P a g e 3 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r It is believed that sometime after the trial, Bridget traveled back to Ireland but only stayed for a period of a few months. She would end up in Anaconda, Montana sometime after 1896. By 1897 she was listed on the census as a domestic worker. It has been documented that Bridget served as the Winston’s longtime maid in their home on Main Street. Alice and George Winston were some of the city’s first residents to reside on Main Street south of the business district. George Winston served as Anaconda’s first city attorney and clerk. It seems as if Bridget had moved far enough away from her dark days at Fall River to leave that recognition behind. Even some of Bridget’s family in later years were Winston Home, photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz shocked to discover that their ancestor was that Bridget Sullivan. In 1905 a marriage certificate was issued to Bridget Sullivan and John Sullivan. They were married on June 21, 1905, at St. Paul’s Church and lived in various homes throughout the city before purchasing a home of their own on Alder Street. John was a jack of many trades, working as a laborer, furnace man and smelterman. The couple never had John and Bridget Sullivan at home on Alder Street. Photo Courtesy of Naomi Sullivan Old Sullivan Home on Alder Street. Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz any children. Neighbors on Alder Street described Bridget as a kind and sweet woman. Family members remember her as having been “tall, bent, and used a cane.” And, “strong-willed,” “liked her wine.” Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz Bridget’s husband John passed away in 1939. She would move to Butte just twenty-five miles away from Anaconda in 1942. Bridget was living with her niece, Mary Sullivan (mother of Anaconda’s deputy sheriff, Tim “Sox” Sullivan) on East Woolman Street before her death. She died at the county hospital in Butte in March of 1948 from cardiac failure. She is buried next to her husband in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Anaconda. Did she take her secrets about the Borden case to the grave? Did she have any secrets to keep??
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