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Bridget Rasmussen (c. 1860–1926)

Bridget McLoughlin (c.1860-1926) was the third child of Michael McLoughlin and Julia Keating. No birth record has been found but she was described as aged one years old on the death certificate of her mother in 1861.

Bridget married Charles Ole Rasmussen on 14 May 1889; they had five children.

Bridget Rasmussen died at Carlton, Melbourne, on 12 March 1926. Her cause of death was given as chronic nephritis.

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'Rasmussen, Bridget (c. 1860–1926)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/rasmussen-bridget-31660/text39136, accessed 29 March 2024.

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Alternative Names
  • McLoughlin, Bridget
Birth

c. 1860
Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

Death

1926 (aged ~ 66)
Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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