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Lydia Darragh

By pyang52
  • Lydia's Date of Birth

    Lydia's Date of Birth
    The picture is of WHERE she was born, Dublin, Ireland. This is not her true date of birth but there are no records of her birthday and chose a randoma date, aka, my birthday ^.^
  • Lydia's Marriage

    Lydia's Marriage
    This is the day that she married her husband, William Darragh, who was her Family's Tutor.
  • British Occupy Philadelphia

    British Occupy Philadelphia
    They captured Philadelphia, where Lydia's family lived. General William Howe lived across from the Darraghs.`
  • Untitled Event

    Untitled Event
    Lydia's family was told to go to bed early, at 8 PM because some British people wanted to hold a meeting in her home and said they would wake her up when they were done. She stayed up secretly and learned that British troops were being ordered to leave the city on December 4 to make a surprise attack on the Continental army camped at Whitemarsh led by George Washington.
  • British Leave Philadelpia

    British Leave Philadelpia
    Real Date unknown, but in this month, the British left her town and was able to move to her REAL family home.
  • Her Death

    Her Death
    Lydia was about 61 when she died in Philadelphia.