Individual Details
Bridget GORDON
(Abt 26 Feb 1858 - 21 Aug 1929)
Bridget, aged 21, and her 19-year-old sister, Maria, emigrated to New Zealand together, arriving in Auckland aboard the 'Wanganui' on 7 November 1880. Their sister Kate would join them about three years later.
The three girls never returned to Ireland and never say the rest of their family again. However, they and their sister Ellen (Garvey), who lived in Brooklyn, New York, kept in regular contact.
The three girls never returned to Ireland and never say the rest of their family again. However, they and their sister Ellen (Garvey), who lived in Brooklyn, New York, kept in regular contact.
Events
| Birth | Abt 26 Feb 1858 | Tibohine (Fairymount), Co. Roscommon | |||
| Christen | 28 Feb 1858 | Tibohine (Fairymount), Co. Roscommon | |||
| Marriage | 29 Apr 1882 | St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland - Richard Thomas DE SILVA | |||
| Death | 21 Aug 1929 | Auckland |
Families
| Spouse | Richard Thomas DE SILVA (1844 - 1926) |
| Child | Mary DE SILVA (1882 - 1897) |
| Child | Matilda DE SILVA (1883 - ) |
| Child | Catherine DE SILVA (1884 - ) |
| Child | Richard Thomas DE SILVA (1885 - ) |
| Child | Walter Albert DE SILVA (1887 - ) |
| Child | Annie DE SILVA (1888 - ) |
| Child | Bridget DE SILVA (1890 - ) |
| Child | Joseph DE SILVA (1892 - ) |
| Child | Winifred DE SILVA (1895 - ) |
| Child | Mary DE SILVA (1897 - ) |
| Father | Dominic GORDON (1819 - 1897) |
| Mother | Catherine KELLY (1836 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Patrick GORDON (1854 - 1861) |
| Sibling | Ellen GORDON (1856 - 1876) |
| Sibling | Michael GORDON ( - ) |
| Sibling | Maria GORDON (1860 - 1940) |
| Sibling | James GORDON (1862 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Catherine (Kate) GORDON (1865 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Anne (Annie) GORDON (1868 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Michael (Mike) J. GORDON (1870 - 1944) |
| Sibling | John (Jack) Joseph GORDON (1873 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Ellen Teresa GORDON (1876 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth (Lizzie) GORDON (1878 - 1957) |