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Participant Info

First Name

Isabella

Surname

Carson

Native Place

Armagh

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

James & Nancy (both dead)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads & writes, no relatives in colony. PRONI Armagh PLU BG/2/G/2 (2755) thinly clothed, destitute. Empl. Mr Edenborough, Sydney [Henry in 1851 directory at Wollongong, West Goulburn], £10, 1 year; Im Cor Register 13 Jun 1849 letter from Isabella Carson, Newtown, complaint of non-payment wages & statement of balance due; Im Cor 19 Jun 1849 Edmund Gibbes, Newtown, applied for her; Im Cor 1 Jul 1849 letter from Arthur [sic] Edenborough, Newtown, requesting leave to transfer Isabella Carson to Mr Edmund Gibbes of Newtown-response: for consideration.rn

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