Bridget was born at County Monaghan, in Ireland, in about 1830. At her trial on 5 March 1849, she was convicted for stealing 2 quilts, and sentenced to 7 years transportation. 19 year old Bridget was transported on the Australasia, departing Dublin on 26 June and arriving in Hobart on 29 September, 1849. On arrival, she and her fellow prisoners spent 6 months at the Anson Probation Station, a hulk moored in the Derwent, where Bridget was classified as a 3rd class, or Crime Class prisoner. These women were the least well behaved, and were put to hard labour.
Between arrival, and when her sentence expired, Bridget was constantly in trouble with the authorities, with 8 records of being in either Ross or Launceston Female Factories (prisons). During this time, Bridget was on 2 occasions the subject of 'Convict Permission to Marry', and had 2 daughters, with the men she hoped to marry. Elizabeth b. 1853, (father Robert Roach), and Caroline Anastasia, b. 1855, (father William Green), but things evidently did not work out with either request for permission to marry. Elizabeth, as the illegitimate daughter of a convict woman under sentence, was placed in the Queen's Orphan School in Hobart.
On 10th February 1857 Bridget married Thomas Ambrose BREWSTER, also a convict (Eden). The marriage took place at the home of George Ramskill, at Table Cape.
Bridget and Thomas had 4 sons and 3 daughters –
Bridget Brewster nee Cassidy died on 20 December 1908 and is buried in the Old General Cemetery at Jenner St, Wynyard.
Thomas died on 17 August 1912. His funeral took place the same day as the opening of the new church. He, along with son Thomas, is buried in the same plot as Bridget at Wynyard.
BREWSTER.— On Sunday, December 20, at her residence, Flowerdale, Bridget, the dearly beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Brewster; aged 79 years. RIP.orth Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919), Tuesday 22 December 1908
22 Dec 1908 • Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia
Between arrival, and when her sentence expired, Bridget was constantly in trouble with the authorities, with 8 records of being in either Ross or Launceston Female Factories (prisons). During this time, Bridget was on 2 occasions the subject of 'Convict Permission to Marry', and had 2 daughters, with the men she hoped to marry. Elizabeth b. 1853, (father Robert Roach), and Caroline Anastasia, b. 1855, (father William Green), but things evidently did not work out with either request for permission to marry. Elizabeth, as the illegitimate daughter of a convict woman under sentence, was placed in the Queen's Orphan School in Hobart.
On 10th February 1857 Bridget married Thomas Ambrose BREWSTER, also a convict (Eden). The marriage took place at the home of George Ramskill, at Table Cape.
Bridget and Thomas had 4 sons and 3 daughters –
Bridget Brewster nee Cassidy died on 20 December 1908 and is buried in the Old General Cemetery at Jenner St, Wynyard.
Thomas died on 17 August 1912. His funeral took place the same day as the opening of the new church. He, along with son Thomas, is buried in the same plot as Bridget at Wynyard.
BREWSTER.— On Sunday, December 20, at her residence, Flowerdale, Bridget, the dearly beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Brewster; aged 79 years. RIP.orth Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919), Tuesday 22 December 1908
22 Dec 1908 • Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia
Bridget was born at County Monaghan, in Ireland, in about 1830. At her trial on 5 March 1849, she was convicted for stealing 2 quilts, and sentenced to 7 years transportation. 19 year old Bridget was transported on the Australasia, departing Dublin on 26 June and arriving in Hobart on 29 September, 1849. On arrival, she and her fellow prisoners spent 6 months at the Anson Probation Station, a hulk moored in the Derwent, where Bridget was classified as a 3rd class, or Crime Class prisoner. These women were the least well behaved, and were put to hard labour.
Between arrival, and when her sentence expired, Bridget was constantly in trouble with the authorities, with 8 records of being in either Ross or Launceston Female Factories (prisons). During this time, Bridget was on 2 occasions the subject of 'Convict Permission to Marry', and had 2 daughters, with the men she hoped to marry. Elizabeth b. 1853, (father Robert Roach), and Caroline Anastasia, b. 1855, (father William Green), but things evidently did not work out with either request for permission to marry. Elizabeth, as the illegitimate daughter of a convict woman under sentence, was placed in the Queen's Orphan School in Hobart.
On 10th February 1857 Bridget married Thomas Ambrose BREWSTER, also a convict (Eden). The marriage took place at the home of George Ramskill, at Table Cape.
Bridget and Thomas had 4 sons and 3 daughters –
Bridget Brewster nee Cassidy died on 20 December 1908 and is buried in the Old General Cemetery at Jenner St, Wynyard.
Thomas died on 17 August 1912. His funeral took place the same day as the opening of the new church. He, along with son Thomas, is buried in the same plot as Bridget at Wynyard.
BREWSTER.— On Sunday, December 20, at her residence, Flowerdale, Bridget, the dearly beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Brewster; aged 79 years. RIP.orth Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919), Tuesday 22 December 1908
22 Dec 1908 • Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia
Between arrival, and when her sentence expired, Bridget was constantly in trouble with the authorities, with 8 records of being in either Ross or Launceston Female Factories (prisons). During this time, Bridget was on 2 occasions the subject of 'Convict Permission to Marry', and had 2 daughters, with the men she hoped to marry. Elizabeth b. 1853, (father Robert Roach), and Caroline Anastasia, b. 1855, (father William Green), but things evidently did not work out with either request for permission to marry. Elizabeth, as the illegitimate daughter of a convict woman under sentence, was placed in the Queen's Orphan School in Hobart.
On 10th February 1857 Bridget married Thomas Ambrose BREWSTER, also a convict (Eden). The marriage took place at the home of George Ramskill, at Table Cape.
Bridget and Thomas had 4 sons and 3 daughters –
Bridget Brewster nee Cassidy died on 20 December 1908 and is buried in the Old General Cemetery at Jenner St, Wynyard.
Thomas died on 17 August 1912. His funeral took place the same day as the opening of the new church. He, along with son Thomas, is buried in the same plot as Bridget at Wynyard.
BREWSTER.— On Sunday, December 20, at her residence, Flowerdale, Bridget, the dearly beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Brewster; aged 79 years. RIP.orth Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919), Tuesday 22 December 1908
22 Dec 1908 • Flowerdale, Tasmania, Australia
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