Hello, I was wondering if the name Bridget was a nick name for another name. Like Peggy is for Margaret, etc. ect. My great grandmother's name was Bridget Calvey, she married Patrick Brady. I can find all thier kids baptisms & marraiges at St. Aloysious, but nothing on either of them anywhere. Maryann Janelle Warden <jmwwardn@bellsouth.net> wrote: Gee, I wish we had a kinship there. But I don't know. It sounds possible. Bridget must have been a common Irish name. I have found so many Bridget Wallace's and Bridget Mathews................ I just found the June 1860 NY Manhattan Census: James Mathews 28 a tinsmith born Ireland Bridget Mathews 25 born Irelnd Anna Mathews 9 born NY Catherine Mathews 7 born NY Sarah Mathews 5 born NY William Mathews 2 born NY Robert Mathews 8 mths born NY 1880 Census James Mathews 50 widow Roofer Catherine 26 keeping house Sarah 24 at home William 22 roofer Robert 20 roofer Andrew 18 drug clerk James Mathews Nephew 18 George Steele grandson born July 1879 Would love to have the 1870 and 1890 census. I will just keep on searching. Our Bridget Wallace Mathews was not with the family in 1880 as well as Anna (may be that she married) and the oldest daughter Catherine was head of the house. Sarah, our gg grandmother had just given birth to George William Steele in July 1879. Elinor Mathews, never married, and she wrote to me that the Steele let her use the name but they did not marry. Well I did find a Mary Steele and son George W Steele living next door to John and Anne Mathews in Manhattan. Geo was a policeman and I am just wondering if maybe Sarah met Geo when she was visiting the Mathews next door to the Steele? George was near the same age as Sarah. Can we send pictures to this list? I have a close up of George the son and Sarah Mathews the mother. She had black (dark) hair and that seems to be a factor in the Mathews genes........dark hair that doesn't turn gray as we get older............ You say James Mathews was a brick layer, well our James and Simon and George Stanley were brick masons. I have Simon Stanley's bricklayer's trade card complete with sealing wax dated July 30, 1849 so I don't think they came to America until after 1850. The Mathews may have come in the 1840's I want to say Bridget and James did not marry until they came to America. Oh I wish I knew more. I use Godfrey Memorial Library for my research. I always use the ancestryplus when the public library let us go in from our home computers but this year they cut that out and I refuse to spend a lot of money . Godfrey is reasonable for a year, $35.00. Janelle Warden STANLEY, STEELE, MATHEWS, DEACON, RODENBURG, GRAHAM, GLEBE {NJ and NY) ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Maryann, My gr-grandmother (who stayed in Ireland) was named Bridget, BUT in some records, she is named Delia, No rhyme or reason. <g> Apparently this was a common interchange. Just a thought, Maureen On 4/26/05, maryann clark <mrmc4540@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I was wondering if the name Bridget was a nick name for another name. Like > Peggy is for Margaret, etc. ect. My great grandmother's name was Bridget > Calvey, she married Patrick Brady. I can find all thier kids baptisms & > marraiges at St. Aloysious, but nothing on either of them anywhere. > > Maryann > > Janelle Warden <jmwwardn@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Gee, I wish we had a kinship there. But I don't know. It sounds > possible. > > Bridget must have been a common Irish name. I have found so many > Bridget Wallace's and Bridget Mathews................ > > I just found the June 1860 NY Manhattan Census: > James Mathews 28 a tinsmith born Ireland > Bridget Mathews 25 born Irelnd > Anna Mathews 9 born NY > Catherine Mathews 7 born NY > Sarah Mathews 5 born NY > William Mathews 2 born NY > Robert Mathews 8 mths born NY > > 1880 Census > James Mathews 50 widow Roofer > Catherine 26 keeping house > Sarah 24 at home > William 22 roofer > Robert 20 roofer > Andrew 18 drug clerk > James Mathews Nephew 18 > George Steele grandson born July 1879 > > Would love to have the 1870 and 1890 census. I will just keep on > searching. > > Our Bridget Wallace Mathews was not with the family in 1880 as well as > Anna (may be that she married) and the oldest daughter Catherine was > head of the house. Sarah, our gg grandmother had just given birth to > George William Steele in July 1879. Elinor Mathews, never married, and > she wrote to me that the Steele let her use the name but they did not > marry. Well I did find a Mary Steele and son George W Steele living > next door to John and Anne Mathews in Manhattan. Geo was a policeman > and I am just wondering if maybe Sarah met Geo when she was visiting the > Mathews next door to the Steele? George was near the same age as Sarah. > > Can we send pictures to this list? I have a close up of George the son > and Sarah Mathews the mother. She had black (dark) hair and that seems > to be a factor in the Mathews genes........dark hair that doesn't turn > gray as we get older............ > > You say James Mathews was a brick layer, well our James and Simon and > George Stanley were brick masons. I have Simon Stanley's bricklayer's > trade card complete with sealing wax dated July 30, 1849 so I don't > think they came to America until after 1850. > > The Mathews may have come in the 1840's I want to say Bridget and James > did not marry until they came to America. Oh I wish I knew more. > > I use Godfrey Memorial Library for my research. I always use the > ancestryplus when the public library let us go in from our home > computers but this year they cut that out and I refuse to spend a lot of > money . Godfrey is reasonable for a year, $35.00. > > Janelle Warden > > STANLEY, STEELE, MATHEWS, DEACON, RODENBURG, GRAHAM, GLEBE {NJ and NY) > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com <http://Ancestry.com>'s United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Join Us! > Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair - 7 May 2005 11 am - 4 pm > Washington Crossing State Park, County Route 546, Titusville > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

My mother's grandmother was named Bridget McNally-Brennan, also from Ireland, and went by her given name of :Bridget" while she named her daughter Catherine Veronica Brennan, and she went by "Catlin" Trisha FitzRandolph Founder FitzRandolph Historical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~njfrghs/HOME ----- Original Message ----- From: "maryann clark" <mrmc4540@yahoo.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] RE: Mathews > Hello, > > I was wondering if the name Bridget was a nick name for another name. > Like Peggy is for Margaret, etc. ect. My great grandmother's name was > Bridget Calvey, she married Patrick Brady. I can find all thier kids > baptisms & marraiges at St. Aloysious, but nothing on either of them > anywhere. > > Maryann > > Janelle Warden <jmwwardn@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Gee, I wish we had a kinship there. But I don't know. It sounds > possible. > > Bridget must have been a common Irish name. I have found so many > Bridget Wallace's and Bridget Mathews................ > > I just found the June 1860 NY Manhattan Census: > James Mathews 28 a tinsmith born Ireland > Bridget Mathews 25 born Irelnd > Anna Mathews 9 born NY > Catherine Mathews 7 born NY > Sarah Mathews 5 born NY > William Mathews 2 born NY > Robert Mathews 8 mths born NY > > 1880 Census > James Mathews 50 widow Roofer > Catherine 26 keeping house > Sarah 24 at home > William 22 roofer > Robert 20 roofer > Andrew 18 drug clerk > James Mathews Nephew 18 > George Steele grandson born July 1879 > > Would love to have the 1870 and 1890 census. I will just keep on > searching. > > Our Bridget Wallace Mathews was not with the family in 1880 as well as > Anna (may be that she married) and the oldest daughter Catherine was > head of the house. Sarah, our gg grandmother had just given birth to > George William Steele in July 1879. Elinor Mathews, never married, and > she wrote to me that the Steele let her use the name but they did not > marry. Well I did find a Mary Steele and son George W Steele living > next door to John and Anne Mathews in Manhattan. Geo was a policeman > and I am just wondering if maybe Sarah met Geo when she was visiting the > Mathews next door to the Steele? George was near the same age as Sarah. > > Can we send pictures to this list? I have a close up of George the son > and Sarah Mathews the mother. She had black (dark) hair and that seems > to be a factor in the Mathews genes........dark hair that doesn't turn > gray as we get older............ > > You say James Mathews was a brick layer, well our James and Simon and > George Stanley were brick masons. I have Simon Stanley's bricklayer's > trade card complete with sealing wax dated July 30, 1849 so I don't > think they came to America until after 1850. > > The Mathews may have come in the 1840's I want to say Bridget and James > did not marry until they came to America. Oh I wish I knew more. > > I use Godfrey Memorial Library for my research. I always use the > ancestryplus when the public library let us go in from our home > computers but this year they cut that out and I refuse to spend a lot of > money . Godfrey is reasonable for a year, $35.00. > > Janelle Warden > > STANLEY, STEELE, MATHEWS, DEACON, RODENBURG, GRAHAM, GLEBE {NJ and NY) > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Join