Ggrandmother Bridget Ellen Hughes claimed on USA Naturalization that she was born in Dundalk. Names of her parents: Patrick Hughes and Catherine Walsh. Her children were placed in a place of care in Dundalk after Bridgets husbands death in 1901. John, Alice and MaryMargaret Lutterell. Bridget was born 9 February 1867. She immigrated to USA 1901. Children immigrated in 1906. Seeking additional info. Know nothing else about her family.
Miriam, Thank you for your assistance. I already found documents for information concerning Bridget and Richard and family. Also already secured Richard’s death certificate with the help of this site. Thank you for the document about Bridget’s birth, that is new. I will search to see if Bridget’s parents have a Dundalk connection. Information from Bridget was never all that reliable. There must have been some reason that she placed her children in an orphanage in Dundalk since at the time of her husband’s death she lived in Dublin. The family was not in the 1901 Census. Richard died in January, children were in Dundalk and Bridget changed info about herself while living in the same place. She left for USA shortly after. I tried to learn more about the family in searching for the orphanage information but had no success. I know so little about Bridget’s early years. Learned her parents names through marriage record, not her mother’s maiden name. Used birth date to secure her mother’s last name so there is some uncertainty here. I am seeking information about Bridget’s pre marriage time. Even wondered if she spent time in the Dundalk orphange. It is also curious that among all her children, not one was given her father’s name. Thank you, again.