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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

O'Hara

Native Place

Kiloe [parish, Drumlish townland], Longford

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Charles & Mary (both living residence unknown)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

on list of 50 girls from Longford PLU minutes Dec 1848 as no 37 Biddy O'Hara, aged 16; shipping: farm servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; kept on bread and water for three days for taking biscuits' with Mary O'Neil from Roscommon; descendant noted that Mary O'Hara also per Digby was a cousin; Im.Cor. 49/250 Goulburn; married Charles Hunter 1855 at Beechworth, Victoria; 12 children; Bridget died 1914 at Sebastopol near Ballarat, Victoria

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