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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Cassidy

Native Place

Belturbet, Cavan

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Andrew & Bessy (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; married Joseph Holland1853 & sailed to Port Phillip for Bendigo goldfields. In 1855 Joseph obtained licence for California Gully Hotel. 1857 selected land at Woodstock on Loddon; 11 children. She died 1896; Joseph died 1920, both buried Newbridge.

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