Homer Ives1,2

M, #10821, b. 19 February 1901, d. 9 November 1971
Last Edited27 Oct 2016
     He was born on 19 February 1901 at Ogle County, Illinois, USA.1,2 Homer married Mary Elizabeth Bridgeland on 27 November 1930 at Winnebago County, Illinois, USA.2
     Homer Ives died on 9 November 1971 at Winnebago County, Illinois, USA, at age 70.2
     Homer Ives was buried at Byron Cemetery, Byron, Ogle County, Illinois, USA.2

Family

Mary Elizabeth Bridgeland b. 11 Apr 1907
Child

Citations

  1. [S735] World Family Tree Download of Volume 29, tree 0686 , Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), www.genealogy.com; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "Volume 29, tree 0686.
  2. [S288] Letter from Harold Bridgeland (Rockford, Illinois) to Rick Moffat, various; Rick Moffat Personal Papers (Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA), Chart 1 & 4.
  3. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various.
  4. [S3254] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 , Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947; ""Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records."; cited as "IL Deaths & Stillbirths., Name: William Ives.

Alfred B. Bridgeland1,2,3,4

M, #10829, b. 10 March 1816, d. 1 September 1894
Last Edited18 Mar 2023
     He was born on 10 March 1816 at Kent, England.1,3,5,6,7 Alfred married Hannah Jane Wright on 18 July 1848 at Dixon or Byron, Lee County, Illinois, USA.3,8,9,10,6,7
     Alfred B. Bridgeland died on 1 September 1894 at Seward Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, USA, at age 78.3,1,11,6
     Alfred B. Bridgeland was buried at Middle Creek Cemetery, Winnebago Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, USA.6
     He immigrated in 1837 to USA from England.12
     Alfred and Hannah Bridgeland appeared on the 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Seward Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, enumerated 16 June 1880, described as a Farmer. Their children: Ellen, William, George and Martha, were listed as living with them.7
     Alfred Bridgeland was identified as the father of George Delancy Bridgeland in George's obituary after his death on 2 February 1942.13
     Settled in Seward township - bought land from the government - 320 acres.
Were charter members of Middle Creek Presbyterian Church in 1855.

On July 5, 2001, Harold Bridgeland wrote:
We have a real limitation on information of the origin of the Bridgeland family. The original Alfred Bridgeland came to America in 1837 and to Illinois in 1846. He purchased a farm here that is still in control of the Bridgeland family. However we just cannot seem to get any good information about his descendents from the Kent, England area.3,12

Family

Hannah Jane Wright b. 8 Feb 1824, d. 28 Sep 1897
Marriage*Alfred married Hannah Jane Wright on 18 July 1848 at Dixon or Byron, Lee County, Illinois, USA.3,8,9,10,6,7 
Children

Citations

  1. [S288] Letter from Harold Bridgeland (Rockford, Illinois) to Rick Moffat, various; Rick Moffat Personal Papers (Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA), Chart 1.
  2. [S310] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900 , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900 (search page); "Index only, copies may be order"; cited as "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index.
  3. [S735] World Family Tree Download of Volume 29, tree 0686 , Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), www.genealogy.com; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "Volume 29, tree 0686.
  4. [S1332] Extracted Vital Records, International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), Film Number -- 1760901.
  5. [S1022] Terry Holmes PAF File Extract , Rick Moffat Personal Digital Files, not applicable; "This file may contain inaccuaracies and should be consisdered a guide to further research"; cited as "Terry Holmes PAF File Extract.
  6. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Alfred Bridgeland.
  7. [S5799] Alfred Bridgeland household, June 16, 1880 U.S. Census, Provo, Utah, USA, Seward, Winnebago, Illinois; Page: 312C; Family: 168; Enumeration District: 234, Ancestry.com Roll: T9_262; Family History Film: 1254262; Image: 0125.
  8. [S310] "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index", online Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900 (search page): Groom -- BRIDGLAND, ALFRED B; Bride -- WRIGHT, HANNAH; County -- OGLE; Date -- 07/13/1848; Volume/Page -- / ; License -- 00000526.
  9. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Lists Byron IL as place of marriage; Chart 1.
  10. [S811] Terry Holmes, online unknown url, unknown author (unknown location), downloaded September 19, 2001, Married July 18, 1848 in Dixon, Lee, Illinois.
  11. [S808] Unknown subject unknown record type, Received from Patricia (Tebow) Williams, unknown repository (unknown repository address), Received from Patricia (Tebow) Williams.
  12. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various.
  13. [S6624] George D. Bridgeland, Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, IL, Feb 5, 1942, Page 18, column 4 viewed at Newspapers.com, George D. Bridgeland. Hereinafter cited as Journal-Standard.
  14. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 2.
  15. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 3.
  16. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 4.
  17. [S3254] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 , Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947; ""Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records."; cited as "IL Deaths & Stillbirths., Name: William Wright Bridgeland.
  18. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 5.
  19. [S3254] "IL Deaths & Stillbirths", online Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947: Name: George Delancy Bridgeland.
  20. [S3254] "IL Deaths & Stillbirths", online Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947: Name: Hannah Martha Bridgeland.

