Pencilled note on Paul FitzSimons, Owen FitzSimons, and Christopher's brother
Book 1, Page 656 ·1950–1970
Transcription
[At upper right, in pencil:] Frank’s gt. uncle
Paul FitzSimons Georgetown — So. R R comm. Christopher’s brother
Owen Fitzsimons N.C. all brothers ?
AI Notes
A small sheet with brief pencilled notes in the compiler’s hand. Identifies Paul FitzSimons of Georgetown — a Southern Railroad commissioner — as Christopher’s brother and Frank’s great-uncle, and mentions Owen FitzSimons of North Carolina, with a query whether all three were brothers.
The “Christopher” here is likely Dr. Christopher FitzSimons (3rd) of Georgetown (1828–1866, killed in the Cooper River tornado at Moss Grove), the compiler’s grandfather; his brother Paul FitzSimons (m. Martha Selina Ford 1857) had seven children and lived in Georgetown, SC. The Owen FitzSimons of N.C. and the “Frank” whose great-uncle Paul is said to have been are not identified elsewhere in the album; the compiler’s question mark records her own uncertainty about whether the three FitzSimons men were brothers.