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Participant Info

First Name

Johanna

Surname

Scanlan

Native Place

Caire [Caher, Cahir], Tipperary

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

James & Margaret (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

William & Mary (Sydney 1849)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads, no relatives in colony, sister Bridget also also on William & Mary; empl. ML Harnett, Stanley St, Sydney £8, 1 year; married 1) Thomas Smith, carpenter, 27 Dec 1851, RC Raymond Terrace; 3 children, he died Ipswich 12 Dec 1856; married 2) Daniel Mahoney, 29 Dec 1860, Ipswich; 3 children. In 1885 Johanna was admitted to Dunwich Benevolent Asylum because her rheumatism was so bad she could not look after herself. She died at Dunwich 1 Jan 1887 and is buried in an unmarked grave. Daniel Mahoney had also entered Dunwich in 1878 and died in June 1880 or 1881 in Brisbane Hospital & buried Toowong Cemetery [update 24Nov23 with thanks to Colin]

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