Hannah Jane Wright1,2,3,4

F, #10830, b. 8 February 1824, d. 28 September 1897
Father*William Wright5,2,4 b. 14 Apr 1797, d. 5 Sep 1874
Mother*Jane Dobson5,2,4 b. 31 Aug 1800, d. 24 Feb 1891
Last Edited18 Mar 2023
     She was born on 8 February 1824 at Birdsall, Yorkshire, England, or Thixendale according to Find A Grave.5,2,6,4,7 Hannah married Alfred B. Bridgeland on 18 July 1848 at Dixon or Byron, Lee County, Illinois, USA.2,8,9,10,11,7
     Hannah Jane Wright died on 27 September 1897 at Illinois, USA, at age 73.3
     Hannah Jane Wright died on 28 September 1897 at Seward Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, USA, at age 73.2,5,6,4
     Hannah Jane Wright was buried at Middle Creek Cemetery, Winnebago Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, USA.4
     Alfred and Hannah Bridgeland appeared on the 1880 U.S. Federal Census of Seward Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, enumerated 16 June 1880, described as a Farmer. Their children: Ellen, William, George and Martha, were listed as living with them.7 Hannah Bridgeland was identified as the mother of George Delancy Bridgeland in George's obituary after his death on 2 February 1942.12

Family

Alfred B. Bridgeland b. 10 Mar 1816, d. 1 Sep 1894
Marriage*Hannah married Alfred B. Bridgeland on 18 July 1848 at Dixon or Byron, Lee County, Illinois, USA.2,8,9,10,11,7 
Children

Citations

  1. [S288] Letter from Harold Bridgeland (Rockford, Illinois) to Rick Moffat, various; Rick Moffat Personal Papers (Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA), HANNAH WRIGHT Born: Feb 08, 1824 in Birdsall, Yorkshire, England. Died: Sept 28, 1897 in Seward Township, IL -- Middle Creek Cemetery. Married July 18, 1848 in Byron, IL; Chart 1.
  2. [S735] World Family Tree Download of Volume 29, tree 0686 , Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), www.genealogy.com; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "Volume 29, tree 0686.
  3. [S811] Terry Holmes, online unknown url, unknown author (unknown location), downloaded September 19, 2001.
  4. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Hannah Jane Wright Bridgeland.
  5. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1.
  6. [S808] Unknown subject unknown record type, Received from Patricia (Tebow) Williams, unknown repository (unknown repository address).
  7. [S5799] Alfred Bridgeland household, June 16, 1880 U.S. Census, Provo, Utah, USA, Seward, Winnebago, Illinois; Page: 312C; Family: 168; Enumeration District: 234, Ancestry.com Roll: T9_262; Family History Film: 1254262; Image: 0125.
  8. [S310] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900 , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900 (search page); "Index only, copies may be order"; cited as "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index., Groom -- BRIDGLAND, ALFRED B; Bride -- WRIGHT, HANNAH; County -- OGLE; Date -- 07/13/1848; Volume/Page -- / ; License -- 00000526.
  9. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Lists Byron IL as place of marriage; Chart 1.
  10. [S811] Terry Holmes, September 19, 2001, Married July 18, 1848 in Dixon, Lee, Illinois.
  11. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Alfred Bridgeland.
  12. [S6624] George D. Bridgeland, Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, IL, Feb 5, 1942, Page 18, column 4 viewed at Newspapers.com, George D. Bridgeland. Hereinafter cited as Journal-Standard.
  13. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 2.
  14. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 3.
  15. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 4.
  16. [S306] Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950 (Publisher: Illinois State Archives), Database of Illinois Death Certificates, 1916–1950, Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950 (search page); "Index only, copies may be order"; cited as "IL deaths., BRIDGELAND WILLIAM WRIGHT N/S UNK 0000167 1939-06-09 OGLE.
  17. [S3254] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 , Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947; ""Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records."; cited as "IL Deaths & Stillbirths., Name: William Wright Bridgeland.
  18. [S288] Letter, Harold Bridgeland to Rick Moffat, various, Chart 1 & 5.
  19. [S810] Michael Peacock, online URL not applicable, Michael Peacock (unknown location), downloaded July 13, 2001.
  20. [S3254] "IL Deaths & Stillbirths", online Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947: Name: George Delancy Bridgeland.
  21. [S808] Unknown subject unknown record type, unknown repository, Chart 1.
  22. [S3254] "IL Deaths & Stillbirths", online Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947: Name: Hannah Martha Bridgeland.

