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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

Downey

Native Place

Kerry, Kinmere [Kenmare]

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Daniel & Catherine (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in the colony. Immigration Correspondence 50/700 2 Sep 1850 to Moreton Bay with per Eagle with group of 15 orphans; Kenmare PLU Minutes - one of 25 selected for this ship, noted as Catherine Downing from Ballybog East. is wrongly shown as Catherine Dowling from Killarney PLU by Dymphna McLoughlin in Famine Atlas, pp.255-264rn

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