BRIDGET MURPHY FARRELL, my great grandmother. Lived in NYC, Newark, NJ, Chicago, Galesburg IL. Born 1833, Immigrated to NYC (we think) 1848, married in NYC 1849.
Born c 1833 in Ireland. Marries DANIEL FARRELL in St James RC Church in Manhattan (church now defunct, I have marriage cert) on 30 Nov 1849. Is in 1859 census with DANIEL and others; Claim of 'married within the year'. Child born and baptized in Newark NJ 1852. Child does not appear in the 1860 Census. One other child born in Newark, then Chicago 1857. Galesburg IL by 1860 where DAN is a tailor and in his own shop, "Farrell and Mears." BRIDGET'S brother now lives with them "HENRY MURPHY'. BRIDGET appears with the family in the 1860 and1870 census. The births of her children are all recorded. She dies in Galesburg 23 Sep 1879. While there is an obit it gives no information about her birth or where she was from. She probably had a sister ANNIE who married a brother of DAN, WILLIAM FARRELL in the Bay Area of California. (I have a lot of info on this.) DAN remarries in 1880 and supposedly his new wife had a connection to BRIDGET. The new wife was MARY DOLAN DORNIN, from County Roscommon and also a Galesburg resident. Anecdotally BRIDGET and MARY were childhood friends in Roscommon, (from my mother).
My questions are: Where was BRIDGET from in Ireland; who were her parents; what other siblings did she have and what happened to them? ( I have searched Irish records extensively to no avail.I am very familiar with Irish genealogy and its issues and problems.) What were her parents' names? They are never mentioned but the Irish Naming Pattern suggests her father's name was JAMES and her mother ELLEN. I have searched immigration records for both BRIDGET and DANIEL, to no avail. I have been to Galesburg and searched newspaper records, church and legal records to no avail. I have DAN'S will (D. 1907). I traced the brother's family and found some living members and talked to them hoping for a family bible or such. Nothing was forthcoming. Any help, in any form, is appreciated.
