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Participant Info

First Name

Ellen

Surname

Rooney

Native Place

Drumore, Co Belfast

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

George & Mary (father living in Belfast)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads only, relation in colony, cousin David Welsh in colony; if Dromore then Ballycastle PLU; empl. Mr J Dickson, Maitland as cook etc, £10, 12 months; application to marry (20 Aug 1849) at Maitland to Patrick Keogh, 40, per Waterloo, life, TL she shown as 16 Earl Grey arrived free; marriage went ahead at RC West Maitland on 10 Sep 1849; note Barefoot & Pregnant wrongly noted Moreton Bay instead of Maitland.

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