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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

Sullivan

Native Place

Kilmeale [Kenmare], Kerry

Age On Arrival

20

Parents

Connor & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. Kenmare PLU Minutes, 1 of 25 selected for this ship, noted from Kilgarvan East Division; to Moreton Bay with 14 other orphans on 4 Jun 1850 on the Eagle; married 1) Edward Sullivan at RC Ipswich on 22 Jan 1851; witness Mary Penn was Irish orphan Mary Lovett (John Knox 1850) who married John Penn in Dec 1850); 1 children (Edward b.1852); Margaret also lived with and had children with John Hayes and James Cosgrove. She died 4 Feb 1914 at Toenda, Boggabilla at her son James' residence. WORK IN PROGRESS

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