I am researching the Bridgeman family from Limerick. Here's what I know:

James Bridgeman (d. Ireland) m. Alice (b. abt 1816, suname Norton?) bef. 1839.
Their children: Patrick b. 1839, John b. 1850, and Ellen, b. 1845. Patrick was the first to emigrate in 1851 (age 12) to New York where he lived with a family for 6-7 years before his mother and siblings joined him. Alice married 2nd to Peter Fagan (don't know if before or after immigration).

The family moved to Sauk Co, Wis. and settled there.

Would love to find others with connection to this family!