Bermingham, Patrick Twiss, 1829-1899
Dates
- Existence: 1829 - 1899
Biography
Patrick Twiss Bermingham was born on October 20, 1829, in Dublin, Ireland, the oldest of three children of John Bermingham and Mary Twiss. He married Elizabeth Catherine Rutledge on February 24, 1851, at St. Pauls in Dublin.
They raised 9 children: Mary Katherine (1851), Edward John (1853), Jane Elizabeth (1859), Florence (1861), Charles Lloyd (1862), Twiss Albert (1868), Edith Frances (1869), Ne (1872), and Evelyn (1875). At some point, Twiss and Kate (as he called her in his diary) were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Twiss was also a graduate of the University of Dublin and had worked as a private secretary to a British official.
The family emigrated to Utah in 1856. Patrick was elected first clerk of the ship Samuel Curling and kept the history of the emigrants who sailed with him from Liverpool, England, and crossed the American plains in the first two handcart companies of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Captain Ellsworth's company left Iowa City, Iowa on June 9, and Daniel D. McArthur's company on June 11, 1856. They arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 26, 1856. Salt Lake City was apparently very disappointing to Patrick and his family, who left the Church in 1857 and returned to Florence, Nebraska, where he had been offered a job as a school teacher. After seven years, they moved to Boston, and then later to New York City, where he eventually became tax commissioner. He died on February 24, 1899, in New York City, New York, and was buried in Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, New York.
Citation:
John and Nancy Jane McCleve biography and Twiss Bermingham diary (MSS SC 1626), April - September 1856 and June 1972 (elected first clerk of ship Samuel Curling, kept history of emigrants who sailed with him from Liverpool, England, and crossed American plains in first two handcart companies; Captain Ellsworth's company left Iowa City, Iowa, on June 9, Daniel D. McArthur's company on June 11, 1856; arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on September 26, 1856; Salt Lake City very disappointing to Patrick and family: left Church in 1857, returned to Florence, Nebraska, where he had been offered job as school teacher; after seven years, moved to Boston, then to New York City, became Tax Commissioner)FamilySearch, accessed March 27-28, 2024 (Patrick Twiss Bermingham, born October 20, 1829, in Dublin, Ireland; oldest of three children of John Bermingham and Mary Twiss; married Elizabeth Catherine Rutledge on February 24, 1851, at St. Pauls in Dublin; 9 children: Mary Katherine (1851), Edward John (1853), Jane Elizabeth (1859), Florence (1861), Charles Lloyd (1862), Twiss Albert (1868), Edith Frances (1869), Ne (1872), and Evelyn (1875); convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; graduate of University of Dublin, worked as private secretary to British official; family emigrated to Utah in 1856; died February 24, 1899, in New York City, New York, buried in Valhalla, Mount Pleasant, New York)