Virginia Bridges

(1832-1859)

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At a Glance

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Biographical Data

Virginia was called Jenny.

Important Dates

Virginia Bridges was born on December 17, 1832. She died on July 3, 1859.

Places of Residence

• Richmond, VA.

Schools Attended

• Burwell School.

Relatives

• Parents: James Robertson Bridges [1] and Mary Dandridge Robertson [1].
• Maternal grandparents: William Bruce Robertson and Margaret Ann Spotswood.
• Sibling: one sister, Sally Bridges .
• Aunt: Margaret Anna Robertson (b. 1810).
• Cousins: Anna Robertson Burwell (1836-1895) , Frances Armistead Burwell (1838-1856) , Mary Susan Burwell (1832-1859) , John Bott Burwell (1834-1904), Armistead Burwell (1839-1913), Robert Turnbull Burwell (1841-1864), William Roberson Burwell (1843-1924), James Webb Burwell (1845-1864), Dandridge Spotswood Burwell (b. 1847), Edmund Strudwick Burwell (1849-1887), Virginia Isabella Burwell (1851-1867) and Richard Spotswood Burwell (1853-1944).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).