Margaret Reilly

Birth Name Margaret Reilly
Gender female
Age at Death about 79 years, 11 months, 15 days

Narrative

Received March 2018

Thank you for contacting the Hamilton Public Library, Local History & Archives.
Unfortunately, I was unable to locate a death notice/obituary for Patrick or Margaret Fitzgerald in the Hamilton Spectator. I searched the date provided and a week past the date of death.

Kindly,
Archives Technician,
Local History and Archives Department, Central Library
Hamilton Public Library
55 York Blvd, Hamilton, ON L8N 4E4

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1831 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland   1a
Event Note

Margaret's 1881 census said she was 50, or born about 1831
Her death record in December 1910 said Margaret was 70, or born about 1840. Her date of birth was unknown, even the year.

Census (Wife) January 12, 1852 Niagara, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada St Patrick's Ward 2a
Event Note

1851;Census Place: Niagara, Lincoln County, Canada West (Ontario).
Schedule: A. Roll: C_11736, Page 101, Line: 9.
January 12, 1852
St Patrick's Ward

Patrick Fitzgerald, 47, Ireland, laborer
Margaret, 30, Ireland
Mary, 13, Upper Canada
John, 8, Upper Canada
Bridget, 5, Upper Canada

all Roman Catholic

Census (Wife) January 14, 1861 Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   3a
Event Note

1861; Census Place: Ottawa, Carleton, Canada West;
Roll: C-1099-1100; Page: 258
January 14, 1861

P. Fitzgerald, 56, laborer, born in Ireland, married, cannot read or write
Margaret Fitzgerald, 41, born in Ireland, married
Bridget, 14, born in Upper Canada
Catherine, 8, born in Upper Canada
Patrick, 6, born in Upper Canada
Joseph, 1, born in Upper Canada, born in 1860

living in a frame house, one family, land: 33x99 [no units given]

Census (Wife) April 2, 1871 Montague, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   4a
Event Note

1871 Census Ontario, Lanark County, District 79, Sub District: Montague, 1st Division, pages 11 and 12 Family No: 38.
2 April 1871

Patrick Fitzgerald, 67, married, Ireland, laborer
Margaret Fitzgerald, 47, married, Ireland
John Fitzgerald, 24, Ontario, shoe maker
Theresa Fitzgerald, 21, Ontario, seamstress
Catherine Fitzgerald, 16, Ontario
Patrick Fitzgerald, 13, Ontario
Joseph Fitzgerald, 10, Ontario

All Irish, Catholic

Census (Wife) April 4, 1881 Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada   1a
Event Note

1881 Census, Hamilton, Ward 6, p 84
April 4, 1881

Patrick Fitzgerald, 80, born in Ireland
Margaret Fitzgerald, 50, born in Ireland
Theresa Fitzgerald, 25, born in Ontario, no occupation
Catherine Fitzgerald, 22, born in Ontario, tailoress
Joseph Fitzgerald, 18, born in Ontario, moulder
All Irish, all Catholic

Census (Head) April 11, 1891 Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada   5a
Event Note

1891 Census Place: District 72, Hamilton, Ward 4, Ontario, page 15
Roll: T-6341, Family No: 73.
April 11, 1891
[from the image. the name on the census page is "Fitzjarld"]

Margret Fitzgerald, 60, widowed, born in Ireland, parents also
Tarassa Fitzgerald, 30, daughter, born in Ontario, parents in Ireland, tailoring
Catherine Fitzgerald, 28, daughter, born in Ontario, parents in Ireland, tailoring
all Roman Catholic

Death December 16, 1910 Hamilton, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada at 69 Robert Street 6a
Event Note

Deaths, Hamilton, Wentworth County
Margaret Fitzgerald
December 16, 1910
female, Irish, housewife
date of birth unknown
age 70, born in Ireland
place of death: 69 Robert Street
father: Patrick O'Reilly, born in Ireland
mother: unknown, born in Ireland
cause: chronic bronchitis and senile decay, duration 1 year
physician: T H Balfe, 225 James St, North
certified by: James Dwyer, 16 Cannon East
[he was a funeral director]

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Patrick O'Reilly
Mother
         Margaret Reilly about 1831 December 16, 1910

Families

Family of Patrick Joseph Fitzgerald and Margaret Reilly

Married Husband Patrick Joseph Fitzgerald ( b. about 1801 d. February 28, 1889 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage        
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John FitzgeraldJune 26, 1844August 12, 1934
Bridget Fitzgeraldabout 1847
Catherine FitzgeraldAugust 1853March 6, 1927
Theresa Fitzgeraldabout 1856
Patrick James FitzgeraldAugust 20, 1857December 13, 1937
Joseph Fitzgeraldabout December 1860September 13, 1912

Source References

  1. 1881 Census of Canada
      • Page: Hamilton, Ontario, Ward 6, p 84
      • Citation:

        "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVFV-43Q : 11 March 2018), Ward No. 6, Hamilton (City), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 84; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13257, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,893.

  2. 1851 Census of Canada
      • Date: January 12, 1852
      • Page: Niagara, Lincoln County, Canada West (Ontario)., Schedule: A. Roll: C_11736, Page 101, Line: 9
  3. 1861 Census of Canada
      • Page: Ottawa, Carleton, Canada West, Roll: C-1099-1100; Page: 258
  4. 1871 Census of Canada
      • Page: Ontario, Lanark County, District 79, Sub District: Montague, 1st Division, pages 11 and 12 Family No: 38.
  5. 1891 Census of Canada
      • Page: District 72, Hamilton, Ward 4, Ontario, page 15, Family No: 73
  6. Ontario Deaths
      • Page: December 16, 1910, Hamilton, Margaret Fitzgerald
      • Citation:

        "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDTH-H95 : 9 March 2018), Margaret Fitzgerald, 16 Dec 1910; citing Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Yr 1910 cn 34015, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,632.