Information about John Fitzpatrick's brother Matthew was corrected in April 2024. Mathew's wife Susan Louisa (Woolls) died in England, not in New South Wales. It was Mathew's son Matthew who went to New South Wales and married Sabina Gadd.
The French origin of Margaret Johnson remains elusive. It would be intriguing if her father were the Arthur William Johnson born in Java in 1813 and baptised in Paris 14 years later. Were Arthur's parents, Colonel Jeremiah Johnson and Saiba Johnson involved in the British occupation of Java between 1811 and 1816?
The search for Arthur William Johnson in France and England was detailed in a new post.
The discovery of more about the Fitzpatrick family led to new posts about the Fitzpatrick and Howe families and the origins of the Fitzpatrick Family of Ballagh, part of the former Barony of Ossory.
There are land and probate records for Fitzpatrick in County Laois for John Fitzpatrick's father Charles and grand-father Joseph. John's brother Joseph (d.1852) married Francis Dowling. John's father Charles married Catherine Purcell. There were Fitzpatrick, Dowling and Purcell families in Aughanlee townland, Clonenagh Parish in 1829.
Ballagh [Ballagharahin] and Errill townlands were Fitzpatrick places from the 1620s, when Geoffrey Fitzpatrick erected the Errill Wayside Cross, to 1784 when John Fitzpatrick was buried at Errill and 1827 Tithes when Joseph Fitzpatrick occupied land at Ballagh. The intriguing connection with John Wilson Fitzpatrick was explored.
Links to the Fitzpatrick family, Fitzpatrick Society, Fitzpatrick Clan and One Name Study websites, Errill stories in the Schools Collection, Cavan and Urney Ireland sources were added to the Sources Page.
Family trees were revised for birth and death dates and corrected family trees inserted again as png images in the Family Tree and Family Stories Pages.