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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Gaffney

Native Place

Butler's Bridge [Butlersbridge], Cavan

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

James & Bessy (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; sister Catherine also on Digby; Register 10 Nov 1849 complaint; 18 Dec 1849 Sydney, transfer; Appendix J No.128. 17 May 1850 indentures with JB Wathen cancelled, disobedience & neglect of duty; married Nathaniel Lawrence at Bathurst 1851; 13 children; lived Wallerwaugh, Mudgee, Bathurst & Wellington area; she died 1899, buried Stuart Town cemetery.

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