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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Lenahan

Native Place

Killane [Killeen?], Meath

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

George & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

William & Mary (Sydney 1849)

Details

shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; Empl. W King, Goulburn, £8, 1 year. Register 2 No.880 Goulburn reporting marriage of Mary Lenahan and Mary Leery. she seems to have married widower, John Passmore 17 Jun 1849 at Goulburn; 10 children located; John died May 1876 buried Goulburn with his first wife, Elizabeth; Mary died 25 Jun 1907 at Leichhardt, buried RC Rookwood; Mary's husband sponsored her brother, George to NSW in 1856 & he arrived 6 May 1857. Confirmation from descendants would be appreciated to info[at]irelandhome.com.au

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