Person:Bridget Hand (1)

! In a deposition in her husband's military packet, Bridget said the following on 19 May 1905.

   "My maiden name was Bridget Hand. I was born in County Cavin, Ireland. I came to the United States when I was 12 or 14 years old. My parents died in Ireland. I had a sister living in Brooklyn, N.Y. the last I heard of her about a year ago. Her name is Mary McCann, widow of Patrick McCann, and she lived at #37 Taylor St. "

! Bridget was married and widowed before she married Daniel. Her first husband was Hubert or Hugh Mack, and they had a child named Thomas Mack.

!Gray's West and Company Funeral Home; Record of Funeral and attached obituary; Vol 12, p. 175, copy in possession of Sidnie Merrill Wilson Stone.

   "Bridget Kane, funeral date March 6, 1923; residence 2175 Clark Street; place of death same as residence; Funeral Services at the Catholic Church at 9 A.M. by Rev. Father Mackey; cause of death: Lobar Pneumonia; Date of Death: March 4th, 1923; occupation of deceased--at home; widowed; catholic; born Aug 1, 1846 in Ireland. 76y 7m 4d.

Father: Mathew Hand born in Ireland, Mother: Bridget McManus born in Ireland, buried in Catholic Cemetery."

                                              "MRS. KANE VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
           AGED AND PIONEER WOMAN OF BAKER PASSED AWAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
   Mrs. Bridget Kane, wife of the late Daniel Kane, after an illness of only a few days, died at her residence Clark and Center Streets, this city, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, pneumonia being the cause of death.
   Mrs. Kane was born in County Cavin, Ireland. She came to the United States and to New York state when nine years of age. Was married in 1869 to Herbert Mack and to the union was born a son, Thomas Mack, prominently engaged in stock growing in this county. After the death of Mr. Mack she was married to Daniel Kane and came to Oregon in 1883. She is survived by the following children: Thomas Mack of this city: Matthew Kane of Manhattan, Nevada; Mrs. Mary Blackburn and Mrs. Al Phillips of this city; Mrs. Kate Brady of Chewelah, Wash, all of whom with the exception of Matthew Kane, being at her bedside when the final summons came. Mrs. Brady arrived just in time to receive recognition and a kindly smile from her saintly mother.
   Mrs. Kane was beloved by all who knew her. Her Christian like life and her faith in the Master is an inspiration to her family and her example of religious steadfastness was comforting to her loved ones.
   Funeral services will be held this " [The rest of the obituary was cut off in the copy made by the funeral home.]

! In the Catholic Church in Baker City, Oregon, there is a beautiful stained glass window of the presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem. It is the second window on the west side of the chapel. Across the bottom of the window it says, "In Memory of Mrs. Bridget Kane."

1. ↑ Mortitian's Records.

   Baker Co. Mortician's Records (FHL #020, 307)
   "Bridget Kane, 76 yrs, 7 mo, 4 days; born 1 Aug 1846 in Cavin Co., Ireland.
   Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery in a Catholic lot. Died 4 Mar 1923. Father Mathew Hane, Ireland. Mother Bridget McManus, Ire.
   Son Thos. Mack, Mathew Kane of Manhattan, Nevada, Mary Blackburn and Mrs. Al Philips of Baker, Kate Brady of Chewelah, Washington.
   Married Herbert Mack 1869. After he died, she married Daniel Kane.
   Vol 12, West and Co."

2. ↑ Cemetery.

   Mt Hope Cemetery, Baker, Baker, Oregon. Viewed by Sidnie Merrill Stone in 1993. Photograph in her posession.
   Headstone Inscription; "Mother, Bridget Kane, Born Aug 1, 1845; Died Mar 4, 1923; Jesus Mercy."

3. ↑ Cemetery.

   Mount Hope Cemetery Records; Baker City Hall; viewed and hand copied off a computer generated list in Nov 1996. Copy in Possession of Sidnie Merrill Wilson Stone.
   Bridget Kane, Old Catholic Section , Lot# 24, Grave 2, born 1846-8-1, buried 1923-3-6, Funeral Home West and Gray, headstone.