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Bridget Connors

Bridget Connors

Born
1817-02-01 12:00:00
Died
1916-02-01 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

Bridget was born to Edmund Connors and Mary McDonnell in 1817 in Templemore, Tipperary.

She married John O'Rourke in 1842 in Templemore. He may have worked as a surveyor for the Irish Railroad or her father did (or both).

John and Bridget had three children born in Templemore:  Ellen, William and a 2nd William after the death of the first one.

John died in the early 1850s in Ireland possibly due to a stone being thrown.

Bridget migrated with her two children to the US in the early 1850s and settled in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She worked as a laundress and later as a housekeeper. She purchased her own home by 1870. Her many grandchildren lived nearby. She lived to be 99 years old.

Associated communities

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00

Templemore (Tipperary)

Our aim is to connect all people with a link to Templemore (Tipperary). You may live here, have visited here or maybe are tracing ancestors who left long ago. In any case, we’re sure to have lots to share and are delighted to welcome you.

Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • St Mary's National School

    Location: Templemore (Tipperary)

    Saint Mary's National School, Church Street, KILTILLANE, Templemore, TIPPERARY NORTH

  • Shop - Shortts Drapery Templemore

    Location: Templemore (Tipperary)

    Main Street Templemore

  • Sacred Heart Church Templemore

    Location: Templemore (Tipperary)

    Church Avenue Templemore

  • Templemore Garda Training College

    Location: Templemore (Tipperary)

    Templemore Garda Training College N62, Manna South, Co. Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1990s

    Foundation of J.K. Bracken's GAA Club

    1992-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1830s

    County Tipperary in the 1830s

    <p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837. (The information collected here was submitted by members of the local gentry and clergy of the time).</p>

    1837-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1870s

    Marriage Notice - Ryan-Burke

    <p>The Irish Harp and Farmers' Herald (Adelaide)</p>

    1870-08-08 12:00:00

Bridget Connors