GLENTWORTH, BRIDGET nee FOGERTY

 

Bridget Fogerty was born in Killarney, Ireland in 1853.� On the 13 July 1878, Bridget and her husband Robert White Glentworth, left for New Zealand on the City of Auckland.� The ship went ashore in heavy fog at the Otaki Beach on the 22 October, but the 256 immigrants on board were safely landed next morning.

 

After tramping� to Waikanae, about 12 miles further south, the immigrants boarded the government steamer Hinemoa, which conveyed them to Wellington and Napier.�

 

Bridget and Robert travelled from Wellington to Eltham where they established a farm, , Bridget living there for the next 65 years.� She died on the 30 December 1943 at Hawera, aged 90 years, and is buried at the Eltham cemetery.

 

SOURCE

Obituary "Hawera Star" 31 Dec 1943