Bridget Larnie

Brief Life History of Bridget

When Bridget Larnie was born in 1815, in Ireland, her father, Mr Larnie, was 25 and her mother, Mrs Larnie, was 21. She married John Hughes on 28 February 1836, in Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pendleton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Covington Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died after 16 June 1880, in Clifton Township, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Hughes
1808–1886
Bridget Larnie
1815–1880
Marriage: 28 February 1836
Elizabeth Hughes
1836–
Edward Hughes
about 1847–
Thomas Hughes
about 1853–1854
Katherine or Kate Hughes
about 1855–
James Hughes
1838–1908
Bernard Hughes
1839–
Mary Ann Hughes
1841–1884
Malachy Hughes
1843–
John Hughes
1844–1916
Ellen Hughes
1845–
Peter Hughes
1845–
Frank J Hughes
1852–
Roseanne Hughes
1857–1912
Peter Hughes
1859–1876

Sources (11)

  • Elizabeth Hughes in household of John Hughes, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Bridget Larney in entry for John Huges, "England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920"
  • Bridget Hughes in household of John Hughes, "England and Wales Census, 1851"

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World Events (2)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1839

The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.

Name Meaning

Scottish:

either a variant of Cairnie, a habitational name from Cairnie in Aberdeenshire, Cairnie in Arbroath (Angus), or Cairnies in Stirlingshire, or perhaps a habitational name from Cairns in Midlothian or Glencarnie in Inverness-shire.

alternatively, perhaps in some cases, a Scottish form of Irish Kearney .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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