A Guide to the Rosalie Bridget Hart Priour Reminiscences, [ca. 1867]
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Priour, Rosalie Bridget Hart, 1825-1903 | |
| Title: | Priour, Rosalie Bridget Hart, Reminiscences | |
| Dates: | [ca. 1867] | |
| Abstract: | A bound typescript composes the Rosalie Bridget Hart Priour Reminiscences, [ca. 1867], chronicling Priour’s experiences emigrating from Ireland and settling in Texas during antebellum period. | |
| Extent: | 1 item | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Born to Tom Hart and Elizabeth O’Leary in Ballymoney, Wexford County, Ireland, Rosalie Bridget Hart Priour (1825-1903) immigrated with her family to the United States in 1834. Following her father’s death upon their arrival, Rosalie and her widowed mother settled in Refugio, Texas. During the Texas Revolution, she and her family fled to Mobile, Alabama, where in 1844 Rosalie married Jean Marie Priour, with whom she had ten children. After the Mexican War, she and her husband and mother relocated to Corpus Christi, where they managed a mercantile business.
Source:
Wagner, Frank. "Priour, Rosalie Hart."Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed August 3, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpr32.
Scope and Contents
A bound typescript composes the Rosalie Bridget Hart Priour Reminiscences, [ca. 1867], chronicling Priour’s experiences emigrating from Ireland and settling in Texas during antebellum period. The reminiscences discuss social conditions in South Texas, the Texas Revolution, life in the Texas Republic, the Civil War, and her family history.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Priour, Rosalie Bridget Hart, 1825-1903 -- Archives. | ||
| Hart family. | ||
| Priour family. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Immigration & society -- Texas. | ||
| Irish Americans -- Texas. | ||
| Places | ||
| Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846. | ||
| Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836. | ||
| Texas, South -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. | ||
| Texas, South -- Social conditions. | ||
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Rosalie Bridget Hart Priour Reminiscences, [ca. 1867], Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
Detailed Description of the Papers
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| 2R154 | Reminiscences, [ca. 1867] | ||||||||||||