Bridget (Blake) Ryan (abt. 1840)

Wife of Michael Ryan — married 1861 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Bridget Blake married Michael Ryan in Victoria in 1861.^[1]

Research Notes

Ancestry Trees have incorrectly placed the following Bridget Ryan listed as mother of Mary Ryan and wife of michael: Bridget Ryan died at Port Fairy Hospital in 1899 aged 60.^[2]

Bridget is buried at Port Fairy Cemetery. Name: Bridget Ryan Death Age: 60 Birth Date: abt 1839 Death Date: 10 May 1899 Cemetery: Port Fairy Cemetery Location: Port Fairy, Victoria Remarks: additional information available from AIGS ^[3]

Reasons this is incorrect are because Bridget Ryan who died in May at Port Fairy had a will and she was a spinster: Name: Bridget Ryan Record Type: Probates Death Date: 11 May 1899 Death Place: Pt Fairy Occupation: Spinster Grant Date: 13 Jun 1899 ^[4]

Research Notes

Parents names not listed on the death index.

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria BDM Marriages: 2703 / 1861
2. ↑ Victoria BDM Deaths: 7109 / 1899
3. ↑ Australia Cemetery Index: Compiler: Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies; Reference: M203
4. ↑ Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Victorian Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925; Series: VPRS 7591

• Victoria Births Deaths and Marriages [BDM] online database: https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/60196a1c10c0341bf107f151?q=efamily