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Bridget Igoe

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Bridget Igoe

Birth
Ireland
Death
7 May 1890 (aged 59–60)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.0243722, Longitude: -87.6752306
Plot
Section C, Block A, Lot 41
Memorial ID
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No biographical information provided.

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois)
8 May 1890
Page 7

Many researchers believe that this Bridgett Igoe was the wife of Bartholomew Philip Igoe BUT THAT IS WRONG!!!
The will of this Bridgett Igoe states:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1347121:9048

Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999
Record of Wills, Book 10-11, 1890; Book 12, 1890-1891
Chicago, Cook Co., IL
p 472 scan 58
Will Date 13 Aug 1886
Probate Date 20 May 1890
basically says
Bridget Igoe
After all debts paid, requests that all real and personal estate be divided equally between my children:
Thomas Igoe
Eliza Igoe wife of Peter McCarthy.
Mary Igoe
Katie Igoe wife of Frank Steiger?
Executors Alfred Cowley? and Wm Ogden
witnesses E J McPhelin, Frank H Hall, Wm H Christian

Bartholomew Igoe did NOT have a son named THOMAS and his daughters
Eliza aka Lizzie married Thomas Harmer
Mary married E J Briggs
Kattie married Elmer Goodell

Cemetery record said this Bridget Igoe died May 7 1890 residence listed was at 593 S Jefferson--
1866 City directory for Chicago p 525 ( and many other City directory records ) said
Bridget Igoe, widow of James, h 593 S Jefferson

Appears that her husband James Igoe died or was long gone by 1866...
contributed by nannu FIND A GRAVE ID 47635501
No biographical information provided.

The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois)
8 May 1890
Page 7

Many researchers believe that this Bridgett Igoe was the wife of Bartholomew Philip Igoe BUT THAT IS WRONG!!!
The will of this Bridgett Igoe states:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1347121:9048

Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999
Record of Wills, Book 10-11, 1890; Book 12, 1890-1891
Chicago, Cook Co., IL
p 472 scan 58
Will Date 13 Aug 1886
Probate Date 20 May 1890
basically says
Bridget Igoe
After all debts paid, requests that all real and personal estate be divided equally between my children:
Thomas Igoe
Eliza Igoe wife of Peter McCarthy.
Mary Igoe
Katie Igoe wife of Frank Steiger?
Executors Alfred Cowley? and Wm Ogden
witnesses E J McPhelin, Frank H Hall, Wm H Christian

Bartholomew Igoe did NOT have a son named THOMAS and his daughters
Eliza aka Lizzie married Thomas Harmer
Mary married E J Briggs
Kattie married Elmer Goodell

Cemetery record said this Bridget Igoe died May 7 1890 residence listed was at 593 S Jefferson--
1866 City directory for Chicago p 525 ( and many other City directory records ) said
Bridget Igoe, widow of James, h 593 S Jefferson

Appears that her husband James Igoe died or was long gone by 1866...
contributed by nannu FIND A GRAVE ID 47635501

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