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Participant Info

First Name

Rose

Surname

Murphy

Native Place

Enniskillen, Fermanagh

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Bessy (father dead) in 1849

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Diadem (Melbourne Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads only. Enniskillen PLU PRONI BG14/G/5 (475) Rose Ann 20 year old, entered worhhouse with mother Bessy 50 year old widow & Thomas aged 12, Union at large, in 16 Mar 1849, out 3 Oct 1849; Empl. by Mr Bilby, Dandenong, £10, 3 months; married Melbourne in 1851 to John Tow (b. England), convict to VDL 1841; 6 children; she died in Bendigo in 1889.

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