Bridget Reddin

Bridget CAHILL nee Reddin

Happy Mother's Day, Bridget!

Great great grandmother, Bridget Cahill nee Reddin, my earliest identifiable matriarch from Ireland, is responsible for generations of family living in Western Australia.  Other members of the family have also branched out to other states of Australia including known descendants in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia.

Bridget and family lived through the developing stages of the colony of Western Australia where conditions were hash and primitive.  After arriving in Perth, Bridget travelled to the inland town of York where she lived and toiled as a farmer's wife for the next 30 years.  Her next couple of years were spent in the city of Perth but by 1892 the gold discoveries in Golden Valley and Southern Cross had lured the family further inland. After her husband died at Southern Cross in 1895, Bridget returned to Perth where she spent her remaining years.

Bridget Cahill nee Reddin is a true pioneering matriarch of Western Australia.

The following details are all I have to connect Bridget with Ireland!

Bridget and her sister, Mary Ann Reddin, arrived Perth Western Australia on the brideship "Travencore" 13 Jan 1853.

d/o  John Reddin and & Bridget Anguil/Andawell of Kerry Ireland

b.  ~ 1833 Kerry

d.  20 Jun 1913 Perth WA age 80 years buried Karrakatta Cemetery Perth WA

m. 24 Nov 1855 YORK WA [Witnesses Joseph Cahill, brother of Groom and Mary Reddin, sister of the bride]

Edmund Cahill s/o John Cahill & Catherine Hainey Tipperary Ireland

bp 8 Feb 1824 Herbertstown Hospital Limerick Ireland

d. 23 Apr 1895 Southern Cross WA age 71 years

I hope you can help me learn more about Bridget's family in Kerry, Ireland.

Thank you

Pat Ricketts

GGgrandaughter