Fred arrived in Uruguay when he was 21yrs old, always his own man, doing his own thing, he made money by transporting livestock, training horses or buying and selling cattle, sheep and hides. Eventually, because there were greater opportunities in Argentina, now the indians had been pushed back, in 1879, he went to that country and was able to purchase some lucrative lands in the area which he himself had named, Venado Tuerto (one-eyed deer). He married in 1884 at the age of 39 and his five children inhertited large tracts and so made their way in life already helped as it were.
Edward Deal Bridger was the sixth child; his father had been wealthy, having, according to his will, left his children several thousands of pounds and the lease of six farms in the area of millbrook. Edward moved to Chilcombe and leased a farm in the parish of Chilcombe which adjoins Winchester and later, in 1825, leased a much larger farm, called New Barton Farm, for 21yrs, at 1500 pound sterling a year from the Anglican Diocese of Winchester. In 1788 he had married mary Roach of Stoneham and they had 11 children, nine of whom were boys. The seventh was George, born in the last year of the 18th century.
John of Southampton was married in 1754 to Beata Deal and their first born were twin girls whom they named Dennes and Sarah, no doubt after his mother and sister. It is interesting to speculate that Dennis was not an English name and given the poor education of the clerks of the time, it could well have been Denise, a French name, and that the first John had married a French girl. John and Beata had ten children, six of which died in infancy. There seems to have been three sets of twins and in those days if any child died before baptism was administered, its death was not recorded.
Twin: One of a twin.. other is Robert
William Anthony (Twin) BRIDGER
Twin: One of a twin.. other twin is Elizabeth.
Twin: One of a twin..... other is William
Traditionally the Bridger family came from Midhurst Hampshire England, which , in the 17th century was quite a flourishing catholic centre and the name Bridger appears as a catholic. However there were so many Bridgers that this does not mean much. From the previous century they belonged to the gentry and the fist positive ancestor was John of southampton as he was known, since he became mayor of that city. According to the City Record Office of Southampton, he was made a Bailiff in 1756, a Sheriff in 1758 and an Alderman in 1770. The title of Alderman was given to former Mayors. His birth is not recorded but it is safe to assume that a certain John and Dennis Bridger had four children at Midhurst and the second, John was born in 1726.