William Wright1,2,3

M, #10831, b. 14 April 1797, d. 5 September 1874
Last Edited16 May 2017
     He was born on 14 April 1797 at Yorkshire, England.3 Alternatively, he may have been born in 1798 at Yorkshire, England, but neither date can be considered reliably proven based upon these sources.2 William married Jane Dobson in 1821 at Yorkshire, England.2,1,3
     William Wright died on 5 September 1874 at Ogle County, Illinois, USA, at age 77 or Stephenson County according to Find A Grave.2,3
     William Wright was buried at Middle Creek Cemetery, Winnebago Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, USA.3
     The following biographical information appeared at the genealogy.com family tree database of Howard C Hillman viewed on, 13 December 2000:
In 1832, Wm & Jane sailed from England to Canada. In 1834, they moved to Geneseo, New York and then in 1846 to Ogle County Illinois where they built a brick house ½ mile south of what is now the county line road between Winnebago and Ogle counties.1

Family

Jane Dobson b. 31 Aug 1800, d. 24 Feb 1891
Child

Citations

  1. [S735] World Family Tree Download of Volume 29, tree 0686 , Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), www.genealogy.com; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "Volume 29, tree 0686.
  2. [S1022] Terry Holmes PAF File Extract , Rick Moffat Personal Digital Files, not applicable; "This file may contain inaccuaracies and should be consisdered a guide to further research"; cited as "Terry Holmes PAF File Extract.
  3. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi William Wright.
  4. [S288] Letter from Harold Bridgeland (Rockford, Illinois) to Rick Moffat, various; Rick Moffat Personal Papers (Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA), Chart 1.
  5. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Hannah Jane Wright Bridgeland.

Jane Dobson1,2,3

F, #10832, b. 31 August 1800, d. 24 February 1891
Father*William Dobson1
Mother*Ann Dobson1
Last Edited26 May 2021
     She was born on 31 August 1800 at Yorkshire, England. This date is based upon her stated age at the time of her death.2,3 Alternatively, she may have been born on 2 September 1800 at Birstall, Yorkshire, England.1 Jane married William Wright in 1821 at Yorkshire, England.1,2,4
     Jane Dobson died on 24 February 1891 at Ogle County, Illinois, USA, at age 90.2,1,3
     Jane Dobson was buried at Middle Creek Cemetery, Winnebago Twp., Winnebago County, Illinois, USA.3
     She was commonly known as Doty?2

Family

William Wright b. 14 Apr 1797, d. 5 Sep 1874
Child

Citations

  1. [S1022] Terry Holmes PAF File Extract , Rick Moffat Personal Digital Files, not applicable; "This file may contain inaccuaracies and should be consisdered a guide to further research"; cited as "Terry Holmes PAF File Extract.
  2. [S735] World Family Tree Download of Volume 29, tree 0686 , Brøderbund Software - World Family Tree CDs (caution - an unreliable data source), www.genealogy.com; "This database is of questionable value. If not other sources are given for an event or relationship, consider it unreliable and subject to further research for verification"; cited as "Volume 29, tree 0686.
  3. [S3862] Find A Grave memorial page , Find A Grave, Find A Grave search page; "A database submitted by individuals supposedly of cemetery interments, often from grave memorials or cemetery records and often supplemented by other information, generally without identification of the sources except when a tombstone photo is included."; cited as "Find A Grave., Jane Wright née Dobson
    Grave marker transcription:
    Jane wife of Wm. Wright      Died Feb. 24, 1891 Aged 90 yrs. 5 ms. 24 Ds.
  4. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi William Wright.
  5. [S288] Letter from Harold Bridgeland (Rockford, Illinois) to Rick Moffat, various; Rick Moffat Personal Papers (Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA), Chart 1.
  6. [S3862] "Find A Grave", online Find A Grave search page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Hannah Jane Wright Bridgeland.