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Participant Info

First Name

Frances (Fanny)

Surname

Tiernan

Native Place

Longford, Co Longford

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

John & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

on list of 50 girls from Longford PLU minutes Dec 1848 as no 21 Fanny Tiernan, aged 18; shipping: house servant, reads only, no relatives in colony, three possible sisters on Digby. Im.Cor. 49/249 Parramatta Register 2 No.10 indentures cancelled. SMH 4 Jan 1850 p.3a: 'wants to wear patent leather shoes at the wash-tub' and 'be her own mistress'.

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