Henry FITZGIBBON b. ca 1809, Co Wicklow, Ireland, son of John FITZGIBBON and Catherine MAID was married in 1842 at Portland, Victoria to Bridget BYRNE / BURNS b. ca 1828 Co Carlow, Ireland.

Henry & Bridget FITZGIBBON had a large family at Portland and Merino and it appears that Henry died in 1867.

It also appears that Bridget, his widow may have remarried to a John HICKS in 1876.

Henry FITZGIBBON and Bridget BYRNE / BURNS had the following known family:

1. Edward FITZGIBBON b. 1842, Portland, Vic, m. 1874, Christina Joanna McLACHLAN from Digby, Vic. and they had the following known family...;
   1. Bridget FITZGIBBON, b. 1873, Merino, Vic......?
   2. Jessie FITZGIBBON, b. 1875, Digby, Vic. m. 1896 James William BURCHELL
   3. Henry FITZGIBBON, b. 1875, Glenelg Region, Vic. m. Alice BROWN and they went to New Zealand ca 1905 with 3 children.
   4. Catherine Mary FITZGIBBON, b. 1876, Digby, Vic. m. James McCABE
   5. Mary Margaret FITZGIBBON, b. 1879, Merino, Vic. m. Charles Vickery EDWARDS
   6. Edward FITZGIBBON, b. 1881, Merino, Vic. [WW1 Pte 412, 4th & 9th Light Horse Regiments, enlisted 28-09-1914, RTA 5-03-1919. Listed on Merino War Memorial]
   7. Margaret FITZGIBBON, b. 1883, Merino, Vic. m. Malcolm William McFARLANE
   8. Christina FITZGIBBON, b. 1885, Merino, Vic. m. Angus John CAMPBELL
   9. John Richard FITZGIBBON, b. 1887, Merino, Vic..........?
   10. Peter FITZGIBBON, b. 1889, Merino, Vic. m. Emily Esther EDRICH
   11. Charles FITZGIBBON, b. 1891, Merino, Vic. m. Isabella Jane THOM

2. Harriet FITZGIBBON b. 1846, Portland, Vic, d. ____, m. 1866, George HOLLARD, b. c1845, Somersetshire, England, son of Giles HOLLARD and Mary Ann RICHARDS;

3. John FITZGIBBON b. 1850, Portland, Vic, ..........?;

4. John FITZGIBBON b. 1852, Portland, Vic, m. 1869, Honoria 'Nora' MURPHY and they had the following family...;
   1. Richard FITZGIBBON, b. 1869, Merino, Vic
   2. Henry William FITZGIBBON, b. 1872, Merino, Vic [WW1, Pte 1758, 11th Battalion, AIF, enlisted Perth, WA 12-01-1915, RTA 25-12-1917]
   3. Ellen Jane Readon FITZGIBBON, b. 1873, Merino, Vic, m. 1899 Joseph Frederick COALL
   4. Mary FITZGIBBON, b. 1875, Merino, Vic
   5. John FITZGIBBON, b. 1878, Merino, Vic, d. 1922 Benalla, Vic
   6. James Edward FITZGIBBON, b. 1881, Merino, Vic
   7. James Percy FITZGIBBON, b. ca 1886, Merino, Vic [WW1 Pte 5453, 22nd Battalion, AIF, enlisted 8-04-1916, discharged 3-12-1918. Named on Merino War Memorial]

5. Richard FITZGIBBON b. 1852, Portland, Vic, m. 1875, Jane DAVIS;

6. Henry FITZGIBBON b. 1852, Portland, Vic, .............?;

7. Kate FITZGIBBON b. 1855, Portland, Vic, ............?;

8. Maria FITZGIBBON b. 1857, Merino, Vic, m. 1880, John WHYTE;

9. Charles FITZGIBBON b. 1860, Merino, Vic, .............?;

10. Margaret FITZGIBBON b. 1863, d. 1868, Merino, Vic;

11. Peter FITZGIBBON b. 1865, d. 1868, Merino, Vic;

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