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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

McCarthy

Native Place

Not recorded

Age On Arrival

no record

Parents

Daniel McCarthy [marriage 2]

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Inconstant (Adelaide Jun 1849)

Details

On list of passengers in 'South Australian Register', 9 Jun 1849; apparently married 1) James Taylor in Adelaide (marriage not located); 6 children; husband died Mar 1864; married 2) widower Samuel Wilton in Sep 1873 at her house in Adelaide, her father’s name noted as Daniel Macarthy; 1875 Samuel Wilton charged with leaving his unwell wife without sufficient support; 1878 they were both charged with assaulting each other; 1881 Bridget refused to pay train & boat fares to and from Adelaide to Semaphore; in hospital Sep 1882, noted as member of Congregational church, living in Corryton St, Adelaide; died 2 Dec 1882 at her residence, Carrington St., Adelaide; buried West Terrace.

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