A post-script to the Edgar Fitz-Henry story

Here's a photo which Wendy sent me.
The family group shows Wendy's great grandmother Louisa Fitzhenry (nee Coward) and five of her seven children in about 1900.
Standing from left to right:
Louisa Fitzhenry (Wendy's grandmother born 1878),
Edgar Fitzhenry (the youngest child born 1883)
Fanny Fitzhenry ( born 1869, married Frederick William Borrell)
Frederick Fitzhenry (born 1871, married Agnes Henderson)
Ada Fitzhenry.(born 1880)
Not present in the photo are Ernest Edward Fitzhenry, the eldest child born 1867 and Albert Fitzhenry born 1877

And a letter from Edgar Fitzhenry to his family which mentions the Fitz-Henry family which Rodrigo Palacios Fitz-Henry is descended from:

My dear Ada .....I have not written since writing to Fred, as I have been very occupied with the purchase of Senor Figueroa's shares and have had to borrow to make up the amount. Everything is practically settled and I am shipping gold and copper minerals, the first 50 tons goes out this month. This has been hand sorted from the waste piles or dumps thrown away by the ancient miners, the mineral assays 1oz gold per ton, 8ozs silver and 10% copper per ton.Two or three shipments will clear off all the debts and I will then be free to sell or reform the Company without consulting any one. When this is done and we have an honest engineer and manager to look after things Isabel and I have agreed to first visit her family in Peru and then go on to Panama and N.Z.........

I wonder if any of you can remember anything about the youngest of Dad's brothers, Michael, whether Dad ever mentioned where he had settled, because the FitzHenry Family in Valparaiso have a strong resemblance to us. Their father was named Michael and the eldest son who died a few months ago, was also called Michael after the Father. He was manager of the Bank of Chile and the rest of the family are well connected here professionally. When you write to Ern, Albert and Louie please ask them about the above and send them our best wishes for 1934.The year in which, I hope once again, will see us all united if possible.......

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William Fitzhenry and Louisa Coward - New Zealand

Wendy Rutter sent me a gentle reminder that the William and Louisa that I had found populating New Zealand with Fitzhenrys in the New Zealand BMD site were in fact her great-grandparents.

They are featured as Family group 20 on the FitzhenryDNA site. Here is some information that Wendy sent me about William and Louisa. If you recognised any of these people and want some more information, send us an email and we'll pass it on to Wendy.

William FITZHENRY was born around 1839 in Oulartwick, Wexford Ireland to John FITZHENRY and Eliza ATKIN. Oulartwick is a few miles east of the town of Enniscorthy.
He arrived in Victoria Australia in Nov 1862 aboard the “Shalimar” and started working as a miner in the gold fields with his elder brother Hercules Atkin FITZHENRY who had emigrated to Australia a few years earlier.

After the death of Hercules, he married Louisa COWARD on 5 September 1865 in St. James' Church, LaTrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Jonathon COWARD and Sarah COWLEY. Louisa was born around 1843 in Mere, Wiltshire, England.

A "W. FITZHENRY aged 26, single, born Ireland", left Melbourne on 13 Jun 1866 on the “South Australian" and went to the gold fields of Hokitika, on the West coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Was this our man?
Louisa joined William in New Zealand and they settled at 55 Gloucester Street, Linwood, Christchurch. They later lived at 54 Gloucester Street. Their children went to Christchurch East School on the corner of Barbados and Gloucester Streets, and were all christened as Protestants.

William and Louisa had 7 children:

Ernest Edward FITZHENRY (13 October 1867 - 30 January 1935) married Alice PHILLIPS in Dargaville, North Island, New Zealand in 1901. Alice died in 1957 in Dargaville.
They had 4 children

1. Norman Leonard 1909 – 6.2.1930 Picnic Island (accident)
2. Beryl 1915 – 1973 aged 58 Dargaville (never married)
3. Gordon Oriel 1906-1988 Whangara married Eileen May Nash (c1910 – 1990) in 1933
4. Kenneth Ernest 1912 married Linda Pearl McCrackenc 1912 – 1992

Fanny Maud FITZHENRY (18 February 1869 - 5 May 1948) married Frederick William BORRELL in 1901
They had 4 children:

1. Jack Fitzhenry married Merle Paynter
2. Dorothy Fitzhenry 1904 – 1986 married 1961 Jim Anderson
3. Frank Fitzhenry 1906 – 1970 Cook Islands
4. Kathleen Louise (known as Louise or LuLu) married 1929 David Blair

Frederick FITZHENRY (12 May 1871 - 8 April 1947, Christchurch) married Agnes HENDERSON (d. 23 May 1961, Christchurch) in 1908.
They had 4 children

1. Eileen May (born c1911) married 1936 to Vivian Whitta WILSON
2. Phyllis Clare c1912
3. Keith Oscar (1913 – 26 November 1969, Christchurch)
4. Runa Frances (born 1918 ) married 1940 to John Thornton BETHELL

Albert FITZHENRY born 11 February 1877 moved to Australia

Louisa FITZHENRY born 25 December 1878 moved to Australia

Ada FITZHENRY born 29 April 1880, never married, died 1965 age 84 Christchurch

Edgar FITZHENRY born 6.9.1883 moved to South America

Louisa died on 28 July 1906 at 54 Gloucester Street, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand and was buried on 3 Aug 1906 at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch.
William was a storeman from 1893 through to 1925 when he was listed as Retired Storeman. He died at his residence of 404 Gloucester Street, Christchurch on 2 October 1929 age 90. He was buried at Linwood Cemetery.


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BMD online from New Zealand

The GOONS message board has alerted us to the existence the New Zealand BMD website.
Hurrah!
A search for "Fitzhenry" and "Fitz-Henry" shows that there aren't many of us there.
And if there are any Kiwi Fitzhenrys out there who recognise any of these names and want to tell us their story or would just like to say hello, drop us an email!

I apologise for the layout which isn't particularly special, and when I find out how to put tables into Blogger without the right hand side being cut off, I'll re-do it.

We've got a grand total of:

Fourteen births:
(Year and registration number, Surname, Given names, Mother's name, Father's name)

1894/6155	Fitz-Henry	Dorothea Tighe	Isabella	George William
1889/14090	Fitz-Henry	Barbara Eleanor	Isabella	William George
1880/6420	Fitz-Henry	Ada	Louisa	William
1883/18449	Fitz Henry	Edgar	Louisa	William
1872/4148	Fitz Henry	Mary Ellen

1983/84456	Fitzhenry	James Joseph Kilmartin	Bridget	-
1906/13014	FitzHenry	Gordon Oriel	Alice	Ernest Edward
1887/14575	Fitzhenry	William Cooper	Isabella	William George
1879/2432	Fitzhenry	Louisa	Louisa	William
1877/9693	Fitzhenry	Albert	Louisa	William
1867/3317	Fitzhenry	Ernest Edward
1870/1806	Fitzhenry	William Thomas
1871/3710	Fitzhenry	Frederick
1869/236	Fitzhenry	Fanny Maud	Louisa	William

The birth of William Cooper Fitzhenry (properly spelt Fitz-Henry) in 1887 to William George and Isabella finally fills in that last child that I was pondering over in the 1911 census. It was this William Cooper Fitz-Henry who was the Chief Engineer and Surveyor of Roads in Rhodesia and featured in the "Out of Africa" series of posts last year.

I'd like to find out who Louisa and William were, with their gallant attempt to populate New Zealand with Fitzhenrys, and wonder if the four children with no attributed parents were also offspring of this couple.

23 deaths
Year and reg no., Surname, Given names, date of birth or age at death.

1935/13192	Fitzhenry	Edward Ernest	68Y
1973/28787	Fitzhenry	Nita Beryl	25 March 1915
1965/27994	Fitzhenry	Ada	84Y
1984/29819	Fitzhenry	Norma Ray	2 May 1921
1988/42090	Fitzhenry	Gordon Oriel	20 July 1906
1990/46541	Fitzhenry	Eileen Mary	11 August 1910
1993/33106	Fitzhenry	Linda Pearl	2 December 1912
1994/42720	Fitzhenry	Kenneth Ernest	16 February 1912
1904/7106	Fitzhenry	Frances	80Y
1894/3217	Fitzhenry	Edward	54Y
1880/3923	Fitzhenry	Harvey Michael Cyril	21Y
2004/24251	Fitzhenry	Colin William	3 October 1928
2005/26551	Fitzhenry	Margaret Janet	31 January 1917
1930/690	Fitzhenry	Norman Leonard	20Y
1934/19798	Fitzhenry	Theresa Jane	52Y

1947/22106	Fitz-Henry	Frederick	75Y
1949/27128	Fitz-Henry	Mary	6H
1961/25743	Fitz-Henry	Agnes	76Y
1965/40479	Fitz-Henry	Violet Lilian	53Y
1969/37665	Fitz-Henry	Keith Oscar	56Y
1929/11334	Fitz Henry	William	90Y
1890/5421	Fitz Henry	Mary Ellen	18Y
1881/4651	Fitz-Henry	Jeremiah Edward	10Y

and 8 marriages

Registration Number	Bride's GivenName(s)	Bride's Family Name	Groom's GivenName(s)	Groom's Family Name
1878/2242	Mary Ann	Fitzhenry	John	Patterson
1868/1124	Edward	Fitzhenry
1868/1227	Catherine	Fitzhenry
1868/1228	Jane	Fitzhenry

1901/4726

Fanny Maud

Fitz-Henry

Frederick William

Borrell

1908/3965	Agnes	Henderson	Frederick	Fitzhenry
1902/1139	Alice	Phillips	Ernest Edward	Fitzhenry
1904/4217	Theresa Jane	Wilson	Gerald Martin	Fitzhenry

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