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Participant Info

First Name

Barbara

Surname

Stephenson

Native Place

Clungish [Clongesh] parish, Longford

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

James & Frances (both dead)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

on list of 50 girls from Longford PLU minutes Dec 1848 as no 36 Barbara Stephenson, aged 17; shipping: housemaid, reads only, no relatives in colony. Register No.858 13 Sep 1849 indentures cancelled; No.885. Register 2 No.511 23 Apr 1850, balance of wages from John Wells; daughter of Frances Shaw & James Stevenson, bap. 12 Aug 1827 parish of Congluish; married John Newman (per Norfolk 1836) in Scots Church; 6 children survived childhood; she died 1881

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