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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

Crowley

Native Place

Bandon, Cork

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Cornelius & Sarah (mother living in Bandon)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, reads only, no relatives in colony; married Edward Dean, Sydney 1855; 4 children; died 1909; buried Rookwood; her estate valued at ₤634, mostly real estate, cottage & land George St., Marrickville, also cottage & land Salisbury Street, Kingston; late in life Edward was caretaker at Sydney Town Hall; the house they lived in at 48 Station St., Newtown was rented and run by Catherine as a boarding house. Photo in Barefoot & Pregnant, Vol 2,p.271.

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