Bridges Family History & Genealogy

Robert Bridges of England United Kingdom was born in 1765 in Fulbrook, Oxfordshire County. Robert Bridges was married to Sybera Sybil Herbert Bridges, and has a child William Herbert Bridges. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert Bridges.

Sybera Sybil (Herbert) Bridges of Oxfordshire County, England United Kingdom was born in 1774. She was married to Robert Bridges, and had a child William Herbert Bridges. Sybera Bridges died at age 66 years old on March 25, 1841 in Fulbrook.

William Herbert Bridges of Bungaree, Moorabool Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1797 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 76 years old on August 6, 1874 in Bungaree, Moorabool Shire County, VIC Australia.

Anne (Beauchamp) Bridges of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1799 in Oxfordshire County, England United Kingdom. She was married to William Herbert Bridges, and had children William Herbert Bridges and Walter Bridges. Anne Bridges died at age 67 years old in 1867 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia.

(Honestly, I am not certain how much of this is factual and how much is conjecture; the following was pulled together from various unsourced listings with information often in disagreement.) As inscribed on her gravestone, Jerusia Sanches was born July 17, 1809; two census records agree that she was born in Illinois, but they place the year of birth at 1812-14. Her mother was possibly from Illinois, and her father was possibly from Tennessee; however, it is assumed that Jerusha’s father was French and that her mother was Cherokee (or is it the other way around?). One listing claims her maiden name was Bridges without source information or explanation. Her and her children spent some time in Arkansas until about 1831 and lived in Louisiana between 1831 and 1844. It is proposed that she married four times (or perhaps three times?). She married her first husband, William Henry Lemons, Senior, about 1829; he died about 1835. She had two children by her first husband. Her second husband was supposedly Milton J. Tidwell. The Tidwells ventured west to Arkansas with the Blantons; they in turn went to settle Strouds Community in Robertson County, Texas. Milton Tidwell was killed by Kachia Indians during a raid of that settlement in 1840 in which Sara Tidwell (this might not have been Jerusha – more on this later) and her three small children were taken captive. One of her children died while in captivity. She and her two remaining children were ransomed by a brother from Conway, Arkansas by the name of Richard Blanton. Richard then brought his sister Sarah and her children back with him to Arkansas. Jerusha’s third husband was Clarence Burns. She had two children by her third husband. Jerusha witnessed the death of Clarence Burns after 1841. She married her fourth husband, Francisco Sanches, on February 13, 1844 in Texas. She had five children by her fourth husband. In 1848, they moved to Navarro County. She witnessed the death of Francisco Sanches about 1867 in Texas and moved to Camp Wood in Nueces Canyon, Texas, where she served as a midwife. She is noted as the first civilian settler of Camp Dixie, which later became Barksdale, Texas. She died September 11, 1884 and was buried in Vance Cemetery in Real County, Texas. She was a frontier doctor employed by the Union Army, as confirmed by a soldier’s diary. She passed away in 1884 due to “cancer of the face” at 75 years of age. She was buried with a marked tombstone in the Vance Cemetery. The State of Texas has erected an historical maker to her honor in Barksdale.

John Bridges was born in 1824. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Bridges.

Hannah (Piddock) Bridges was born in 1829 in TAS Australia. She was in a relationship with John Bridges, and had children Letitia Hannah Bridges, James Walter Bridges, Jane Elizabeth Bridges, Julia Rebbecca Bridges, Fanny Rose Bridges, Florence Ada Bridges, and Cathy Maud Bridges. Hannah Bridges died at age 73 years old in 1902 in Melbourne, VIC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hannah Piddock.

Lydia Dinah (Franklin) Bridges of Richmond, City of Yarra County, VIC Australia was born in 1829, and died at age 64 years old in 1893 in Richmond.

Ellen Elisabeth (Long) Bridges of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in August 1831 in Warwickshire County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 56 years old in 1887 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia.

William Herbert Bridges of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1831 in Fulbrook, Oxfordshire County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 59 years old on December 2, 1891 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia.

Henry T Bridges was born on February 25, 1831. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry T Bridges.

Walter Tullett Bridges of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born on January 27, 1833 in Beckingham, Nottinghamshire County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 72 years old on February 16, 1905 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia.