Person in this family
Bridget Monica McGreevy
29 May 1902 – 20 August 1982
Very likely Bridget Monica McGreevy as recorded here under her married surname Hartfiel: the uncommon full forenames, age 80, Ipswich Catholic burial, and 1982 death align. The marriage itself was not found. The likely Bridget Monica lived to eighty and was buried in Ipswich's Catholic cemetery under the Hartfiel surname. Her grave transcription shifts the death date recorded here by one day, a conflict that should remain visible until the civil record is checked.
Partly proved
Bridget Monica McGreevy may be the Bridget Monica Hartfiel who died aged 80 at Ipswich in August 1982, but the marriage link is unproved.
Birth: From our family tree - no record found yet
Death: From our family tree - no record found yet
How is this person related?
Andrew John Leahey’s second cousin twice removed
Gina D. Cacace’s spouse's second cousin twice removed (by marriage)
Abigail Ann Leahey’s second cousin three times removed
Marie C. Fitzgerald’s second cousin once removed
Kevin Leahey’s spouse's second cousin once removed (by marriage)
Worked out from the recorded parents and marriages. No sex is recorded for anyone in this archive, so the wording stays neutral.
How this person is related to Andrew:
Bridget Monica McGreevy is your second cousin, 2 times removed.
Life
Our family tree calls Bridget Monica McGreevy a daughter of Peter McGreevy and Mary Ann Hickey, born on 29 May 1902 and dead on 20 August 1982. An Ipswich Catholic cemetery transcription instead records "HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80." The uncommon pair of forenames, age, place, and adjacent date suggest that the grave may be hers, but no marriage or death record in this archive proves that Bridget Monica McGreevy became Bridget Monica Hartfiel.
The cemetery source also lists "HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63." His proximity does not by itself prove that he was Bridget's husband. The one-day difference between the tree and cemetery dates may reflect a tree error or a distinction between death and burial, but the available transcription does not resolve it.
How we know this: A strong cemetery match exists under the Hartfiel surname, but her birth, parentage, marriage, and exact death date still require original records. [1][2]
Family
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Places listed on this page
- Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
- Queens, New York City, New York
- Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Cemetery or burial place
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Timeline
Born
Died 21 August 1982 aged 80 and buried at Ipswich, not 20 August as the tree states. Birth about 1901–1902; the precise 29 May 1902 is unverified. None found. The likely Bridget Monica lived to eighty and was buried in Ipswich's Catholic cemetery under the Hartfiel surname. Her grave transcription shifts the death date recorded here by one day, a conflict that should remain visible until the civil record is checked.
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Life event
It is recorded here, without supporting documentation, that 29 May 1902–20 August 1982 and parents Peter McGreevy and Mary Ann Hickey.
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Life event
The same section lists “HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63.” [1]
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Buried
Ipswich cemetery transcription: “HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80.” [1]
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Died
20 Aug 1982
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Life event
It is recorded here, without supporting documentation, that 29 May 1902–20 August 1982 and parents Peter McGreevy and Mary Ann Hickey.
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Died
Died 21 August 1982 aged 80 and buried at Ipswich, not 20 August as the tree states. Birth about 1901–1902; the precise 29 May 1902 is unverified. None found. The likely Bridget Monica lived to eighty and was buried in Ipswich's Catholic cemetery under the Hartfiel surname. Her grave transcription shifts the death date recorded here by one day, a conflict that should remain visible until the civil record is checked.
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What the records say
2 records transcribed.
Record exhibit
Australian Cemeteries, Ipswich Roman Catholic 4A
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HICKEY | Cecilia Anne | | 27-Oct-1985 | 79. | HICKEY | Cecilia Anne | | 27-Oct-1985 | 79. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea. | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77 | s/- William Hickey & Ellen Shea.Show the full recordHide the full recordFull record, about 100 words
| HICKEY | Patrick James | | 7-Jan-1969 | 70. | HICKEY | Patrick James | | 7-Jan-1969 | 70. | McGREEVY | Patrick J. | | 7-Apr-1966 | 75. | McGREEVY | Alma I. | | 10-May-1973 | 77 | McGREEVY | Patrick J. | | 7-Apr-1966 | 75. | McGREEVY | Alma I. | | 10-May-1973 | 77 | May Hoare | HOARE | John Thomas | 20Nov1898 | 3-Mar-1967 | 77. | HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80. | HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63. | HARTFIEL | Bridget Monica | | 21-Aug-1982 | 80. | HARTFIEL | William | | 28-Sep-1965 | 63.
Record exhibit
Mary Ann Hickey McGreevy memorial, Ipswich General Cemetery
This old record gives information about the person or family named here.
Partly proved
Verbatim transcription currently held in this archive — reproduced in full.
Mary Ann Hickey McGreevy, born 6 October 1862, City of Ipswich, Queensland; died 20 January 1934, Ipswich; buried Ipswich General Cemetery, Roman Catholic 2A, Row 7, Grave 43. Parents John Hickey and Ellen Condon. Spouse Peter McGreevy 1861-1941, married 1886. Nine children.
Historical context
These background articles explain the places, work, and events in this entry.
What Sponsors and Witnesses Can Tell Us
Catholic registers often preserve the people standing just outside a family photograph. A baptism normally names the child, parents, date and sponsors or godparents; a marriage normally names the couple and wit…
The Irish Road to Ipswich, Queensland
Most branches on this site point toward New York or New Jersey. The Hickey–McGreevy–McGuire cluster points in the opposite direction, to Ipswich, Queensland. The Australian evidence is uneven: cemetery records …
What we still don't know
- Did Bridget Monica McGreevy marry a Hartfiel?
- Was William Hartfiel her husband or another relative?
- Was her death on 20 or 21 August 1982?
- Obtain the Queensland McGreevy–Hartfiel marriage and death index entries; verify parents and determine whether the date difference is death versus burial or a tree error.
- Dates come from the family's Find a Grave memorials rather than the Queensland register; the registration would confirm them.
- Her husband's given name. The memorial gives only the surname Hartfiel.
- [MERGED 7 August 2026] This person had been entered twice — as `bridget-monica-mcgreevy-1902` and as `bridget-monica-mcgreevy-hartfiel-1902` — when the Queensland families were built out from Find a Grave without first checking the names already in the archive. The two records are one person and are now joined; the old address redirects.