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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Black

Native Place

Armagh, Scarvey [Scarva?]

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Edward & Fanny (father living in Scarvey)

Religion

Presbyterian

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

could be Scarva, Co Down in Banbridge PLU or Scary, co Monaghan in Clones PLU?? shipping: house servant, reads only, relation in colony: an uncle Andrew Black, Oven's River, Port Phillip; accused by Dr Douglass, Surgeon of 'Earl Grey' of being a Belfast prostitute; sent to Maitland; Empl. Mr G Dight, Singleton, £12, 6 months; July 1849 report from Poor Law Commissioners, accusation of being a prostitute proved to be false.

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