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Michael Broderick

Michael Broderick

Male 1869 - 1924  (55 years)

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  • Name Michael Broderick 
    Birth Feb 1869  Carrigreen, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 28 Feb 1869  Modeligo, Waterford, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Oct 1924  Kedgwick, Restigouche, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID P81920  Violette Family
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2019 

    Father Patrick Broderick 
    Mother Elizabeth Isabella Flynn   d. Oct 1878, Carrigreen, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F32711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella (Bella) MacDonald,   b. Millstream, NB Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1955, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 22 May 1900  Saint Laurent de Matepedia, QC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Kathleen Broderick,   b. 1901, Matepedia, QC Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Broderick,   b. 1903, Matepedia, QC Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Margaret Broderick,   b. 1905, Matepedia, QC Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Patrick Broderick,   b. Matapedia, Avignon, QC Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Alice Broderick,   b. Matapedia, Avignon, QC Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Isabel Broderick,   b. Matapedia, Avignon, QC Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Fr. Michael Bernard Broderick,   b. 8 Dec 1913, Kedgwick, Restigouche, NB Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Patricia Cecelia Broderick
     9. Marie Gertrude Alexandria Broderick
    Family ID F32710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ref: The book "The Brodericks of Kedgewick"
      In March 1880, at the age of ten he was sent along with two of his brothers Nicholas and Matthew, to a Sisters of Mercy orphanage.
      In July 1881 he was transferred to Artane, a subburb of Dublin to an Irish Christian Brothers who ran a trade school where he learned carpentry and metal working. At the age of 14 he became an apprentice to Patrick Greene in Galway.
      In 1889 Michael stowed away on the ship Stormy Petre l, which was bound for Dalhousie and Campbellton, NB. Giving up his quest to find his sister Catherine who was in St. Louis, MIssouri. Michael hired on to work at the MacDougal farm in Matapedia. There he met a Mr. Lawler, who recommended him to the Restigoushe Salmon Club. There he worked as a handyman, and later a fishing guide. There he met and married Isabella (Bella) MacDonald who was a cook.

      Michael then accepted the position of caretaker for the Rogers property at Kedgwick River. Travel was done by a large skow pulled by horses.