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Participant Info

First Name

Hester [Esther]

Surname

Martin

Native Place

Rathmolone [Rathmolyon], Meath

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

George & Mary (mother living in Rathmolone)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

William & Mary (Sydney 1849)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; Select Cttee on Irish Female Immigrants, Evidence, 6 Jul 1859, pp.8-10 Dalley says he had three orphan girls Ann Allen, Martin & Dwyer, all very good servants; married Malachi Kavanagh [Cavanagh] both of Sydney at St Marys RC 21 Apr 1851; 8 children; died 26 Sep 1866 at Claytons Hill, Ballarat

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