Fitzgerald, Frances Sophia Anne (c 1839-1907), née Hare, sanatorium proprietor, wife of James Thorpe Appleton

Daughter of Matthias Hare (1797-1867), professor of music and school proprietor and his wife Frances. Married James Thorpe Appleton, exchange broker of Bombay, in that city in Dec. 1864, but he died the following year; her son, James Enderby Appleton, was born back in Britain in Oct. 1865. The sanatorium she opened in Cairo is advertised in the British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 503 (Aug. 20, 1870), pp. 196-197. Her second marriage in Dec. 1874 to John Fitzgerald, Royal Navy Staff Commander, is reported in the Pall Mall Gazette, 30 Jan. 1875, p. 5.

Times of India and Bombay Almanac reports, transcribed on the Families in British India Society (FIBIS) database; Bombay Almanac. The British Medical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 503 (Aug. 20, 1870), pp. 196-197; Pall Mall Gazette, 30 Jan. 1875, p. 5; Roman Catholic Registers. Cheshire, England: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies (second marriage) and England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (both consulted online via ancestry.com).