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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Duff

Native Place

Allewood, Wicklow

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

James & Bridget (living in America)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Lady Peel (Sydney 3 Jul 1849)

Details

Note Allenwood is in Kildare but is covered in part by the Naas Workhouse in County Kildare; shipping: nursemaid, reads only, no relatives in colony; arrived Brisbane 13 Aug 1849 per steamer Eagle, having left Sydney with 11 other orphans on 8 Aug 1849; empl. GS Le Breton, Brisbane, £9, 3 years. Im.Cor. 49/725 and 49/804 Moreton Bay; married James Shea, Ipswich, 1850; 1 daughter (Bridget who married John McDonald in Qld in 1869 & died 1911); Mary died Apr 1886 of bronchitis; buried at Wivenhoe; obit: 'thoroughly esteemed and beloved by all who knew her; and helped people with 'domestic treatment of their medical maladies'. Her husband, James Shea had died on 882 at Cellbridge, Wivenhoe.

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