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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Donovan

Native Place

Skibbereen, Cork; bap St Fachtna, Rosscarberry

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

Cornelius Donovan & Mary Hayes [bap]

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Eliza Caroline (Melbourne 1850

Details

bap. St Facthna C of I, Roscarbery 13 Mar 1830, parents named as above; empl. James Young, Heidelberg, £9, 6 months; married Dublin-born mariner, Michael James Cummings in Heidleberg, Oct 1852; 7 children; Michael a timber & hardware merchant, town councillor on Ballarat goldfields, later merchant & farmer in Geelong area & member of Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 1861; advocated social issues including land reform; the ‘Cummins Clause’ was introduced into land legislation to benefit ‘poorer families’; Mary also active in social issues; Mary died Mar 1866 at Ballarat, aged 36; James died 1877

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