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Bridget Eustis/Eustace was born in
about 1828-30 probably in County Longford, Ireland. She was one
of eleven or twelve children born to the family of Patrick
Eustace and Catherine Cunningham. Baptismal records at
Newtowncashel did not begin until 1830 and civil records in
Ireland did not begin until 1864, thus no record of her birth or
baptism exists. Bridget certainly spent her childhood in
Townland Collum in the Parish of Cashel where all of her younger
siblings were born.
In 1850, Bridget together with her brother
Thomas and their cousin John Eustace/Eustice of Ballymahon,
Shrule Parish departed from Limerick on the Polly, a 250 tonne
ship. They arrived in New York City on April 18th. Almost
immediately, John and Bridget traveled to Schuylerville,
Saratoga County, New York to join relatives and other Irish
immigrants from the Parishes of Cashel and Shrule, County
Longford. Among those at Schuylerville were Bridget and John’s
aunt Bridget Eustace, (Mrs. William Carle/Carroll) and her uncle
John Eustace.
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Bridget
sought a new life in America and together with family and
friends journeyed across the Atlantic to New York State. Her
first marriage to an older man ended abruptly with her husband’s
death in 1855. Left with three small children she quickly
married again. Death claimed County Longford native Patrick
Gannon in the prime of his life. She married a third time only
to die an early death at the age of 38 years in 1868. Bridget
Quigley nee Eustis/Eustace was buried at Victory Cemetery on or
about May 1, 1868. She is buried near the Quigley family plot.
There are approximately three unmarked graves located on the
right between her grave and those of the Quigley family. The
marker is broken but easily read and the pieces fit together
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