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Bridget Walsh

Bridget Walsh

Born
1 Jan 1814
Died
1 Jan 1891
Gender
Female
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

/Bridget was born in Longford County, Ireland, in/around 1814.  Sometime married a Mr Kelly, first name unknown.  Mr Kelly died when? and Bridget was left a widow with a baby daughter in Armagh, Ireland. 

Bridget is listed as a washer woman/plain cook when convicted of stealing wearing apparel, the property of her mistress, Rachael Spencer at Armagh on 12 June,  Taken from the Belfast Newsletter, dated 30 July 1833.  Sentenced to 7 years, transported to Parramatta, Australia.

Bridget was transported on the convict ship, Andromeda. The ship arrived in Port Jackson, australia on the 17 September 1834.

I am unable to find information on Bridget's daughter.  It seems? the daughter was on board, but the passenger list doesn't list the baby with Bridget.

How would Bridget be spelt back in the 1800's?

There are, I believe, 26 parishes in Longford County, I did search one parish register for christening, but realised impossible for me, know only english. 

I have lodged my DNA with a few sites thinking maybe some connection will come sometime.

Should anyone be able to help me in any way, would greatly appreciate it.  

Irish records of their people sent abroad as convicts i believe were destroyed in the 1920's relating to Bridget's daughter.

 

Bridget marrried Daniel McCallum, 9 children.  Her date of death is 26 November 1891

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Longford

Co. Longford, or Longfort in Irish, is part of the midlands region of Ireland.  We have a gorgeous countryside with farmlands, lakes and bogs.  We have a population of approximately 40,810.  We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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  • Maria Edgeworth Center - Edgeworthstown

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    Ballymahon Rd, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, N39 E3C8

  • Greville Arms Hotel, Granard - Gen Michael Collins - Kitty Kiernan

    Location: Longford

    Greville Hotel, Granard, Co Longford

Timeline events in this community

  • 1880s

    Four drowned in the Shannon

    2 Dec 1882

  • 1930s

    Travelling Folk in the 1930s

    <p>Between 1937 and 1939, primary school pupils across the Republic of Ireland interviewed the elderly in their neighborhood to collect and record local stories and folklore from the 19th century. "The Schools Collection" as it became known is held by the Dúchas Folklore Collection in UCD and is and has been digitized online at duchas.ie. One of the topics schoolchildren were asked to write about were "Travelling Folk" or An Lucht Siúil. </p> <p>Here is a selection of what "settled" children wrote about travelers in the late 1930s.</p>

    1 Jan 1938

  • 1830s

    Cholera rages in Longford

    <p>FROM THE WESTMEATH JOURNAL</p>

    23 Jul 1832

  • 1830s

    County Longford in the 1830s

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

    1 Jan 1837