Search for content in message boards

Bridget Rabbitt 1818 - 1908

Bridget Rabbitt 1818 - 1908

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 12:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
Bridget left Omagh, County Tyrone during the famine years for the USA. She spent at least 40 years there and married there also. Before she married it is believed that her surname was McSorley. After her husband died she returned to Ireland around 1893 and eventually died 1908 in Mullaghmore, Omagh.

I have exhausted all records and can find nothing to show
1. where she lived in the USA
2. what was the name of her husband
3. When her husband died

This is a four year search now so I really need the help of experts in the USA with knowledge of records there. Please help.

Re: Bridget Rabbitt 1818 - 1908

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 2:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
NOTE -
There is a 20 yr. gap in the census records [1880 - 1900] as the 1890 census was burned in the 1920's. Add 20 yrs to everyone's 1880 age for the 1900 census.

I’m not related to any member of this family.

Try Vital Records – Birth, Marriage, & Death, Social Security Info, Census Records – FREE ALL STATES
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/

Re: Bridget Rabbitt 1818 - 1908

Posted: 14 Jun 2015 11:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Do you have any other information that can help identify the correct Bridget? Do you know her parents or siblings names? Do you know if any of her siblings emigrated? Do you know if she had children?

Re: Bridget Rabbitt 1818 - 1908

Posted: 15 Jun 2015 4:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
Barbdale_1, thank you for your response.
I'm sorry, I don't know who her parents were although I am almost certain she had a brother Patrick b. 1813. I am not aware of any other siblings emigrating and I know of no children.

In her obituary notices that I have, although the articles talk of her as a widowed woman - no children are mentioned. In the 1901 census here in Ireland, under 'Occupation' it is noted that she was 'living on the interest in money'. I presume she was quite wealthy, possibly made money in the USA or husband was a wealthy man.
per page

Find a board about a specific topic