Us! > Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair - 7 May 2005 11 am - 4 pm > Washington Crossing State Park, County Route 546, Titusville > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Hi all, You can read about Bridget and related nicknames online: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/IRL-SLIGO/2005-01/1106004264 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/6587/Irname.html Regards, Michelle maryann clark wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if the name Bridget was a nick name for another name. Like Peggy is for Margaret, etc. ect. My great grandmother's name was Bridget Calvey, she married Patrick Brady. I can find all thier kids baptisms & marraiges at St. Aloysious, but nothing on either of them anywhere. > > Maryann > > Janelle Warden <jmwwardn@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Gee, I wish we had a kinship there. But I don't know. It sounds > possible. > > Bridget must have been a common Irish name. I have found so many > Bridget Wallace's and Bridget Mathews................ > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Join Us! > Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair - 7 May 2005 11 am - 4 pm > Washington Crossing State Park, County Route 546, Titusville -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko Professional Genealogist: http://www.chubenko.us/profgen/index.htm "Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up." - James A. Garfield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ukraine WorldGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw/index.html NJGenWeb: Monmouth County - http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmonmo2 OKGenWeb Adair Co.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okadair/adaircty.htm AdairCoArch: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/adair/adair.html Shell'sHomePg: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mchub/shell.htm

MaryAnn, Bridget is the given name, but there are so many nick names for Bridget, such as Biddy, Bessie, Delia, to name a few...I had a list of Irish given names & nicknames, but can't find it. The Latin name would be: Brigida, Brigitta Peggy is one of the nicknames for Margaret. Also could be Meg, Maggie etc. The Latin would be Margareta..then there is Margeria + Magery, Majorie Jeanine ----- Original Message ----- From: "maryann clark" <mrmc4540@yahoo.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] RE: Mathews > Hello, > > I was wondering if the name Bridget was a nick name for another name. Like Peggy is for Margaret, etc. ect. My great grandmother's name was Bridget Calvey, she married Patrick Brady. I can find all thier kids baptisms & marraiges at St. Aloysious, but nothing on either of them anywhere. > > Maryann > > Janelle Warden <jmwwardn@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Gee, I wish we had a kinship there. But I don't know. It sounds > possible. > > Bridget must have been a common Irish name. I have found so many > Bridget Wallace's and Bridget Mathews................ > > I just found the June 1860 NY Manhattan Census: > James Mathews 28 a tinsmith born Ireland > Bridget Mathews 25 born Irelnd > Anna Mathews 9 born NY > Catherine Mathews 7 born NY > Sarah Mathews 5 born NY > William Mathews 2 born NY > Robert Mathews 8 mths born NY > > 1880 Census > James Mathews 50 widow Roofer > Catherine 26 keeping house > Sarah 24 at home > William 22 roofer > Robert 20 roofer > Andrew 18 drug clerk > James Mathews Nephew 18 > George Steele grandson born July 1879 > > Would love to have the 1870 and 1890 census. I will just keep on searching. > > Our Bridget Wallace Mathews was not with the family in 1880 as well as > Anna (may be that she married) and the oldest daughter Catherine was > head of the house. Sarah, our gg grandmother had just given birth to > George William Steele in July 1879. Elinor Mathews, never married, and > she wrote to me that the Steele let her use the name but they did not > marry. Well I did find a Mary Steele and son George W Steele living > next door to John and Anne Mathews in Manhattan. Geo was a policeman > and I am just wondering if maybe Sarah met Geo when she was visiting the > Mathews next door to the Steele? George was near the same age as Sarah. > > Can we send pictures to this list? I have a close up of George the son > and Sarah Mathews the mother. She had black (dark) hair and that seems > to be a factor in the Mathews genes........dark hair that doesn't turn > gray as we get older............ > > You say James Mathews was a brick layer, well our James and Simon and > George Stanley were brick masons. I have Simon Stanley's bricklayer's > trade card complete with sealing wax dated July 30, 1849 so I don't > think they came to America until after 1850. > > The Mathews may have come in the 1840's I want to say Bridget and James > did not marry until they came to America. Oh I wish I knew more. > > I use Godfrey Memorial Library for my research. I always use the > ancestryplus when the public library let us go in from our home > computers but this year they cut that out and I refuse to spend a lot of > money . Godfrey is reasonable for a year, $35.00. > > Janelle Warden > > STANLEY, STEELE, MATHEWS, DEACON, RODENBURG, GRAHAM, GLEBE {NJ and NY) > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Join Us! > Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair - 7 May 2005 11 am - 4 pm > Washington Crossing State Park, County Route 546, Titusville > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Jeanine, Thankyou for your reply. I have had such a difficult time finding her that I thought maybe she was called something else. Maryann jmatt413@comcast.net wrote: MaryAnn, Bridget is the given name, but there are so many nick names for Bridget, such as Biddy, Bessie, Delia, to name a few...I had a list of Irish given names & nicknames, but can't find it. The Latin name would be: Brigida, Brigitta Peggy is one of the nicknames for Margaret. Also could be Meg, Maggie etc. The Latin would be Margareta..then there is Margeria + Magery, Majorie Jeanine ----- Original Message ----- From: "maryann clark" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] RE: Mathews > Hello, > > I was wondering if the name Bridget was a nick name for another name. Like Peggy is for Margaret, etc. ect. My great grandmother's name was Bridget Calvey, she married Patrick Brady. I can find all thier kids baptisms & marraiges at St. Aloysious, but nothing on either of them anywhere. > > Maryann > > Janelle Warden wrote: > Gee, I wish we had a kinship there. But I don't know. It sounds > possible. > > Bridget must have been a common Irish name. I have found so many > Bridget Wallace's and Bridget Mathews................ > > I just found the June 1860 NY Manhattan Census: > James Mathews 28 a tinsmith born Ireland > Bridget Mathews 25 born Irelnd > Anna Mathews 9 born NY > Catherine Mathews 7 born NY > Sarah Mathews 5 born NY > William Mathews 2 born NY > Robert Mathews 8 mths born NY > > 1880 Census > James Mathews 50 widow Roofer > Catherine 26 keeping house > Sarah 24 at home > William 22 roofer > Robert 20 roofer > Andrew 18 drug clerk > James Mathews Nephew 18 > George Steele grandson born July 1879 > > Would love to have the 1870 and 1890 census. I will just keep on searching. > > Our Bridget Wallace Mathews was not with the family in 1880 as well as > Anna (may be that she married) and the oldest daughter Catherine was > head of the house. Sarah, our gg grandmother had just given birth to > George William Steele in July 1879. Elinor Mathews, never married, and > she wrote to me that the Steele let her use the name but they did not > marry. Well I did find a Mary Steele and son George W Steele living > next door to John and Anne Mathews in Manhattan. Geo was a policeman > and I am just wondering if maybe Sarah met Geo when she was visiting the > Mathews next door to the Steele? George was near the same age as Sarah. > > Can we send pictures to this list? I have a close up of George the son > and Sarah Mathews the mother. She had black (dark) hair and that seems > to be a factor in the Mathews genes........dark hair that doesn't turn > gray as we get older............ > > You say James Mathews was a brick layer, well our James and Simon and > George Stanley were brick masons. I have Simon Stanley's bricklayer's > trade card complete with sealing wax dated July 30, 1849 so I don't > think they came to America until after 1850. > > The Mathews may have come in the 1840's I want to say Bridget and James > did not marry until they came to America. Oh I wish I knew more. > > I use Godfrey Memorial Library for my research. I always use the > ancestryplus when the public library let us go in from our home > computers but this year they cut that out and I refuse to spend a lot of > money . Godfrey is reasonable for a year, $35.00. > > Janelle Warden > > STANLEY, STEELE, MATHEWS, DEACON, RODENBURG, GRAHAM, GLEBE {NJ and NY) > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Join Us! > Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair - 7 May 2005 11 am - 4 pm > Washington Crossing State Park, County Route 546, Titusville > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Join Us! Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair - 7 May 2005 11 am - 4 pm Washington Crossing State Park, County Route 546, Titusville ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com