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There is an interesting article here...

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21656334?searchTerm=Whittaker%20maitland%20&searchLimits

 that talks about Bridget Floods young brother Patrick being Britains oldest man in 1930 (when he died).    His birth year however doesn't match up with that given by PKKIL but that's probably not surprising.

I also found this...
=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/83491841?searchTerm=flood%20oldest%20british%20man&searchLimits=

but I'm finding it difficult to find any record of his death in the Irish records.

I suspect not.
Bridget Flood aged 26 on the Elphinstone was a servant
who came out as a bounty immigrant.

"Sacred to the memory of George Whittaker who departed this life September 12th 1865
aged 65 years. Also Bridget Whittaker wife of the above died 13th March 1900 aged 81 years"

(take George's information with a grain of salt. I suspect it is Joseph buried there as the details on the headstone
match the details on Joseph's death certificate...it is a long and complicated story that I have yet to complete).


PKKIL's post above also makes no mention of Bridget snr having a brother James.

Would love to see details too Pauline.



Thanks

Bec

Hi Chatso58,

Did you know there were 2 Bridget Floods on the Elphinstone that arrived Oct 1840? 

Yours is listed in image 2 here http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.asp?series=NRS5316&item=4_4787&ship=Elphinstone whilst the Bridget Flood that Wrigbe and I are descended from is listed in image 7 (fourth from the bottom).

Our Bridget married either George or Joseph Whittaker and is buried with one or other of them (it's VERY complicated!) in the Armidale cemetery.

So unfortunately I can't be of any help.

Cheers, and good luck in your search.

Bec

Beth!

Thank you for replying.    I have been trying to find when Bridget Flood emmigrated without success,
although still I'm not sure this is the right one.  Am I reading correctly that she was 6 when she arrived
in Australia? If so that would make her 9 when she married George Whittaker in 1843.  Young even for then 
The record I'm looking at is here http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.asp?series=NRS5316&item=4_4787&ship=Elphinstone The information on Bridget Flood in this record is on page 2 and you may need to copy the image and zoom in!

Can I ask which child of Bridget's you descend from?  I have recently found that though she married George
and her first child, Mary Ann is recorded as George's, all the other children (with the exception of Joseph whose
birth record I haven't found) have been recorded with Joseph (George's brother) as the father.  My second cousin
put it that "they may have had an interesting family life!" 

I had seen on various family trees that I've found on the internet that Bridget's mother's name was Mary but I wondered
if this might have been mis-transcribed from the 1825 birth certificate I mentioned in my original post where Mary was listed
as an informant?

Feel free to PM me and maybe we can compare notes! We're obviously related.  I have several of the documents relating to Bridget and George and am happy to share info.

Cheers,
Bec

ps I have now found the "Unmarried female immigrant" record stating she was 26. Interesting there is such a wide variety of possible dates of birth.