 22 April 1850. Captain Meade died 16 November 1849. I don't know if any of this information can provide you with an inkling as to where I should start to look to find out about Mary Agnes Fitzmaurice. I am dubious about the information on the death certificate although she was very old when she died. I have an Aunty who is 96 and can just remember her or being told about her existence in the mental hospital. Her death certificate states she was in NSW Australia for 77 years when she died which means she must have arrived in 1843 or thereabouts if she was actually born in 1830. No-one knows if her parents came too. Any light you might be able to shed on where I can look for records on their existence in Ireland would be appreciated.
