Sarah Walsh from Newport, County Mayo, Ireland

[Shona]

When Sarah entered the USA in 1898, she gave officials the name of her sister, Bridget, in Scranton, PA. Therefore, she is more likely to be in Scranton for the 1900 census than later ones.

There are two Irish-born women named Bridget Walsh in Scranton in 1900 - both boarders at the same address. Both had been in the USA for four years. Both give 1896 as their year of immigration. One is a cook and the other a laundress. The only difference is that one was 23 and born in June 1896 and the other was 25 and born in February 1875.

[Merry]

There's another Bridget, servant to Samuel T Jones in 1900 and 1910. She's b abt 1869 Ireland.

[Shona]

Originally Posted by Merry

There's another Bridget, servant to Samuel T Jones in 1900 and 1910. She's b abt 1869 Ireland.

That Bridget states that she has been in the USA for 15 years in 1900.

[Merry]

I didn't know that mattered! Do we know how long Bridget was supposed to have been in the US?

[Shona]

Do we know for certain that she was born in Newport? It is listed as her last known residence when she went to the USA.

[Merry]

I keep looking at the Ann and Martin Walsh who are from Mayo and living in Newport, Shopshire!!!

[kiterunner]

The 1899 city directory for Scranton has a Bridget Walsh, liquors, at 919 N Washington av. (The address for Bridget when Sarah arrived in the US is something Washington something, Scranton.) But the 1900 US census doesn't have an address search on ancestry and it would take me too long to find it with my mobile broadband connection on holiday.

[Merry]

None of the single Bridget Walsh entries in 1900 are at Washington Avenue. I haven't looked at any of the married ladies though.