Thomas Fitz Gerald, Sheriff of Limerick

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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Family Time Line

Sir Maurice FitzThomas FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare
1318–1390
Elizabeth de Burghersh
1320–1409
Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald
1350–1432
Richard FitzMaurice FitzGerald
1352–
Thomas Fitz Gerald, Sheriff of Limerick
1354–1403
Sir Gerald FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 5th Earl of Kildare
1363–1432
John FITZMAURICE FITZGERALD
1355–1435
Sir John FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Kildare
1365–1434

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    Name Meaning

    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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