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Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1
« on: Monday 27 October 25 16:58 GMT (UK) »
Another WW1 puzzle.
FRANCIS DREW FITZGIBBON died 11 April 1921 after serving with the Royal Army Service Corps. Aged 22, he was the son of John and Nora (nee Carmody) of Boherbee; death registered in Tralee. John Carmody was himself an Army pensioner.
At the 1901 Census the family consisted of : John (65), Nora (36) and children Robert (14), Bartholomew (12), Bridget (9), Nora (6), Elizabeth (4), FRANCIS (2) and baby Teresa.
Nora died on 13 Mar 1902; Bridget died on 10 Jun 1905, and John (father) died on 25 Oct 1911.
My objective is to find proof of burial for FRANCIS, but the likelihood must be that he is buried with his father and siblings.
Can anyone help? Any information, including death or funeral notices , would be gratefully received.

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Re: Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1
« Reply #1 on: Monday 27 October 25 17:12 GMT (UK) »
You need to check for a death cert as the age doesn't quite match but a Bridget Fitzgibbon 16 daughter of John Boherbee died June 1905, funeral to Rath. Kerry Chronicle.

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Re: Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1
« Reply #2 on: Monday 27 October 25 21:31 GMT (UK) »
Thank, Sinann.  She was actually 14 when she died - born 26 Sept 1891 , died 10 June 1905. Is Rath a village - or a shortened form of a place name?

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Re: Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1
« Reply #3 on: Monday 27 October 25 22:14 GMT (UK) »
There is an Old and New Rath Cemetery in Tralee.

Death cert gives 15 years but she is the daughter of an Army pensioner
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1905/05590/4571025.pdf

When the father John died in 1911 his cert says 71 and newspaper says 77, unfortunately it doesn’t give a burial place.


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Re: Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 28 October 25 08:58 GMT (UK) »

Bridget was 13 years when she died.

Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: Francis Drew FITZGIBBON WW1
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 28 October 25 17:21 GMT (UK) »

Rath New Cemetery, Ballinorig Road, Tralee.  (Rathass Burial Ground)

https://tinyurl.com/ywafjvp9

Rathass Burial Ground (Old Cemetery) - on R875, Tralee

https://tinyurl.com/4jyp5t7h


Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo