The Bronx and Its People: A History, 1609-1027 New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1927 Patrick Henry Fitzgerald "Engaged in the building and real estate business in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx since 1924, Mr. Fitzpatrick, during the few years of his residence in this part of the The Bronx, has become one of the leaders in the development of real estate and in the upholding this community. His previous experience of many years as assistant New England superinten-dent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and later as Eastern representative of the Salem China Company stood him in good stead in his more recent enterperise... Patrick Henry Fitzpatrick was born August 31, 1872, at Southbridge, Massachusetts, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Kennedy) Fitzpatrick. His father, Thomas Fitzpatrick, was born in Derrynaveigh [Feakle], County Clare, Ireland, a son of Patrick and Mary (Ryan) Fitzpatrick. He came to the United States as a boy of fourteen years, settling first in Troy, New York, and later in Worcester, Massachusetts. There he married at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Elizabeth Kennedy, a native of Kilkenny, Ireland, and a daughter of Patrick and Bridget (Ronan) Kennedy. After their marriage, [they] removed to Southbridge, Massachusetts...At the age of sixteen years, [the son Patrick] began to work in one of the local mills...He then entered the emply of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad as a clerk in the freight department...for seven years. .... He is a member of Trienna Council, No. 199, Knights of Columbus, and of the Holy Name Society of the Church of Our Lady of Assumption, of the Bronx. Mr. Fitzpatrick married at Southbridge, Massachusetts, in the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, February 19, 1900, Mary Tobin, a daughter of Patrick and Julia (Kelly ) Tobin. Mrs. Fitzpatrick's father was born in Kilkenny...but her mother was born in Southbridge...Mrs. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick are parents of four children: 1. Margaret Mary, born July 23, 1902. 2. Leo Francis, born July 31, 1904. 3. Thoms Bernard, born August 4, 1906; married October 10, 1925, Dorothy Meyers. 4. Patrick Henry, Jr., born December 1, 1908. The family home is located at No. 3364 Eastern Boulevard, The Bronx. While at Southbridge, Massachusetts, Mr. Fitxpatrick saved the life a woman by the name of Bridget McGrath, for which he received the Carnegie Hero Medal and the Massachusetts Humane Society Medal, and $1200 in cash. Mr. Fitzpatrick was a great athlete and was a swimmer of note." 1880 MA Worcester Co. Southbridge Fitzpatrick Thomas 37 Ire works in woolen mill Eliza 34 " Patrick H. 7 MA Mary A. 6 William 4 Michael 2 Alice 1 1900 MA Wocester Co. Southbridge, West Main St. Fitzpatrick Thomas 59 Ire b. May 1841 img'd 1870, nat'd [no occup. shown] Eliza 53 " May 1847 mar'd 28 yrs, 5 ch b./5 living William 24 MA Dec 1875 gold finisher Michael 22 Jun 1878 labor, freight yard Alice 21 Oct 1878 [sic] glass factory 5 households away from: Fitzpatrick Patrick 27 MA b. Aug 1872 pars: Ire labor, shipping room mary 22 MA Feb 1878 pars: Ire mar'd 4 months posted by Sharon Carberry not researching this family