Bridget Dolan

Abt 1836 - 1884  (~ 47 years)

• Name	Bridget Dolan  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt 8 Oct 1836	Northern Ireland   [3, 4]
  	Bridget's death registration, 13 April 1884, gave her age as 47 years, 6 months and 5 days. This would calculate to a birth date of 8 October 1836. Bridget's January 1863 commitment papers gave her age as 30, calculating to a birth year of 1833.
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	Abt July 1859	San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA   [5]
  	Moved from Massachussetts to San Francisco.
  Medical	29 Jan 1863	San Francisco County, California, USA   [5]
  	Bridget was committed to Stockton Asylum: "Committed by Samuel Cowles Police Judge of the City and County of San Francisco January 28th 1863 Age thirty years; native of Ireland has resided here three and one-half years; was last from Massachussetts; previous habits temperate and regular; cause of insanity unknown; has been affected four months; class not stated; present condition quiet but at times quite excitable. Admitted January 30th 1863 Discharged April 10th 1863 Has no property."
  NEWS	19 Aug 1864	Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA   [6]
  	The Stockton (California) Daily Independent "Lunatics - Officer Edwin J. SAULSBURY, of the San Francisco police, brought up yesterday morning 4 patients for the Lunatic Asylum, viz: Mary BAKER, Bridget DOLAN, Michael KENNEDY and Patrick McCORMICK. The 2 men have evidently become insane from the use of strong drink as both have had delirium tremens within a short time."
  Died	13 Apr 1884	At home, Copperopolis Road, San Joaquin County, California, USA   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  	Cause of death: "consumption" (probably tuberculosis).
  Buried	Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA   [7, 8]
  Person ID	I2144	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2012

  
  

  Family	William King Walker,   b. 15 Oct 1834, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 5 Nov 1888, San Joaquin County, California, USA  (Age 54 years)
  Married	3 Sep 1867	San Joaquin County, California, USA   [1, 9]
  Children	1. William H. Walker,   b. Jul 1868, California, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1902, San Joaquin County, California, USA  (Age ~ 34 years) + 2. George Francis Walker,   b. 3 Nov 1870, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA ,   d. 4 Apr 1939, Stockton (rural), San Joaquin County, California, USA  (Age 68 years) + 3. Charles F. Walker,   b. 24 May 1872, California, USA ,   d. 22 May 1940, Alameda County, California, USA  (Age 67 years)   4. Robert Alexander Walker,   b. 11 Jun 1875, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California, USA ,   d. 27 Dec 1935  (Age 60 years) + 5. Montgomery Bell Walker,   b. 28 Aug 1877, California, USA ,   d. 1 Nov 1932, Glenn County, California, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2012
  Family ID	F774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		William K. Walker, marriage to Bridget Dolan, 1867, San Joaquin County, California. San Joaquin County, California, marriages, 2: 615, entry for William K. Walker-Bridget Dolan (1867); informational copy, microfilm image [no reference numbers stated] printed on State of California vital record certification form, San Joaquin County Recorder, Stockton. Original records (not available to the public) held by the San Joaquin County…
  		Bridget (Dolan) Walker, death notice, 1884, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. "Died,"Stockton (California) Daily Independent, 15 April 1884, p. 3, col. 4, entry for Bridget Walker; Stockton-San Joaquin Public Library microfilm, "Stockton Daily Independent, Aug. 1883 - Jun. 1884, Feb.-July 1884, Reel #23.
  		William K. Walker, family cemetery plot, Stockton Rural Cemetery, San Joaquin County, California Informal research report, Sheri Fenley (sherifenley@gmail.com), email, to Janis Walker Gilmore (janis.gilmore@gmail.com), 3 April 2012; citing records of Stockton Rural Cemetery (2350 Cemetery Lane, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California), for William K. Walker, lot 18, block 17. Cemetery records consist of a burial ledger and a plot book from…
  		Cleveland King Walker, death certificate, 1975, San Joaquin County, California California State Board of Health, duplicate certificate of death, local registration district and certificate no. 3900-0745 (1975), San Joaquin County, Cleveland King Walker; Recorder's Office, Stockton.
  		Bridget (Dolan) Walker, death registration, 1884, San Joaquin County, California San Joaquin County, California, Register of Deaths, [vol. not stated], p. 239, for Bridget Walker, 13 April 1884; Recorder's Office, Stockton.
  		George F. Walker, death certificate, 1939, San Joaquin County, California California State Board of Health, death certificate, local registration no. 329 (1939), San Joaquin County, George F.. Walker; Recorder's Office, Stockton.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2264] 1880 U. S. census, San Joaquin County, California, population schedule, O'Neil township, enumeration district (ED) 101, p. 21 (penned), p. 123 (stamped, recto), dwelling 136, family 138, Wm. K. Walker household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 80; FHL film no. 1,254,080. [S2335] Informal research report, Sheri Fenley (sherifenley@gmail.com), email, to Janis Walker Gilmore (janis.gilmore@gmail.com), 3 April 2012; citing records of Stockton Rural Cemetery (2350 Cemetery Lane, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California), for William K. Walker, lot 18, block 17. Cemetery records for early years consist of a burial ledger and a plot book from which they verbally convey information, but they do not allow photographs or scans of the material. Bridget Walker, died 13 April 1884, age 47. [S236] Walker, William K. - Census 1880 San Joaquin Co CA, (1880 U.S. census, San Joaquin County, California, population schedule, O'Neil township, ED 101, p. 21 (penned), p. 123 (stamped), dwelling 136,family 138, Wm. K. Walker household; digital image, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Aug 2007); citing National Archives and Record Administration microfilm publication T9, roll 80.). [S2380] San Joaquin County, California, Register of Deaths, [vol. not stated], p. 239, for Bridget Walker, 13 April 1884; Recorder's Office, Stockton. [S2559] Insane Asylum of California, Commission in Lunacy, Stockton State Hospital, Commitment Registers vol. 3-4, p. 92, patient no. 1656, Bridget Dolan, admitted 30 January 1863; "Commitment Registers, 1856-1920 [inclusive]," Series 2, Stockton State Hospital Records, Department of Mental Hygiene [Record Group], microfilm no. MF8:10 (21), California State Archives, Sacramento. . [S2314] "Died,"Stockton (California) Daily Independent, 15 April 1884, p. 3, col. 4, entry for Bridget Walker; Stockton-San Joaquin Public Library microfilm, "Stockton Daily Independent, Aug. 1883 - Jun. 1884, Feb.-July 1884, Reel #23. [Obtained by Sheri Fenley.]. [S350] Charlie Lambaren, San Joaquin County (California) Genealogical Society to Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, S.C.), email, January 2007; regarding the William K. Walker family of San Joaquin County, 1862-present. [S2335] Informal research report, Sheri Fenley (sherifenley@gmail.com), email, to Janis Walker Gilmore (janis.gilmore@gmail.com), 3 April 2012; citing records of Stockton Rural Cemetery (2350 Cemetery Lane, Stockton, San Joaquin County, California), for William K. Walker, lot 18, block 17. Cemetery records for early years consist of a burial ledger and a plot book from which they verbally convey information, but they do not allow photographs or scans of the material. [S2315] San Joaquin County, California, marriages, 2: 615, entry for William K. Walker-Bridget Dolan (1867); informational copy, microfilm image [no reference numbers stated] printed on State of California vital record certification form, San Joaquin County Recorder, Stockton. Original records (not available to the public) held by the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, Lodi. .