My slip up, it is Bridget's parents - John Dillon and Bridget Murray who were born in Roscommon. I am beginning to think James' birth was not registered. Certainly from what I have gleaned, James Campbell's mother was a 'colourful' character who spent time in prison. His father was too poor to look after the children when she was incarcerated so at least one child (Margaret) was sent to live at a Catholic Institution (St Elizabeth's in Salisbury). Bridget uses the names Bridget, Jane *and* even Anne. I would love to have met her!
James had a tragically short life. He married in 1902 in St Margaret's Church, fathered three sons (one died aged four) and he died in 1908 of pneumonia and TB (unsurprising as he was a stoker) aged only 27.
My slip up, it is Bridget's parents - John Dillon and Bridget Murray who were born in Roscommon. I am beginning to think James' birth was not registered. Certainly from what I have gleaned, James Campbell's mother was a 'colourful' character who spent time in prison. His father was too poor to look after the children when she was incarcerated so at least one child (Margaret) was sent to live at a Catholic Institution (St Elizabeth's in Salisbury). Bridget uses the names Bridget, Jane *and* even Anne. I would love to have met her!
James had a tragically short life. He married in 1902 in St Margaret's Church, fathered three sons (one died aged four) and he died in 1908 of pneumonia and TB (unsurprising as he was a stoker) aged only 27.