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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

Durkan [Durkin]

Native Place

Mayo, Ballyglen [Ballinglen]

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Anthony & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Panama (Sydney 12 Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, relation in colony: a cousin, Catherine White. Im Cor. 50/344 26 Apr 1850 Durkins one of 23 to Moreton Bay. Empl. MT Franz, Eagle Farm, Brisbane, £7, 2 years. Married Henry Wakefield, Brisbane 30 Jan 1854; 10 children, husband a servant, labourer, butcher & gardener, lived Fortitude Valley and Breakfast Creek, died 9 Feb 1921, buried Toowong.

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