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Participant Info

First Name

Alice

Surname

Wright

Native Place

Antrim, Belfast

Age On Arrival

20

Parents

James & Nancy (father living in Derry)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. Empl. as house servant by Mr G Geitch, Sydney £10, 12 months; Register, 16 Mar 1849 report of case WPO, sent to Newcastle 23 Mar 1849; married James Cusack on 10 Aug 1849 at Newcastle; Cusack was convict aged 24 when arrived per 'Courier' 1833, life sentence at Port Louis Mauritius for attempted murder, was soldier & carpenter, sent to Norfolk Island; held Ticket of Leave by 1849; he was then a labourer & carpenter; 6 children; lived Newcastle; James died 1862.

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