Bridget Burke

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D Wong on 24th October 2019

***TWO BRIDGET BOURKE'S ON THIS VOYAGE*** The other Bridget Bourke was tried at Mayo. Bridget was 23 years old on arrival. Native Place: Galway County. Bridget could read, was protestant, Married with no children, 4'11¼" tall, ruddy and freckled complexion, brown hair, light grey eyes, scar on knuckle of fore finger of left hand. 25/3/1844: TOL 14/12/1846: COF (Wife of Valentine Scarsbrick, per ship Elizabeth 1841 arrived free.) 24/12/1844: Married by Banns at St. Luke's Valentine was 28, a Widower - Bridget Burke was 27, a spinster, TOL - both of Liverpool. Children: 1842: Valentine b NSW d 7/101842, Shoemakers child - Mother Elizabeth. 1844: James, b NSW - Mother Elizabeth. Elizabeth Scarsbrick died 1844, aged 31. With Bridget: C1845: Mary Ann d 1883, Vic. 1845: Valentine, b NSW 1848: Margaret, b Port Fairy, Vic. 1848: Eliza, b Port Fairy, Vic. 1851: Amelia, b Port Fairy, Vic. 1854: William, b Port Fairy, Vic. 1856: Martha, b Port Fairy, Vic. 26/8/1826 The Herald, Melbourne, Vic: A Mrs. Bridget Scarsbrick was brought before the Police Court, Belfast, on the lOth, charged with causing the death of Mary Madden, by undertaking to cure her of a disease from which she was suffering. This case has for some time excited a considerable amount of interest in the district. It seems that a medical man named Jermyn had prescribed leeches for Mary Madden, who was suffering from scarlatina. The brother of the poor woman did not apply the leeches, but, took her to Mrs. Scarsbrick, who, it seems, allowed her to remain in her house out of motives of compassion rather than with the intention of profiting by her as a patient. Mary Madden, however, died, and as it was asserted that she might have recovered had Mr. Jermyn's prescription been administered, Mrs. Scarsbrick was, as has been stated, charged with having occasioned her death. The magistrates discharged the accused, remarking that they found she had not undertaken the medical care of the deceased, and that what she had done was from motives of humanity and compassion, and she was therefore discharged without a stain on her character. 7/1/1903: Bridget Scarsbrick died, aged 86, and was buried at the Port Fairy Cemetery, Victoria. Probate of her Will - she left £224. 26/10/1866: Valentine Scarsbrick died, aged 49. Valentine was baptised on 12/1/1817 at St Katherine, Blackrod, Lancashire, England. Mother: Margaret Slack. 18/3/1883: Martha Scarsbrick died, aged 25. Born 1856, Port Fairy. 12/2/1877: Emelia died, aged 25 years. All buried at the Port Fairy Cemetery, Victoria.