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| NAME OF CEMETERY: Ridgebury Catholic Cemetery - Our
Lady of Perpetual Help
READ BY: John McCabe DATE: 1997 TYPED BY: John McCabe LOCATION: . |
| Page One | Page Two | Page Three | Page Four | Page Five | Old Partial Hoagland Listing | Ridgebury Cemeteries - Notes | Obituaries |
“ Charles Carroll acquired a large tract of land in the southeast part of Ridgebury from the State of Pennsylvania in 1792. It was unbroken wilderness until 1839.
In the late 1830s a severe potato blight fell upon Ireland. About this time soft coal was discovered on Barclay Mountain in southern Bradford Co. So the North Branch Canal was laid out from Stoneport (Athens) to Northumberland in 1839.
The Dutchess of Leeds, the grand-daughter of Charles Carroll, lived in Leeds, Ireland. When she heard of the need of men in America to work on this canal, she thought of the starving people around her, and did what she could to help. So she paid the passage money for a number of families of Irish people and helped them later to buy farms from her grandfather’s tract of land in Ridgebury. Eventually, about 100 families came.
The North Branch Canal was abandoned in 1872.”
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| Allen | Anthony | September 12, 1814 | March 11, 1900 | Tourmore,Co.Cork, Ireland | ||
| Allen | Anthony | 1847 | 1849 | children of A & E Allen | ||
| Allen | Anthony T. | 1880 | March 12, 1906 | their son | ||
| Allen | Catharine | 1859 | 1863 | children of A & E Allen | ||
| Allen | Charles W. | 1890 | 1967 | |||
| Allen | Charles W. | 1890 | 1967 | Spanish War Vet. | ||
| Allen | Elizabeth | 1822 | March 9, 1885 | Co.Cork, Ireland | Anthony Allen | |
| Allen | Elizabeth M. | 1868 | 1943 | mother | ||
| Allen | Ellen | 1847 | November 11, 1901 | John C. | ||
| Allen | Jane | 1863 | July 11, 1887 | Thomas | ||
| Allen | Johanna | 1930 | mother | |||
| Allen | John C. | 1839 | April 23, 1913 | |||
| Allen | Mary | 1854 | 1863 | |||
| Allen | Mary | 1854 | 1863 | |||
| Allen | Richard | 1920 | father | |||
| Allen | Thomas | 1856 | 1940 | father | ||
| Allen | Thomas Richard | 1905 | 1988 | |||
| Andrus | Vivian | November 13, 1917 | September 21, 1992 | |||
| Anghest | Joseph | 1881 | October 30, 1897 | |||
| Assumpcao | Jeanne B. | 1927 | 1996 | |||
| Barrett | Arthur John | June 23, 1918 | October 26, 1982 | LtCol,USMarines,WWII,Korea | ||
| Battersby | Nellie M. | August 10, 1887 | April 10, 1982 | |||
| Beckage | Francis | March 6, 1919 | February 29, 1984 | Pvt. USArmy,WWII | ||
| Bokal | Carl T. | March 10, 191x | ||||
| Bryan | Rose Ann | August 31, 1963 | May 7, 1992 | |||
| Bryan | William A. | 1936 | 1992 | |||
| Buck | Alice | September 23, 1885 | ||||
| Buck | Elizabeth | February 14, 1912 | Thomas | |||
| Buck | Henry A. | September 5, 1909 | ||||
| Buck | Joseph | July 19, 1874 | ||||
| Buck | Patrick | June 16, 1872 | ||||
| Buck | Thomas | December 7, 1874 | ||||
| Buck | William | February 16, 1862 | ||||
| Burchill | Bridget | May 17, 1850 | February 13, 1892 | Richard | ||
| Burk | Annie | 1842 | 1914 | auntie | ||
| Burns | James M. | 1901 | 1983 | |||
| Butler | Catherine | 1813 | October 14, 1885 | Co.Limerick, Ireland | Patrick | |
| Butler | Catherine | 1847 | 1927 | |||
| Butler | Catherine Marie | November 18, 1906 | December 15, 1908 | dau.of Maurice & Cath Butler | ||
| Butler | Frank | 1845 | 1909 | |||
| Butler | Fred | 1880 | 1905 | |||
| Butler | James J. | 1886 | 1937 | |||
| Butler | Johanna A. | 1840 | 1916 | James | ||
| Butler | Kathryn F. | 1888 | 1942 | |||
| Butler | Morris | March, 1848 | July 6, 1877 | son of Patrick & Catharine | ||
| Butler | Patrick | December 17, 1895 | ||||
| Butler | Susan | Edward | ||||
| Butler | Thomas | 1838 | 1910 | |||
| Cain | Alice | August 1, 1844 | June 30, 1899 | C.R.Cain | ||
| Cain | Cornelius | January 6, 1825 | August 12, 1898 | Co.Cork, Ireland | ||
| Cain | Cornelius | March 10, 1808 | October 16, 1884 | |||
