Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Fitz Gerald, Sheriff of Limerick was born about 1354, in County Kildare, Ireland, his father, Sir Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth de Burghersh, was 35. He died on 8 April 1403, in County Limerick, Ireland, at the age of 50.
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English: from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (from Latin filius), used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name and then conventionalized as a hereditary surname, or short for a surname of which fiz ‘son’ was the first element, for example Fitzhenry and Fitzroy .
Altered form of English Fitch .
German: from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vinzenz (see Vincent ) or Vitus (see Vito , compare Veit ). Compare also Fietz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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