ARC TBC....................Abigail Braden info for BCC--

[dbraden]

I have some information about Abigail Braden, http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/fa ... den-Family

She was baptised in St Martin, Tipton (as were her siblings):

15 March 1835, Abigail, daughter of William and Mary Braden, abode Horseley, miner, performed by J. Howells

But she seems to have been several years old when she was baptised, because the 1900 US census (for Covington, Kentucky) says that she was born in January 1831,
and her obituary says that she was 77 years old when she died on 17 April 1908.

She married Henry Cherrington in St Martin, Tipton. I don't have the GRO record, but I did look up the parish record:

28 March 1853
Henry Cherrington, 21, bachelor, chain maker, of Upper Green, son of William Cherrington, miner
Abigail Breadon, 18, spinster, of Horseley, daughter of William Breadon, miner
after banns, by John Murray, witnesses John Breadon (his mark) and Naomi Jones
Signed by Henry Cherrington, and the mark of Abigail Breadon

John Breadon was presumably Abigail's brother.

castlegarden.org has the record of their immigration to the US. They arrived in New York City on 2 October 1854 aboard the Constantine. They settled in Covington, Kentucky (which happens to be just a few miles from where I spent most of my childhood, but I never knew this), and Henry ran a blacksmith business. According to his obituary he made chains for warships during the US civil war (presumably those navigating the Ohio river, which runs between Covington and Cincinnati). Henry died on 5 January 1904. He and his wife are buried in Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. I found their graves on a visit several years ago. US census records confirm that Henry and Abigail were both born in England.

[Northern Lass]

Thanks for that Dale will add to Bcc courtesy of yourself

what is the castlegarden.org ?
do you have the link?

[rockyfowler]

http://castlegarden.org/ heres the page http://www.castlegarden.org/quick_searc ... id=2470875

[Northern Lass]

Thanks RF

wonder if in the bapt register it gave her actual dob?

[rockyfowler]

Tipton births not recorded for that family on baptisms- best RF

[dbraden]

Thanks for that Dale will add to Bcc courtesy of yourself

what is the castlegarden.org ?
do you have the link?

Sorry for not explaining about Castle Garden (thanks to RF for providing the full link). That was the immigration authority in New York City which preceded Ellis Island. Although Ellis Island is more famous, Castle Garden actually operated longer, from 1820 to 1892. The Irish refugees from the famine years, as well as my own Braden ancestors, came through Castle Garden. Searching their website at castlegarden.org is free, but it's transcription-only, you can't view images of the actual ship manifests.

[Northern Lass]

Thanks Dale

added most of that to Bcc in notes

flagging to archive now