In Dublin, she took a room at the Hammam Hotel on O’Connell Street and started looking for work. She sold the house and purchased a passage from New York to Queenstown. As they had no children, Evelyn decided to go home to Dublin. He suffered from memory loss and rapid and extreme changes in mood – including violence – and died in May 1885. After the war, Evelyn nursed Marcus, who had been shot in the back of the head at Cedar Creek in October 1864. Eventually, she was permitted to prepare medicines, apply dressings and assist in operations. Later, she could wash the patients and clean medical instruments. At first, she was only allowed to roll bandages, make beds, scrub floors and empty bedpans. During the American Civil War, she served as a nurse in Mower General Hospital. Evelyn settled in Philadelphia and married Marcus Darby. She found work as a governess and for almost six months, saved every penny of her wages, then sailed to New York. Knowing if she stayed in Ireland, her father would use his medical connections to find her, so Evelyn pawned her fur-lined hat, cloak and gloves and used the money to travel to Cork by coach and on to Queenstown (now Cobh) which was the last port of call for ships to America. So while Sarah was speaking to a police constable, Evelyn gave in to cowardice and ran away. As the eldest daughter, Evelyn knew her father would blame her for not keeping a closer eye on Keziah. They searched for her and discovered Keziah had been knocked down and killed by an omnibus.
Evelyn and Sarah had taken Keziah for a walk and while arguing, they hadn’t noticed Keziah had run on ahead of them.
Matters would come to a tragic head in April 1844. Evelyn and Sarah always disliked each other, and this was compounded by the fact Keziah was their parents’ favourite daughter. Dr Will Fitzgerald’s mother, Sarah, was born in 1824 and the youngest daughter, Keziah, was born in 1830.
Evelyn Darby, née Crawford, was born in 1822 in York Street, Dublin, the eldest of three daughters of Surgeon William Crawford and his wife Maria.
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