firstly I think I need to set up a whole page just on bridget for her own timeline. otherwise things are getting complicated.
do this, go through death cert info, update everything with that, and go from there.
obituary draft one.
We begin with sadly observing the death of Mrs Bridget Logan, formerly Mrs Bready, who departed this life on the 28th instance of April.
who died xxx quite likely in her own residence, and one speculates is buried in a marked or unmarked roman catholic plot somewhere in regional victoria.
A native to County Clare Ireland having been born in the year xxx Bridget was sufficiently schooled to read and write and worked as a xxx in an intergenerational stonemason family.
we have no further intelligence of her grave, which may be unmarked.
In xxx Bridget, her stonemason husband and their young son -alongside her own (older?) stonemason brother and his young family – came out to New South Wales in xxx
engaged as bounty emigrants both to work on Edward Cox’s distinguised stately new home.
The family removed to Melbourne where husband Thomas was further engaged as a builder before building his own home in Collingwood. He and family then followed the call of the goldfields, where Thomas preferred to work on his own account running a store.
After Thomas’ unfortunate death in xxx, Bridget was left with the four bedroom house in Fitzroy, which had of course risen in value considerably in the last xxx years, but she chose not to return to Melbourne, and instead continued to rent the house out as a means of income, managed by local businesman??? how is he listed in directories??? Thomas Rowe, and Bridget remained in regional victoria where she was to wed xxxx
Bridget has left a widower and three children from her first marriage to lament her death, the children grown up and the two daughters native to the colony. —survived by grandchildren??
OBIT draft two – – based off first orbit link.
Mrs Bridget Logan, formerly Mrs Bready, was an old colonist / had been a colonist of xxx years
having arrived by the barque xxxx from cxccc on xxxxx. Her husband and brother were in the employ of Edward Cox Esq….as stonemasons, and both her and her brother’s young families came out on the same vessel. After xx years in New South Wales she and Mr Bready removed to Victoria where her husband worked as a builder. He prudently purchased half an acre in collingwood and erected a dwelling there, before removing the family to the goldfields where it suited him to run a store on his own account. He died within xx years due to ill health and Bridget was left a widower and chose to remain in the region. She married carpenter Richard Logan in xxx and expired from exhaustion after 6 weeks of poor health. She was xx age, has left a widow, and family from her first marriage. She was buried xxxxx on xxx
The deceased, whose age was 48, hat been in delicate health for some
months,
obit draft 3
he story begins at the passing of Mrs Logan, whose life we shall briefly chronicle in the syle of the time.
Mrs Logan died on the x instance from exhaustion following a six week illness, at the comparatively earlu age of xx. Deceased had lived in victoria for xx years. She was born in County Clare, Ireland in the year xxx and worked as a milk maid.
In xxx Bridget, her stonemason husband and their young son -alongside her own (older?) stonemason brother and his young family – came out to New South Wales in xxx
engaged as bounty emigrants both to work on Edward Cox’s distinguished stately new home.
when travelling was
“atte4nded by numerous perils”
-based off OBITUARY. (1876, October 2). Tribune (Hobart, Tas. : 1876 – 1879), p. 3. Retrieved February 4, 2026, fro
She did not have any children from the second marriage, but has left three adult children
sources in getting the phrasing and styling right
-did bridget die as a ‘relatively mature’ or ‘comparatively early age’ (43?)
-how did people write about passed babies did they get a mention in obituarys. how did people talk about this – or did they not.
we are informed of all her children, xx did not pass infancy. Their names are:
OBITUARY. (1875, March 27). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900), p. 6 (Supplement to the South Australian Register). Retrieved February 4, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40089589
OBITUARY. (1876, October 2). Tribune (Hobart, Tas. : 1876 – 1879), p. 3. Retrieved February 4, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article200628121
OBITUARY. (1877, August 4). Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 – 1899), p. 3. Retrieved February 4, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37150169
OBITUARY. (1876, December 2). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900), p. 6 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved February 4, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43008028
OBITUARY. (1876, October 7). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 – 1900), p. 6 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved February 4, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43014747
OBITUARY. (1876, August 19). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 – 1912), p. 248. Retrieved February 4, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162680447
1874 ‘OBITUARY.’, The Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser (Vic. : 1842 – 1843; 1854 – 1876), 24 February, p. 6. (EVENING), viewed 04 Feb 2026, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64743791
“OBITUARY.” Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 – 1899) 7 August 1875: 2. Web. 4 Feb 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52900756>.
OBITUARY. (1873, September 11). The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (NSW : 1863 – 1947), p. 2. Retrieved February 4, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101484101
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