I have spent many hours researching Bridget Carroll our great grandmother and will continue to do so. Despite kind assistance from five genealogists, I have not managed to find out very much. She is what is known as a “brick wall”. I am advised that if more descendants take a DNA test – there will be a greater chance of locating the elusive Bridget Carroll. One day, we might be able to answer the question – Who is Bridget Carroll?
- Daily Southern Cross Newspaper, Bridget Carroll. On Hindostan. 29 December 1873, Page 2
- Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current, www.findagrave.com, Burial, Glen Eden, Auckland Council, Auckland, New Zealand, Waikumete Cemetery Crematorium. Australia and New Zealand. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204537979/bridget-annie-armstrong.
- Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, Ancestry.com, National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Irish Catholic Parish Registers; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 02506 / 03.
- Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; Microfilm Serial or NAID: M237; RG Title: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; RG: 36.
- New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010)
- New Zealand BDM Online .bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search, 1880/1898.
- New Zealand BDM Online bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search, 1889/437.
- New Zealand Cemetery Records, NZSG, for Bridget Carroll.
- New Zealand, Electoral Rolls 1853-2010 BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand, Ancestry.com,
- NZSG Shipping List Records, Page 23 T5836. Source: Archives NZ IM15/073.
- Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand Marriage in the 19th century page 2. teara.govt.nz/en/marriage-and-partnering/page-2
… and many more false leads!