Researching Ruddens in Hudson and Essex (Newark) New Jersey. Our line follows Bernard (1827) & Bridget (1832-1920)Rudden. Both born someplace in Ireland, married 1855 Pendleton, Salford, Lancashire,
England St. John’s Catholic Church. Bernard’s father was James.
Several children b. England then they immigraged to US about 1868…
settled in Harrison, Hudson, NJ.
I have followed several other families in the Newark area. in the 1850’s…