Bridget Therese Bourke1

#319, (circa February 1843-6 May 1893)
FatherPatrick Bourke (c 1811-2 Aug 1863)
MotherMary Ann Cannon (1821-6 Sep 1885)
ChartsBourke family - descendants
Descendents of Patrick Bourke
Last Edited10 Sep 2022
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Bridget Bourke's signature from her 1861 marriage certificate
     (For a brief history and context on the Bourke family see this page)

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Bridget Therese Bourke may have been born circa February 1843 at County Tipperary.2,3,4 She was the daughter of Patrick Bourke and Mary Ann Cannon. Bridget Therese Bourke was probably baptised in May 1843 at the Parish of Lorrha and Dorrha, County Tipperary.5

In 1837 the Parish of Lorrha and Dorrha, County Galway, was described as having 4,004 inhabitants, with only 195 in the village itself. The place is known for the ruins of the old abbey of St. Ruadan which dates back to 584, as well as Lackeen Castle. The land was said to be of good quality.6

Bridget emigrated from Cork on 9 November 1843 on the "Royal Consort" with her parents. They were assisted immigrants and it appears that the fare was £18 7 for adults, and half that for children. Some of the passengers on the Royal Consort seem have come from the Burhampooter which was shipwrecked - but Patrick and his family were unlikely to be amongst them.7,8,9 After a voyage of 103 days Bridget arrived at Port Phillip, Victoria, on 18 February 1844 with her parents.2,9
Bridget lived in November 1861 at the Melbourne suburb of Carlton.10 She was a 'domestic' in November 1861.10

She married Anthony Gorman, son of John Gorman and Margaret Dwyer, at St. Francis' on Saturday, 16 November 1861 at Melbourne..10

Bridget and Anthony Gorman, aged 28 became the parents of Peter Gorman on Monday, 20 January 1862 at Hotham, Victoria.11,12 Peter was the first of their six children born between 1862 and 1875.

Her father died 3 August 1863 at the approximate age of 63 years. Bridget was aged about 20 when this happened.

By 1864, Bridget and Anthony had moved to Berrima, New South Wales.

She may have attended the wedding of her brother in the marriage of Michael Bourke and Susannah Alletta Nicholson in a Wesleyan Methodist ceremony at her father's house on Saturday, 26 December 1874 at Parkes, New South Wales. Michael and Susannah went on to have five children over the next 10 years.13

Bridget and Anthony Gorman, aged 43 became the parents of Lucindia Gorman on Sunday, 13 August 1876 at the tin mining town of Tingha, New South Wales.14

On Monday, 29 April 1878 Anthony's wife Therese gave birth to a daughter at at the Royal Hotel in the tin mining town of Tingha, New South Wales.15 Bridget and Anthony lived in 1884 at New Zealander Hotel in Park Street, in Sydney.16

Her mother died 6 September 1885. On 11 September 1885 she was described as being "late of Clarendon Hotel, Sydney."17

On May 1889 her daughter Lucindia died at the age of 12 at about the age of 14.

Bridget died on 6 May 1893 at the St. Vincent's Hospice in Victoria Street, in Sydney, chronic Bright's Disease, coma after 16 days in the hospice.18,19,20,21 She was buried on 10 May 1893 at at Waverley Cemetery in the Sydney suburb of Bronte.20,22 Two years after her death, her widowed husband put a memorial in the paper for her.23

Family

Anthony Gorman (11 May 1833-19 Sep 1899)
Children

Citations

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