Bridget (Quigley) Carey (bef. 1850 - 1933)

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Biography

Bridget Quigley^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} alias Twigley^[6] alias Quinlan^[7]

Bridget Quigley was baptised on 22 February, 1850, in the Catholic parish of Kilcommon, in the diocese of Cashel and Emly, county Tipperary, Ireland.^[8] Her sponsor was Anne Reily.^[8]

Bridget was the daughter of John Quigley^[9] and his wife, Bridget Ryan, from Baurnadomeeny.^[8] The townland of Baurnadomeeny (Bawnadomeeny, Barnadomine) is in the civil parish of Abington, in the barony of Owney and Arra, in county Tipperary (Gaeilge: Barr na dTuaimíní, Mainistir Uaithne, Uaithne agus Ara, Tiobraid Árann).^[10]

The marriage of Bridget Quigley, daughter of John Quigley, farmer, aged spinster, resident of Barnadomeeny, a farmer's daughter, and Thomas Carey, son of farmer John Carey, aged bachelor, resident of "Youlahe", a labourer, was solemnized at the Roman Catholic Chapel of Kilcommon, in the Registrar's District of Borrisoleigh, in the Union of Thurles, county Tipperary, on 13 February 1872.^[9] They were married according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church by Patrick Donnell, in the presence of [Denis Ryan struck out] Philip Hartz and Judith Quigley; Bridget, Thomas and Judith made their mark "X".^[9] When the marriage occurred, John Carey, the father of Thomas, was deceased; John Quigley, Bridget's father, was living.^[9]

SS Bulimba

On 9 March 1886, Bridget, her husband Thomas, and their six children, migrated to Australia, sailing from London as "Remittance Passengers" on the Steam Ship Bulimba under Captain Clarke, bound for Brisbane, Queensland.^[11] Remittance Passengers were immigrants whose passage was paid for by a natural born or naturalised Australian sponsor residing in Queensland.^[12] Who sponsored the Careys?

was born in 1856 in Ireland.^{[13] [14]}

Eight weeks later, 30 year-old Bridget Carey and her 35 year-old husband, Thomas Carey, and their six children: John 12, James 10,^[3] Michael 8,^[4] Thomas 6,^[1] Edward 3,^[2] and Anne 1,^[7] disembarked from the Bulimba on May 3, 1886, in Brisbane, Queensland. They registered as Roman Catholic Immigrants from Ireland; twelve year-old John was considered an adult labourer; only Bridget and her husband Thomas and their oldest son John were literate.^[14]

Voyage of the Steamship Bulimba sailed March 1886.

In 1888, Bridget gave birth to another son, Patrick,^[15] who died that same year.^[5]

Bridget and Thomas also had another daughter, Mary, born in Queensland around 1888.^{[16] [6]} As she was about two years younger than Annie, she was probably born in 1887 or perhaps she was Patrick's twin? Bridget's mental health deteriorated and she was admitted to Goodna Mental Institution on 29 August 1889.^[17] A Mental health patients' estate file administered by the Public Curator / Trust Office, Brisbane, was opened for Bridget Carey on 29 August 1889 (on admission) and closed on 18 December, 1933 (on her death).^[17]

In 1896, Entry numbers 166 and 168 in the Entrance Book, Reformatory School, Toowoomba, were for 10 year old Annie Carey, born in Ireland, a Roman Catholic, with nil trade, slight make, fair complexion, light brown hair, gray eyes and nil education. Her 8 year old sister, Mary Carey, born in Queensland, was Entry numbers 167 and 169.^[16] The Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba was established on 1 Apr 1881 with the appointment of a superintendent and matron under the "Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act of 1865". The School was re-named The Industrial School for Girls, Toowoomba in 1890 (circa year). Under the Act, children under the age of fifteen who were unmanageable or incorrigible, or with convictions, were sent to reformatories while those from unwholesome environments were sent to industrial schools to be trained for employment.^[18] The Discharge book says Annie and Mary completed their sentences on 3 November, 1896 (Entry Numbers 168 and 169).^[19] Annie and Mary were both discharged to the Police on 4 November, 1896 (Entry numbers 166 and 167).^[20]

At the age of 77, Bridget's husband, Thomas Carey, died from Pneumonia, Destitution and Neglect, in hospital in Toowoomba on 5 August, 1902,^{[21] [22]}

Bridget Carey, died in Brisbane in 1933 at the age of 77.^[13]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: B15331, 20 December, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: B13752, 20 December, 2014.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: B18499, 20 December, 2014.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: B38417, 20 December, 2014.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: C3048, 25 February, 2014.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: B18043, 20 December 2014.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: B8478, 20 December 2014.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Kilcommon Catholic Parish, County of Tipperary, Diocese of Cashel and Emly; Microfilm 02507/01: page 14, Baptisms, Nov. 1849 to Mar. 1850, Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI (National Library of Ireland), (https://registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls000632737_014 : accessed 23 June 2018).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} "Civil Records", IrishGenealogy.ie, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht downloaded image : accessed 24 June 2018).
10. ↑ "Baurnadomeeny", logainm.ie: Placenames Database of Ireland, Government of Ireland, (https://www.logainm.ie/46122.aspx : accessed 23 June 2018).
11. ↑ Queensland State Archives, "Series ID 13086, Registers of Immigrant Ships’ Arrivals", 1848-1912. Page 153, http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/ImmigrationIndexes/Documents/Bulimba_1886_May_QSA_Item_18483.pdf, 25 February, 2014.
12. ↑ Queensland State Archives, 'Brief Guide 16: Immigration', http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/BG16Immigration.pdf
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} QLD BDM Death Index Reg#: B19446, 20 December, 2014.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Queensland State Archives, "Series ID 13086, Registers of Immigrant Ships’ Arrivals", 1848-1912. Page 163, http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/ImmigrationIndexes/Documents/Bulimba_1886_May_QSA_Item_18483.pdf, 25 February, 2014.
15. ↑ QLD BDM Birth Index Reg#: C7939, 25 February, 2014.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Queensland State Archives, 'Series ID 6594, Toowoomba Girls Reformatory Admissions 1881-1903', http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalImageView.aspx?ImageId=8847, 25 February, 2014
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Queensland State Archives 'Item ID444496, File - estates, mentally incapacitated persons', http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/ItemDetails.aspx?ItemId=444496, 25 February, 2014.
18. ↑ Queensland State Archives Agency ID2733, Industrial School for Girls, Toowoomba, http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=2733, 25 February, 2014.
19. ↑ Queensland State Archives Series ID 16294, Diary of Discharges, http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalImageView.aspx?ImageId=8782
20. ↑ Queensland State Archives Series ID 16294, Diary of Discharges , http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalImageView.aspx?ImageId=8772
21. ↑ or 6 August, and was buried in Drayton & Toowoomba Cemetery on 7 August 1902.
22. ↑ Toowoomba Regional Council, "Deceased search", Cemeteries, Facilities, http://www.toowoombarc.qld.gov.au/component/stoneorchard/burial/7140, 19 December, 2014.