Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Bridget Mary Frances Bourke Sheridan, my Great-Grandmother.


Above: The earliest known photograph of Bridget Mary Bourke. It was taken by a Beechworth photographer c. late 1880s-early 1890s.


Above: Bridget Mary Frances Bourke, daughter of Paddy and Margaret Bourke, in her riding outfit.






Above: Bridget Mary Bourke on the day of her marriage to Patrick James Sheridan, on July 20, 1897, at Tungamah.



Above: Bridget Mary Bourke Sheridan in her travelling outfit after her wedding.






Above: Bridget Bourke Sheridan c. 1906 with two of her children:- eldest son Patrick 'Bob' Sheridan, and daughter Bridget Alice Sheridan.










Above: Taken in 1926, this photo spans four generations and almost eighty years of Bourke and Sheridan women. In the front are Bridget Mary Frances Bourke Sheridan and her mother, Margaret Mary Bourke, and in the back is Mary Frances Sheridan Mallon, Bridget's daughter, holding her own daughter Margaret Mallon.










Above: Of Bridget Bourke Sheridan's eight siblings, only two survived to adulthood. This photo is is of Bridget with one of her two surviving brothers, Michael 'Mick' Bourke. Her other brother, Bill, lived with his family in Argentina.


Above: Bridget Bourke Sheridan with her granddaughter Margaret Mallon.






Above: Bridget Mary Bourke Sheridan in her later years.



Above & below: Grave of Bridget Bourke Sheridan and her husband Paddy Sheridan who were buried in the Fawkner Cemetery in Melbourne. Photos kindly taken by Tungamah born and raised Tony Saunders.





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