| Cain | Cornelius R. | December 14, 1844 | March 19, 1910 | |||
| Cain | Cornelius W. | 1839 | 1911 | father | ||
| Cain | Daniel | 1852 | 1901 | son | ||
| Cain | Fannie | September, 1877 | June, 1879 | dau. of James & Mary | ||
| Cain | James | March, 1855 | August 4, 1897 | son of Cornelius and Mary Cain | ||
| Cain | James | 1830 | 1914 | brother | ||
| Cain | James M. | 1841 | 1913 | |||
| Cain | James, Sr. | July 25, 1815 | November 1, 1890 | Drenelague,Co.Cork, Ireland | ||
| Cain | Johanna | 1805 | December 5, 1869 | Patrick | Coharough,Co.Cork, Ireland | |
| Cain | Johannah | 1805 | 1869 | Patrick | ||
| Cain | John D. | 1880 | 1909 | |||
| Cain | Julia | May 3, 1882 | Drumalague,Co.Cork, Ireland | Michael | ||
| Cain | Julia | 1867 | 1913 | sister | ||
| Cain | Julia | 1846 | 1904 | mother | ||
| Cain | Julia | 1883 | 1901 | daughter | ||
| Cain | Mary | Jan., 1831 | April 18, 1892 | TempleMartin,Co.Cork, Ireland | Cornelius | |
| Cain | Mary | September 30, 1823 | July 17, 1903 | James | ||
| Cain | Mary A. | 1845 | 1924 | James | ||
| Cain | Maryh Flynn | November, 1832 | October 26, 1899 | James | mother | |
| Cain | Michael | 1811 | December 9, 1860 | Dronal-Ague,Co.Cork, Ireland | erected by his son David | |
| Cain | Michael | May, 1851 | October, 1853 | children of Michael & Julia Cain | ||
| Cain | Michael | 1857 | August 6, 1863 | children of Michael & Julia Cain | ||
| Cain | Neil | 1865 | 1919 | brother | ||
| Cain | Patrick | 1824 | March 15, 1879 | Co.Cork, Ireland | ||
| Cain | Patrick | 1808 | 1850 | |||
| Cain | Rose | May, 1869 | November, 1871 | dau.of James & Mary | ||
| Carroll | Elizabeth Wanita | May 2, 1924 | January 19, 1994 | |||
| Carroll | Ellen | 1843 | May 9, 1871 | Michael | dau.of James & Johanna | |
| Carroll | Francis | 1913 | 1973 | |||
| Carroll | James | 1795 | July 5, 1805 | |||
| Carroll | Jesse | 1905 | 1977 | |||
| Carroll | John | 1840 | November 8, 1907 | |||
| Carroll | Joseph | 1910 | 1970 | |||
| Carroll | Loretta A. | 1880 | 1964 | |||
| Carroll | Mary | 1862 | 1936 | |||
| Carroll | Patrick | 1837 | 1919 | |||
| Carroll | Patrick J. | 1871 | 1945 | |||
| Carroll | Sarah | 1844 | 1926 | Patrick | ||
| Caverly | Agnes | 1892 | 1958 | |||
| Caverly | Ellen | 1853 | 19?? | John | ||
| Caverly | Frank | 1892 | 1955 | |||
| Caverly | John | 1855 | 1918 | |||
| Chambers | Bessie | 1883 | 1914 | daughter | ||
| Chambers | Bessie | 1883 | 1914 | |||
| Chambers | Catherine Sullivan | 1847 | Morris | |||
| Chambers | Cathrine | 1810 | May 1, 1897 | Co. Cork, Ireland | Thomas | |
| Chambers | Cathrine | March 22, 1852 | June 10, 1905 | |||
| Chambers | Daniel | 1783 | April 5, 1880 | Cork, Ireland | ||
| Chambers | Elizabeth | 1814 | April 5, 1880 | Cork, Ireland | Daniel | |
| Chambers | Elizabeth | August 20, 1928 | Thomas G. | |||
| Chambers | Elizabeth | 1851 | 1916 | mother | ||
| Chambers | Elizabeth | 1851 | 1916 | mother | ||
| Chambers | George | 1811 | April 16, 1892 | Cork, Ireland | ||
| Chambers | George | 1848 | January 14, 1884 | son of George & Margaret | ||
| Chambers | George D. | 1847 | June 20, 1888 | son on Daniel & Elizabeth | ||
| Chambers | Jeremiah | 1849 | 1932 | father | ||
| Chambers | Jeremiah | 1849 | 1932 | father | ||
| Chambers | John C. | January 15, 1915 | ||||
| Chambers | John Joseph | November 20, 1919 | February 7, 1985 | |||
| Chambers | John T. | August 5, 1847 | July 15, 1928 | |||
| Chambers | Julia L. | 1883 | 1896 | dau.of Morris & Catherine Chambers | ||
| Chambers | Margaret | 1811 | August 13, 1891 | Cork, Ireland | George | |
| Chambers | Margaret | November 20, 1909 | Michael D. | |||
| Chambers | Mary | December 8, 1851 | January 15, 1915 | |||
| Chambers | Mary | November 3, 1923 | John C. | |||
| Chambers | Mary Elizabeth | September 9, 1901 | dau.of T.G. & E. | |||
| Chambers | Morris | 1847 | 1914 | |||
| Chambers | Morris Edward | September 14, 1991 | ||||
| Chambers | Thomas | 1812 | September 27, 1885 | Co.Cork,Ireland | Cathrine | |
| Chambers | Thomas G. | January 28, 1893 |
