Bridget McGuire married William Foster Sergeant at St Mary's Catholic Church in Geelong in 1858. The marriage certificate could interpret the surname as McGune, but it is given as McGuire on her husband's death certificate and her daughter Catherine's marriage and death certificates. Her marriage certificate also gave her parents names as Anthony McGuire and Ann O'Brien and that she was born in County Clare, Ireland about 1833. She did not sign her name.
It is probable that she arrived in Victoria on James Brown which sailed from Liverpool in September 1852, arriving in Geelong in January 1853. She was engaged to work for Mr Ryan of Mooroobool Street for £20 for 3 months with rations.
Three daughters and a son were born at The Leigh (Shelford) then they moved to Rokewood where three more sons were born, but the eldest son and a daughter died aged 9 and 6 years old. They were farming there when their eldest daughter, Catherine, married in Melbourne in 1881. In 1889, their daughter Alice married at Shelford, but she also lived in Melbourne.
Bridget Mary Sergeant died at the Alfred Hospital in Prahran in 1894 aged 59 and was buried at St Kilda cemetery.
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