Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating William Star Fitzgerald and his wife Frances d. 1828 in the loss of the ‘Fanny packet
Location
Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'Here lie the bodies of William Star Fitzgerald Esq. 72 Reg., second son of Charles Fitzgerald of Rockhill, County of Limerick Esq and of Frances his wife eldest daughter of the Major Leavis, County of Northumberland [Militia] who within a space of three weeks and a day from their bridal one were both lost in the Fanny Packet which was wrecked off the Port of St Helier on the 1st day of January 1828'
Details
Type: Gravestone
Position: 15
Vessel: Fanny
Position: 15
Vessel: Fanny
People
Fitzgerald, William Star
Age:
Date of Death: 1/1/1828
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Fitzgerald, Frances
Age:
Date of Death: 1/1/1828
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 1/1/1828
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Fitzgerald, Frances
Age:
Date of Death: 1/1/1828
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Record in Jersey archives. the couple were married in Paris. 'Lloyd's List' 8 Jan 1828. 'Jersey 4 Jan. The Fanny of and from St Maloes, was driven on the Rocks about a mile from this Harbour during a violent Gale on the 1st inst. Eleven Passengers and two of the Crew drowned'.