Saturday, January 18, 2020

Bridget Morgan 1836-1863

Bridget Morgan was born 1833 in Derrynoose, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. On the 6th of October 1855 Bridget boarded the ship Calliance in the Southampton port of England. Margaret was 19 and Bridget 21. They boarded with 313 other people making their way to Melbourne, Australia. The ship would arrive on the 31st of December (86 days) and only suffer one loss of life during the voyage.
The sisters were going to be staying with their brother John and sister in law Margaret Kelly Morgan. More likely than not they would be staying at John and Margaret’s Cross Keys Hotel.
In 1859, she would marry Bernard Clarke, originally from County Meath just northwest of Dublin, in Melbourne. Bernard and Bridget would live in Inglewood about 60 miles north of Melbourne. They would have two children Margaret(b.1861) and Peter(b.1863).
Bridget would die in August 1863 from what I can only guess is complication from her pregnancy with Peter.
You can read more about the Morgan's who migrated to Australia on my cousin Kerryn’s website linked below.
https://ancestorchaser.blogspot.com/search?q=bridget+morgan








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