Bridget Cronin : Short Biography

Gen 1:

John (Joannis) Cronin married Maria Frawley (bc1822) on 24 Aug 1839 at Cratloe, Clare, Ireland (DIocese Limerick) with issue:

Catherine Esther Cronin(1860–1935) born about 1860 at Sixmilebridge, Cratloe, Co Clare, Ireland.  Catherine married on 9 June 1884 at Muttabura, Qld, Australia. Edmund Henry Butler (1836-1906)  - died 12 Oct, 1935 at St. Kilda, Victoria.

Bridget Cronin(1860–1935) Abt 1860 • Sixmilebridge Parish, Clare, Ireland

Gen 2:

Bridget Cronin born about 1859  at Sixmilebridge Parish, Clare, Ireland.  Briddget age 18, departed London on 4 Feb 1873 via Queenstown, Ireland arriving at Rockhampton, Qld on 18 Jun 1875.  Capt. Munro. Dr. J. W. Littler, Surgeon-Superintendent..  On 18 Sep 1878, Bridget, age 21, married Robert John Andrew McMaster (1831-1903) , a Widower, age 44 at Landsborugh Hotel, Muttaburra.  Both were residing at Muttaburra.  They were married under the Rites of the Church of England.

18 September 1878 • Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia. Her parents noted as John Cronin, Innkeeper and Maria Frawley. Witnesses Thomas Lewis & Isabella McAnauly. Celebrant Frederick Richmond with issue:.

1. Jessie Bridget McMaster 1879–1963.  Jessie married Horatio William Cooper 1870–1951 with issue:

• Henry Robert Cooper 1908–1986
• Margaret Mary Cooper 1911–
• Jean Catherine Cooper 1912–

2. Angus John McMaster 1881–1956 married Fanny Ciss ESMOND 1885–1961 with issue:

• Eileen McMaster 1915–1982
• Robert Esmond McMaster 1921–2003

3. Donald Robert Ewen McMaster 1885–1960 married Esther Milliner 1881–1973 with issue:

• Ronald Ewen McMaster 1920–

4. Amelia Lucy McMaster 1887–1968 married Edward John Dibdin 1886–1982 with issue:

• Muriel May Dibdin 1911–1992
• Thomas Angus Dibdin 1913–1968

5. Muriel Ibel McMaster 1889–1955 lived with her mother and moved to Victoria to live with sister Amelia Lucy, where Murial died in 1955.

6. Catherine Mary McMaster 1891–1977

Bridget McMaster nee Cronin, widowed, moved to Victoria to live with her married daughter Amelia Lucy Diblin, where Bridget died on 12 Mar 1935 at St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia