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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Baxter (Baxton)

Native Place

Ballintemple, Cavan

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Edward & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. Register, 10 Dec 1849 WPO report. Appendix J No.173 10 Dec 1849 brought before court because employer, Mr D Robinson, had gone to California, indentures cancelled. Register 2 No.283, 22 Feb 1850 agreement with Robert Bunting, Sydney; No.377 favourable report; married in 1851 in Sydney to Henry Lewis, an American seaman, permission given by the Supreme Court, Sydney.

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