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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Connelly

Native Place

Cork

Age On Arrival

14

Parents

Henry & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Lismoyne (Sydney 29 Nov 1849)

Details

shipping: needlewoman, reads & writes, no relatives in colony, comment on shipping: "States she is only 12/13 years of age but Mr O'Shaughnessy The Guardian of the Workhouse put her down as 14. She was in the workhouse for 2 years 8 months & she was only 9 when she went in". Empl. W Ryan, York St., Sydney, £8, 1 year.

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