Bridget McGreal Haddican

Bridget McGuire was born in Mayo County about 1828. She married Thomas McGreal in Bekan Parish in 1848. A son was born to them in 1849. He was named Thomas Edward and baptized in Bekan Parish. Thomas, the father, died in the cholera epidemic in 1849. We know nothing more about him.  Bridget married John Haddican in Bekan Parish in 1850. She and John had 2 more sons, Edmund and James. Edmund died sometime before they immigrated to America aboard the ship "Constellation" in 1855. They settled in Bristol, Lake County, Wisconsin. There were Haddicans there at that time, Patrick and Mary (Lyons) Haddican. We do not know their connection.  Bridget and John had 3 more children; Patrick, Margaret and John.  Thomas Edward retained the McGreal name. John Haddican died in 1884. Her son Thomas helped her with their farm. Bridget lived in Bristol, Wisconsin until her later years when she lived with her daughter, Margaret (Haddican) Brogan in nearby Antioch, Illinois. She died  there in 1899. 

The photo here is the only one we have of Bridget. She is standing with her son Thomas Edward McGreal, my Great Grandfather. They are standing in front of their farm home in Bristol, Wisconsin, USA.