Thomas Francis Meagher FITZGERALD

1907 - 1976  (68 years)

• Name	Thomas Francis Meagher FITZGERALD
  Birth	20 Sep 1907	Collingwood, Vic, Australia
  	Source: Vic BD&M: 25876 (Internet)
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1976	Cheltenham, Vic, Australia   [1]
  	Source: Vic BD&M - 5771 (Internet)
  Burial	9 Mar 1976	Dept of Anatomy, University of Melbourne by Mr R A Ramadge
  Person ID	I892	Fitzgerald-Wells Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	John Fabian Sebastian FITZGERALD
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Veronica NORWOOD
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Adeline Myra JOHNSTONE,   b. 1907 Abt   d. 1942, Fitzroy Victoria Australia
  Children	1. Marlene Wendy ZIMMER
  Family ID	F301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2018

  
  

  Notes	22/02/2019 - Advised b daughter Marlene Wendy Zimmer (now Wendy Cross), email outlining this new family of her fathers.
  Children	1. Thomas FITZGERALD,   b. 1933  [Birth]   2. Betty FITZGERALD,   b. 1936  [Birth]
  Family ID	F320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Ann (May) PEACH,   b. 1907   d. 1989 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1954
  Children	1. Thomas FITZGERALD + 2. Valerie Jean FITZGERALD + 3. Betty FITZGERALD
  Family ID	F304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 4	Dorothy Amelia MOSS,   b. 1904   d. 1953 (Age 49 years)
  Children	1. Maxwell Leslie WILSON,   b. 26 Feb 1926   d. 1988 (Age 61 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 5	Eileen Florence
  Children	+ 1. Olga Fay RATCLIFFE,   b. 1927, Grong Grong, NSW d. 2002 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2023

  
  

• Photos		Thomas Francis Meagher FITZGERALD - Circa 1923.
  		Tom Fitzgerald in Carlton Second Eighteen in 1927

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Medical Examination Medical Examination Children's Hospital
  		St Vincent de Pauls Boys Orphanage Admission form to St Vincent de Pauls Boys Orphanage
  		MacKillop Family Services MacKillop Family Services reply of information relating to (Siblings): Edward (I679) - placed at St Joseph's Foundling Hospital Broadmeadows, St Anthony's Children's Home Kew and St Augustine's Boys Home Geelong. William (I580) - St Augustine's Boys Home Geelong. Thomas (I892) - St Vincent de Paul's Boys Home. John (I705) & Thomas (I892) - St Joseph's Boys home Surrey Hills.
  		I892 - Death Certificate - FITZGERALD Thomas Francis

  
  

• Notes

  A search of the Carlton Blueseum website reveals that Tom played for the Carlton Second Eighteen in 1927. He obviously had an even earlier connection with the club because in May 1926 the VFL cleared him to move from Carlton to Grong Grong NSW, where he got poor Eileen Ratcliffe pregnant, though I don’t suppose that was part of anyone’s original plan. It appears he played a full season for Grong Grong then was selected for Carlton’s 1927 2nd 18. He played every game that season and in the Grand Final (which Carlton won) he was one of eight players named as best on ground. However, he was also reported for striking. Tom was selected again in 1928 but only played in the opening match of the season and there is no information on what happened after that.

  
  

• Sources

  [S168] State of Victoria, Death Certificate - I892, (State of Victoria), 18 Jan 2020, Death Certificate - I892, 5771 / 76. (Reliability: 3).