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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

McEvoy

Native Place

Down County

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Isaac & Jane (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: houses ervant, reads, no relatives in colony but sister Eliza also on Earl Grey; empl. Mr DB Hutchinson, Sydney, £9, 2 years; married Thomas James, a builder at Fivedock, in 1853; 8 children; died 20 Jul 1929; family story is that Margaret died digging potatoes at ninety six and fell and broke her hip.

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