Bridget Hillary (1864 - 1940)

Born 1864 in Digby, Colony of Victoria

Ancestors

Died 18 Dec 1940 at about age 76 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Bridget Hillary was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Bridget was born in 1864. She was the daughter of Joseph Hillary and Lucy Rapkins^[1].

Her father died in 1881, and her mother in 1936.

She passed away in 1940, aged 76, unmarried^[2].

Bridget was buried with her parents at Elmhurst Cemetery, Elmhurst, Victoria^[3].

Inscription:

IN MEMORY OF

JOSEPH HILLARY

DIED 2ND JULY 1881 AGED 54 YEARS

HIS WIFE LUCY

DIED 13TH JAN. 1936, AGED 90 YEARS

ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER BRIDGET

DIED 18TH DEC. 1940, AGED 76 YEARS

R.I.P.

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria, Australia Birth Registration No: 1864/87 | Hillary, Bridget | Parents: Joseph & Rapkins, Lucy | Place: Glen
2. ↑ Victoria, Australia Death Registration No: 1940/20908 | Hillary, Bridget | Hillary, Joseph & Rapkins, Lucy | Death Place: Ballarat | Death Age: 76
3. ↑ https://billiongraves.com/grave/Bridget-Hillary/3984330

• "Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVZF-BMH : 2 March 2021), Bridget Hillary, 03 Jun 1941; citing Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, series 322, record 497, Public Record Office, Victoria; FamilySearch digital folder 004105384.