On 14 Sep 1898 when Charles Herbert was 22, he first married Bridget Cecilia LEAHY in St Johns Anglican Church, Highton, Victoria, Australia. Born in 1879 in Breakwater, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Bridget Cecilia died in Breakwater, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on 19 Feb 1906; she was 27.
- 1879 Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Bridget Leahy
Father's name: James Leahy
Mother's name: Annie Doran
Birth Place: Victoria, Victoria
Registration Year: 1879
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 9576
- 1898 from marriage certificate:
Bridget Cecilia Leahy, spinster, born Breakwater? Geelong Victoria, 21, present and usual res Breakwater Geelong, parents James Leahy, farmer and Ann Doran
- 1906 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Bridt Richardson
Death Place: Geelong, Victoria
Age: 27
Father's name: Leany
Mother's name: Ann Doran
Registration Year: 1906
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 1704
Estimated birth year: abt 1879
- Death cert: No 79, 19 February 1906, Breakwater, Town of Geelong County Grant, Australia
Bridget Richardson, female, 27 years
COD Phthisis Pulmonalis, 2 years, 2 years, last sean by Dr P A Croker MB on 16 Feb 1906
Parents James Leahy “Fellmonger” and Ann Leahy, formerly Doran
RESEARCH NOTES
Perhaps this is for a later person with the same name, or she was 100 when she died?
- 1977 Burial: Richardson Bridget Cecelia Geelong Eastern Cemetery EAS-LAWN-C-808-0797 Date of death: 21 Jan 1977 Register # 31724
Same plot:
Richardson Stanley Geelong Eastern Cemetery EAS-LAWN-C-808-0797 Died: 13 Jan 1965 Register #: 26448
From another researcher:
- “With Geelong Eastern Cemetery having 2 Bridget Cecilia Richardsons, it can be hard to know who is who, if you don't know the dates or have much information to start with. According to the cemetery this is the correct Bridget Cecilia, not the Bridget Cecelia!
Bridget Cecilia Richardson nee Leahy
Birth Jan 1879 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Death 21 Feb 1906 in Geelong, Victoria in an unknown grave Eastern Cemetery Geelong”
- 1907 Cemetery Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Location EAS-UNK-X-825-X [location not known]
Section Unknown
Row X
Grave X
Register # 63218
Surname Richardson
Given Names Bridget
Service Date 21 Feb 1906
Date of Birth [abt 1879]
Date of Death
Age 27 Y
AND
- 1977 Cemetery Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Location EAS-LAWN-C-808-0797
Section Lawn
Row C
Grave 0797
Register # 31724
Surname Richardson
Given Names Bridget Cecelia
Service Date 25 Jan 1977
Date of Birth [abt 1886]
Date of Death 21 Jan 1977
Age 91 Y
Others in this location: William Daniel Munro and Stanley Richardson
AND
- 1965 Cemetery Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Location EAS-LAWN-C-808-0797
Section Lawn
Row C
Grave 0797
Register # 26448
Surname Richardson
Given Names Stanley
Service Date 15 Jan 1965
Date of Birth
Date of Death 13 Jan 1965
Age 69 Y
AND
- 1982 Cemetery Geelong Eastern Cemetery
Location EAS-LAWN-C-808-0797 [just to the left of the main entrance]
Section Lawn
Row C
Grave 0797
Register # 33801
Surname Munro
Given Names William Daniel
Service Date 07 Sep 1982
Date of Birth
Date of Death 18 Aug 1982
Age 65 Y
From another researcher:
- First wife Bridget is in the lawn section [of Geelong cemetery] with Stanley Richardson. We do not know Ivan, Stanley or William.
- Bridget was the daughter of James Leahy (1836-1904) and Annie Doran (1844-1926)