Family
Bridges had six children, four of whom were born in Ushuaia. Thomas and Mary had their first child, Mary Ann Varder, in 1870. Their eldest son, Thomas Despard was born in 1872. Stephen (Esteban) Lucas was born in 1874, William Samuel in 1876, Bertha Milman in 1879 and Alice Couty in 1882. Mary's younger sister, Johanna, arrived from England to join the mission and help Mary with the growing family in 1874.
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