In brief

1850s

Married Patrick Farrell in Balla parish, County Mayo, on 26 January 1854. Her son Anthony James was baptized in Keelogues parish on 17 February 1855.

Family

Spouse
m. 1854

Children

  • Anthony James Farrell · in this line
    b. February 17, 1855 (records vary) · County Mayo, Ireland; baptized in Keelogues Parish
    m. Anna Hughes Rafferty, January 28, 1891 in Syracuse, New York
    d. March 3, 1924 · home in Syracuse, New York

Life story

Bridget Mitchell of Mayo

Bridget Mitchell married Patrick Farrell in the parish of Balla, County Mayo, Ireland, on January 26, 1854. Their son Anthony James was baptized on February 17, 1855, in Keelogues parish. In the early 1870s Anthony left Mayo for Syracuse, New York, where he spent his life in the clothing trade and raised a family; his daughter Alice married Ambrose Dee, and their daughter Mary Alice was Meghan's grandmother. Bridget's own dates have not been found.

Sources (1)
  1. Balla Parish, Archdiocese of Tuam, County Mayo, Marriage Registry, 1837-1882, p. 32, Microfilm 04213/06, Patrick Farrell and Bridget Mitchell; images, Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI (https://registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls000631999_032 : accessed 25 June 2023).