Individual Details

William Francis FITZGERALD

(11 Sep 1842 - 30 Nov 1881)

William became a priest and ministered in Kansas. From accounts on the Ancestry website it appears he was the first pastor (parish priest) at Saint Joseph's Church in Irish Creek. Then, around 1880, on property donated by William's brother James, he had work started on a new church, St. Malachy's, in Beattie. However William never saw the church completed as he died in 1881, apparently of typhoid. He was 39 years old.

Events

Birth11 Sep 1842Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
Death30 Nov 1881Kansas
BurialMount Calvary Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas

Families

FatherJames? FITZGERALD ( - )
Mother'UNKNOWN' ( - )
SiblingJames FITZGERALD (1829 - 1906)
SiblingJohanna FITZGERALD (1830 - 1911)