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Bridget Higgins (Ames)

Bridget Higgins (Ames)

Born
1906-04-01 12:00:00
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Stayed in Ireland

Bridget Higgins was born on 6 April 1906 in Cloonerra, Cloonfinlough. She was the daughter of James Higgins and Mary Anne Flanagan.

In 1911, Bridget (5) lived with James (45) and Mary Anne (44) and her siblings Mary Kate (8), John (7), Annie (4), Michael (3) and Lizzie (1). The family home was a thatched cottage with three rooms for its eight members. There were three front windows built in. James's farm was located right beside it, holding a stable, cow house and piggery.

Bridget (30) married John Ames on 9 June 1936 in Four Mile House Church. He was a farmer from Drinane in Strokestown. Their witnesses were Peter Ames and Margaret Flanagan, Bridget's twenty four year old cousin who lived up the road from her in Kilbride.

Associated communities

Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

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Other ancestors in this community

Buildings in this community

  • Clonfree House STROKESTOWN

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Cloonfree, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

  • Cloonfree Cottage

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Cloonfree, Tulsk Road, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

  • Cloonfree TOWNLAND

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Cloonfree, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

  • Farnmore Cottage STROKESTOWN

    Location: Cloonfinlough (Roscommon)

    Farnmore, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

Timeline events in this community

  • 1830s

    Strokestown 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

  • 1830s

    Clonfinlough aka Cloonfinlough 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

  • 1850s

    Griffith's Valuation of Strokestown Union

    <p>The primary valuation of Ireland or Griffith's Valuation is a useful Census substitute for 19th-century Ireland. To confirm whether an ancestor could possibly be the individual listed, it is helpful to know the survey completion date for a parish (or the part of it that fell within the Poor Law Union surveyed).</p>

    1857-04-28 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Eviction of the 1490 from the Mahon estate at Strokestown

    <p>In May 1847 or ‘Black 47’, one of the worst years of suffering of the Great Irish Famine, 1490 tenants from the Mahon estate at Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon were escorted on foot by Bailiff Robinson to Dublin to ensure they boarded their ship and did not return home.</p>

    1847-05-01 12:00:00