Bridget Carrigan

Birth Name Bridget Carrigan
Gender female
Age at Death about 60 years, 4 months, 11 days

Narrative

Bridget is included in this family because her death record said her parents were James Carrigan and Jane "Galiece." Galiece is not an Irish name, as best as I can tell. There are no Galiece households on Griffith's valuation of Ireland.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1839 Ireland   1a
Event Note

based on age at death.

In May 2018, in the index to the Irish Catholic baptism registers at findmypast.ie, I looked for
Bridget Carrigan baptized in 1839 +/- 5, anywhere. There were no match on her parents' names.

Residence May 1899 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States 12? Seneca St 2a
Event Note

Bridget Carrigan was living at 12? Seneca St, South End, when she died.

[Seneca St was off Albany St in the South End. Seneca St, Troy Street, Rochester Street, Genesee Street, Oswego Street, and Oneida Street were demolished in 1956.]

Death May 12, 1899 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   1a
Event Note

Deaths Registered in the City of Boston, 1899, #4300
May 12, 1899
Bridget Carrigan, female, single, age 60, a cook
cause: probably of apoplexy
residence: Boston
buried: Malden
father: James Carrigan, born in Ireland
mother: Jane Galiece, born in Ireland

Burial   Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States   1a
Event Note

The Boston Sunday Globe--May 14, 1899
page 6, column 3
Found Dead in Her Bed.
For two days Bridget Carrigan, 60, who lived at 12? Seneca st. has been missed by neighbors. Last night they became suspicious, and as a result forced the door of her apartment. They found the woman lying on her bed dead. They at once notified the police. The woman had been ailing for some time. Her sister, Mary E. Carrigan, of 10 Bremen st. East Boston, was notified, and took charge of the body. It is thought that death was due to natural causes.

Mary E Carrigan was Bridget's niece, not her sister. She is at 10 Bremen St on the 1900 Census with her father James and sister Jennie.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father James Carriganbefore May 23, 1856
Mother Jane Gleasonabout 1812May 23, 1856
    Sister     Catherine Carrigan from 1823 to 1840 December 28, 1914
    Brother     James Carrigan March 1838 December 26, 1903
         Bridget Carrigan about 1839 May 12, 1899

Source References

  1. Massachusetts Deaths
      • Page: May 12, 1899, Boston, #4300, Bridget Carrigan
      • Citation:

        "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWJK-H9S : 10 March 2018), Bridget Carrigan, 12 May 1899; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 495 p 220, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 964,886.v

  2. Boston Globe
      • Page: Sunday Globe--May 14, 1899, page 6, column 3, "Found Dead in Her Bed"