Marriage and death Certificates of Bridget McGrath & Nicholas Sheridan.

Above: Death certificate of Nicholas Sheridan, 1904.

Death certificate of Bridget McGrath Sheridan, 1907. Her son Peter was the informant at the time of registration, and he gave the wrong details about Bridget's mother (his grandmother back in Tyrone whom he never met). He named her as "Susanna O'Neill" when in reality she was Susanna Lappan. The O'Neill name may have some connection with Bridget's family, however...the witness on her marriage certificate was Annie O'Neill, and in the tiny town of Clonavaddy where her parents lived back in Tyrone, there were several O'Neill families living alongside McGraths and Lappans. It may well be that Bridget McGrath Sheridan's own grandmother back in Ireland was an O'Neill and that Peter Sheridan was confused when trying to remember unknown relatives when supplying information to the registrar.

Above: The marriage certificate of Nicholas Sheridan and Bridget McGrath, both Irish Immigrants.