Bridget Hamill

In the 1861 census Bridget is listed as a widow aged 35. Her son Thomas's age is given as 19 which would mean that Bridget became a mother aged 15 or 16. This is possible but she may have understated her age. Bridget was working as a charwoman and her daughter Ellen aged 13 as a bar room hand! Hard times. The family were living at a property called 'Old Nathan's' in Delph, Saddleworth. They shared the house with an unmarried woman called Ann Millhench and her baby Jane.