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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

Russell

Native Place

Balcracket [Bealcragga?], Clare

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

George & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, read & write, no relatives in colony; Yass Depot; empl by Laurence Barry, Bangalal, Limestone Creek near Binalong, ₤8, 1 year; married Michael Kelly at Kilmacat [Gundagai] 26 Oct 1851 by Fr P Magennis of St Augustine's RC Yass; Kilmacat/Killimacat was George Shelley's sheep station in Bombowlee area; 5 children born Yass, Queanbeyan & Wagga 1851-71

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