Laois - French, Bridget August 7, 1902 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Laois (Queens) Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Rosemary Nunnally rosemarykn@comcast.net March 27, 2010, 9:16 pm FRENCH, BRIDGET AUGUST 7, 1902 Brooklyn Daily Eagle, NY, August 1902 Mrs. Bridget French, mother of Dr. George P. French of this city is dead, aged 72. She was born in Queens County, Ireland, and came to this country in 1850, settling in Rochester. Mrs. French has been more prominent as an inventor than perhaps any woman in the United States. She has devised and patented at least thirty- six articles of utility, and up to the time of her death was busy on others.