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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Daly

Native Place

Ballimore [Ballymore], Westmeath

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

James & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Tippoo Saib (Sydney Jul 1850)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in the colony; married 1 Apr 1854, Scot’s Church, Sydney to John Thiering; 10 children; lived Adolphus St., Balmain until 1862 & John worked as blacksmith for Mort & Co.; 1862 the family moved to Jenkins St, Millers Point where John worked as a blacksmith at the Australian Gasworks; 1876 John Thiering declared insolvent & family returned to Balmain; 1883 John became paralysed & could not work; 1887 the family moved to Five Dock, where John died in December that year; Bridget listed as the owner of this property in Thompson St.; Bridget moved to Woolloomooloo with her two youngest daughters, Maggie and Nellie; Bridget cared for her children & grandchildren; Bridget died 11 Dec 1909; buried Rookwood; obituary in SMH 20 Dec 1909; surname many variations. Nerida: thhay[at]optusnet.com.au

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