Michael Fitzgerald

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iain Frazier on 30th April 2026

Family connectios for Michael (Fitzgerald) are: FITZGERALD Michael (Fitzgerald) was born about 1779. He was tried w/1other for housebreaking & stealing bank notes etc near Bird Hill co.Tipperary Ireland at city court Limerick Ireland (same session as Bridget (Shea/Shay)), sentenced to 7years for possession & arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 5.5months on TELLICHERRY. He had a first relationship with Bridget (Shea her second relationship).>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Bridget (Shea/Shay) was born about 1785. She had a first relationship (perhaps named (Flaven)) & produced a child, whom she brought to NSW. She was tried for stealing writing desk of Captain (Grant) at city court Limerick Ireland (same session as Michael (Fitzgerald)), sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict with her child on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 5.5months on TELLICHERRYalso; she was Catholic. She was issued her Conditional Pardon before 1806; her Certificate of Freedom was no.566.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Michael (Fitzgerald) & Bridget (Shea) produced 1child: 1.Michael (Fitzgerald) was born in 1806. He was recorded in 1814 with his parents. He was recorded in 1828 with his mother as sawyer at Hunters Hill. .. .. >>>Michael (Fitzgerald) married secondly Mary (Wood/Oakley age15 her second (2of4?) relationship) on 16 3 1811 (the date of baptism of their children) at St Johns Launceston.>>> Mary (Wood) was born on 13 8 1796 on Norfolk Island. She was recorded as child off stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. The Ref:'People...' indicates she married (her first? (1of4?) relationship) using surname (Wood). She as Mary (Oakley) is recorded as producing 1child. She may have had a third (3of4?) relationship with Michael (Mara). She later lived with Henry (Crosswell)-a fourth? relationship. She as Mary (Oakley) received 400lb from Henry (Croswell)s Will in 1865. She produced perhaps 6children in her lifetime. [Details of a Mary (Wood)s family are given in entry for George (Wood ALEXANDER 1788) on this Website. .. Michael (Fitzgerald) & Mary (Woods) produced perhaps 4children: 1.William (Fitzgerald) was born on 17 1 1808 & baptised on 16 3 1811 (the date of marriage of his parents) age 3 w/Maria at St Johns Launceston-he appears a second time in Smees records as born in 1811. 2.Maria (Fitzgerald) was born in 1808also & baptised on 16 3 1811 (the date of marriage of her parents) age about2 w/William at St Johns Launceston-she appears a second time in Smees records as born in 1811. 3.William (Fitzgerald) was born in 1811-perhaps due to uncertainty by the clegyman at a baptisn in that year. 4.Maria (Fitzgerald) was born in 1811also-perhaps due to uncertainty by the clegyman at a baptisn in that year. .. >>>Michael (Fitzgerald) returned to Bridget (Shea/Shay). He became a farmer. He was recorded in 1814 with his family. He was recorded in 1825 as Free by Servitude landholder at Sydney with his wife. He died in 1828 age about49 father of perhaps 4children. >>>Bridget (Shea/Shay) returned to Michael (Fitzgerald). She was recorded in 1814 with her family. She was recorded in 1825 at Sydney with her husband. She was recorded in 1828 with her children. She produced 3known children in her lifetime. Michael (Fitzgerald) & Bridget (Shea/Shay) produced another child: 2.Eleanor/Ellen (Fitzgerald) was born in 1812. She was recorded in 1814 with her parents. She was recorded in 1828 with her mother. She may have married Richard (Porter) at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..Richard (Porter) was born on 22 6 1806 & baptised on 29 3 1807 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Kissing Point. He died on 15 7 1889 age83. ..Details of Richard (Porter)s family are given in entry for Richard (Porter SURPRISE 1790) on this Website. References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'

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Robin Sharkey on 3rd September 2018

MICHAEL FITZGERALD - IRISH CRIME Finns Leinster Journal, Saturday 19 March 1803 p 2: “Michael Fitzgerald for having, with others, broke into the house of Mary Fitzgerald, near Bird-Hill Co. Tipperary, and feloniously stealing thereout a number of bank notes, wearing apparel &c, he was acquitted of the burglary but found guilty of having in his possession, when taken, some of the said bank notes and wearing apparel.” BRIDGET SHEA - who he would live with inNSW - was found guilty, at the same sizes, of stealing.

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Denis Pember on 4th May 2017

Michael had a defacto relationship and probably was later married to Bridget Shea, another convict, transported on "Tellicherry". Bridget had a young daughter travelling with her, Elizabeth Flaven. Bridget and Michael had two children, Michael and Ellen. In the 1814 muster, Bridget is noted as: Bridget Shea per Tellicherry, 3 children, wife to Mich. Fitzgerald. The three children would be Elizabeth Flaven, and Michael and Ellen Fitzgerald. In the 1825 Muster: Shea, Bridget, free by servitude, Tellicherry, 1806, 7 years, wife of Wm. Fitzgerald, Sydney. Fitzgerald, Michael, free by servitude, Tellicherry, 1806, 7 years, landholder, Sydney. In the 1828 Census: Page 147… [Ref F0567] Fitzgerald, Bridget, 68, came free, Tellicherry, 1806, Catholic. [Ref F0568] Fitzgerald, Michael, 22, born in the colony, sawyer, Hunters Hill. [Ref F0569] Fitzgerald, Eleanor, 16, born in the colony. #Note Michael Fitgerald senior had died earlier that year, 1828.