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Participant Info

First Name

Ellen

Surname

Kenny

Native Place

Elphin, Roscommon

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

John & Catherine (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Tippoo Saib (Sydney Jul 1850)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; sister Ann also on board; Ellen married ex-convict George Hughes at St Mary’s Sydney on 25 Apr 1853. George from Worcester, England, a boatman, convicted of stealing bells & transported for 7 years; had previous convictions for pick-pocketing; arrived in Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land on the 'Lord Auckland', 15 Nov 1844 & left Hobart for Melbourne as a mate aboard the Portland on 2 November 1851; 10 children (6 sons, 4 daughters); lived Sydney then Newcastle. Ellen died 3 Jan 1898; buried RC Section, Sandgate Cemetery; George died 4 Feb 1908; buried CofE Section, Sandgate Cemetery.

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