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Participant Info

First Name

Eliza

Surname

McLaren (sometimes Stewart)

Native Place

Dungannon, Tyrone

Age On Arrival

Parents

father Antony Stewart, soldier?

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

Family research indicates that Eliza McLaren (aka Eliza Stewart) was from Dungannon, County Tyrone; married South Australia Feb 1850; servant to Rev Coombes & family at Gawler in 1849; married ships deserter from Sydney, Jonas Greenwood (Green), on 18 Feb 1850 at Adelaide, 1 child; to goldrushes in Victoria; further 9 children with William Counsell who she married in 1874; noted her father as Antony Stewart, soldier; died 1888 Beechworth, Victoria.

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