Bridget "Bessie" Thompson Madigan was born October 8, 1855 in County Limerick, Ireland. She immigrated to the U.S. with her parents and siblings c1860. I have not been able to locate passenger list papers proving this date. When her husband Patrick died, she had seven children under 12 years old which she cared for and operated a grocery story on Chicago's southside. Eventually, she purchased a home on Chicago's west side located at 3511 W. Fillmore, then 5227 W. Congress and eventually 4826 W. Quincy. Her daughter, Ellen (Nell) and family lived on the top floor of her two flat on Fillmore for several years before moving to 18 N. Latrobe. Bessie was very energetic, says her granddaughter Helen McIntyre. Bessie had Thanksgiving every year and the whole family would come. She broke her leg when she fell down the stairs at her home and she never fully recovered. Bessie died of mycarditis on New Year's Eve, 1935 at the age of 80. She is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston.MADIGAN -- Bessie Thomas Madigan beloved wife of the late Patrick, devoted mother of May Harbison, Nell Sullivan, Nan Rooney of San Francisco, Cal., Harry and John Madigan. Funeral Saturday at 9:30 a.m. from late residence, 4826 W. Quincey st., to Resurrection church. Interment Calvary, Mansfield 2119. Chicago Daily News, January 2, 1936, page 32.
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