Bridget Sheehy (1857-1916) was my great great grandmother.
With John D Preston (1857-1928) she had at least ten children born in New York and New Jersey.
Bridget's death certificate listed her parents, Edmond or Edward Sheehy and Bridget Frawley. A couple by this name lived in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York after leaving Ireland. Nothing definitively linked Bridget to Amenia.
Until now.
Find My Past expanded its collection of Catholic marriages and baptisms for New York.
Bridget Sheehy and John Preston have an entry for their marriage in 1877 in Amenia at Immaculate Conception. This is the same church used by Ellen Sheehy (1866-1938) and Thomas Culligan (1863-1937), the original clue for Bridget's family of origin.
In the transcripts of baptisms are four children of Bridget Sheehy and John Preston at Immaculate Conception:
-Michael, born 1878
-John, born 1879
-Mary, born 1881
-Catherine, born 1883
With John D Preston (1857-1928) she had at least ten children born in New York and New Jersey.
Bridget's death certificate listed her parents, Edmond or Edward Sheehy and Bridget Frawley. A couple by this name lived in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York after leaving Ireland. Nothing definitively linked Bridget to Amenia.
Until now.
Find My Past expanded its collection of Catholic marriages and baptisms for New York.
Bridget Sheehy and John Preston have an entry for their marriage in 1877 in Amenia at Immaculate Conception. This is the same church used by Ellen Sheehy (1866-1938) and Thomas Culligan (1863-1937), the original clue for Bridget's family of origin.
In the transcripts of baptisms are four children of Bridget Sheehy and John Preston at Immaculate Conception:
-Michael, born 1878
-John, born 1879
-Mary, born 1881
-Catherine, born 1883
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