Bridget McGowan

Birth Name Bridget McGowan

    Bridget's maiden name appears as McGoune on the marriage record of his daughter Margaret in Cleveland in 1909 to Daniel Orschak

Gender female
Age at Death 64 years, 3 months, 17 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth May 1851 Ireland   1a 2a 3a 4a
Event Note

Her 1880 census said Bridget was born in 1840 in Massachusetts
Her 1900 census said Bridget was born in May 1851 in Ireland
Her 1910 census said Bridget was born in 1852 in Ireland
Her daughter Margaret Orschak's 1930 census said Bridget was born in Northern Ireland.
Her daughter Sarah's death record said Bridget was born in Co. Tyrone

Census (Wife) June 4, 1880 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States 1880 Daniel Carney household 1a
Event Note

1880 Census West Half 2nd Ward, Youngstown, ED 108, sheet 350C
June 4, 1880
on Watt Street

Daniel Carney, 50, laborer, out of work 6 months in past year, cannot read or write, born in Wales, parents also
Bridget Carney, 40, cannot read or write, born in Massachusetts, parents in Ireland
Mary Carney, 12, born in Ohio
James Carney, 10, born in Ohio
Sarah Carney, 8, born in Ohio
Anna Carney, 5, born in Ohio
Margret Carney, 1, born in Ohio

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89R-ZJX : accessed 14 December 2015), Margret Carney in household of Daniel Carney, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district 108, sheet 350C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1046; FHL microfilm 1,255,046.

Residence (Wife) June 4, 1880 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States Watt Street 1a
Event Note

living on Watt Street when the 1880 census was taken

Census (Head) June 2, 1900 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States Bridget Carney household 4a
Event Note

1900 Census part of precinct A, Ward 3, Youngstown, ED 64, sheet 1b
June 2, 1900
at 22 Walnut Street

Bridget Carney, 49, May 1851, widowed, 7 children, 6 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, occupation: boarding house
Mary Carney, 31, August 1868, canvasser
Sarah Carney, 27, December 1872, canvasser
Hannah Carney, 22, July 1877, canvasser
Margaret Carney, 20, July 1879
Catherine Carney, 19, April 1881,
Julia Carney, 17, March 1883
all daughters were single, born in Ohio, father in Ireland

4 lodgers in home

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMD5-TCQ : accessed 17 December 2015), Margaret Carney in household of Bridget Carney, Youngstown Township, Precinct A Youngstown city Ward 3, Mahoning, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,300.

Residence June 2, 1900 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States 22 Walnut Street 4a
Event Note

living at 22 Walnut Street when the 1900 Census was taken

Census (Head) April 16, 1910 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 1910 Orschak & Kearney households 2a
Event Note

1910 Census, Ward 12, Cleveland, ED 195, sheet 3A
April 16, 1910
[ancestry.com indexed this as Oiechack]
at 2738 Cedar Avenue

Fred Orschack, 35, married 1x, 2 years, born in Ohio, parents in Germany, teamster, city ash wagon
Marguerite Orschack, 29, 1 child, 1 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland
Henrietta Orschack, 10 months, born in Ohio

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1910 Census, Ward 12, Cleveland, ED 195, sheets 2B and 3A
April 16, 1910
at 2734 Cedar Avenue, the household next door to Daniel and Margaret Orschack

Bridget Kerney, head, 58, widowed, 7 children 5 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, unknown when she arrived, no occupation
Sadie Kerney, daughter, 35, single, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland, housekeeper, church? house

Residence (Head) April 16, 1910 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 2734 Cedar Avenue 2a
Event Note

living at 2734 Cedar Avenue when the 1910 census was taken

Death August 18, 1915 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   5a
Event Note

Ohio Deaths, file number 42925
Bridget Kearney
died August 18, 1915, at her residence 2166 East 31st, Cleveland
age 63, white, female, widowed, born 1852 in Ireland
father: Charles McGowan, born in Ireland
mother: Mary Logne, born in Ireland
informant: Walter Granger, 9211 Armitage Avenue
buried: Youngstown, August 19, 1915

"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8FR-822 : accessed 18 December 2015), Bridget Kearney, 18 Aug 1915; citing Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 42925; FHL microfilm 1,983,428.

Residence August 18, 1915 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 2166 East 31st  
Event Note

living at 2166 East 31st when she died

Burial August 19, 1915 Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States   5a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Charles McGowan
Mother Mary Logne
         Bridget McGowan May 1851 August 18, 1915

Families

Family of Daniel Kearney and Bridget McGowan

Married Husband Daniel Kearney ( b. 1830 d. ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Mary A KearneyAugust 1868
James KearneyOctober 19, 1870February 21, 1898
Sarah A KearneyDecember 29, 1872November 9, 1922
Anna KearneyJuly 1877
Margaret Isabel KearneyMarch 12, 1879December 12, 1954
Catherine KearneyApril 1881January 5, 1944
Julia M KearneyMarch 2, 1884February 26, 1948

Source References

  1. National Archives and Records Administration: 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Daniel Carney, West Half 2nd Ward, Youngstown, ED 108, sheet 350C
  2. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Bridget Kerney, Fred Orschak, Ward 12, Cleveland, ED 195, sheets 2B and 3A
  3. National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
      • Page: Fred W Orschak, Ward 28, Cleveland, ED 18-484, sheet 1b
  4. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Bridget Carney, Ward 3, Youngstown, ED 64, sheet 1B
  5. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
      • Page: Bridget Kearney, August 18, 1915, Cleveland, file #42925