My County Waterford line is: Generation 1. Patrick FITZGERALD and Mary CHRISTOPHER had at least two children, Patrick (1830s(?)-1886) and Alice (1840-1922). Family tradition says there were more children but is not specific on number or names. I have no other definite information about this couple except for their names on Alice's Iowa USA death certificate. Alice's obituary confirms her County Waterford origin. Generation 2. Patrick Christopher FITZGERALD did not marry Jane MCGRATH but had a son by her born August 15, 1852. Family tradition says that she died at the baby's birth and that Patrick (2) left the baby with his sister and disappeared for seven years. He spent part of this time with the British East India Company's 3rd Bengal European Regiment, serving during the Indian Mutiny. A notebook handed down in the family includes a copy of an 1876 letter applying for a pension for this service. It lists the battles he served in and states that he received a medal from the minister in "Balamolt" (Ballinamult, where there was a barracks until 1865?). Patrick (2), his son, and his sister Alice emigrated to the United States about 1859. I have not found their passenger records or records of the U.S. Civil War service that family tradition credits Patrick (2) with. Patrick (2) lived in Whiteside County and Chicago, Illinois and died in Lyons, Clinton County, Iowa, probably at the home of his sister Alice (Whalen). From available evidence, Patrick (2) never married or had other children; his son is listed as a "natural son or child, Patsy" on his estate administration papers. I have no records of Jane McGrath other than her name on her son's Iowa death certificate. Generation 3. Patrick Christopher FITZGERALD (1852-1917), according to family lore, crossed the Atlantic 13 times. On his last trip he married Catheriine GRIBBIN, of a northern Irish family, in Chester, England in 1885. They lived in Clinton and Lee Counties, Iowa and had 8 children: Patrick G, Philip James, Harry C., Thomas Jerome (my grandfather), Charles Leo, Mary, and Agnes (Reding). Patrick, Thomas, Charles, and Agnes left descendants. I would love to find more information about the first two generations above, including where in County.Waterford they lived. In addition to the possible mention of Ballinamult, Patrick (2)'s notebook includes addresses in Boolavonteen and Touraneena.