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Participant Info

First Name

Alicia [Eilsha]

Surname

Armstrong

Native Place

Killashandra, Cavan

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

John & Betsy (living in Kilishandry)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

Shipping: house servant, reads & writes, no relatives in colony; NSW Register No.1099, 17 Dec 1849, Port Macquarie re marriage; married Thomas Eccott [various spellings] Edwards at CofE Port Macquarie 28 Jan 1850 with consent of the orphan guardians; Thomas was born in Sydney, son of cloth maker, Thomas Edwards, a convict per Lady Castlereagh 1818 and his second wife, Eliza Winnicott who had married in Sydney in 1828; Thomas & Alicia had 13 children; Alicia died 29 Jan 1912 and her husband died 1 Aug 1913; both were well-respected citizens of Port Macquarie, well-known from their daily walks; Thomas carried on the bookmaking business of his father at his store in Horton Street.

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