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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Russell

Native Place

Ballimore [Ballymore], Westmeath

Age On Arrival

14

Parents

John & Eliza (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

Ballymore is in the Ballymahon PLU but as it was a new union created between 1848-50, Bridget would have been in the Longford workhouse. Shipping: nursemaid, reads & writes, no relatives in colony. Appendix J No.225, 21 Feb 1851 indentures with Mr W Jones cancelled WPO; assault, fined 1 shilling and costs.

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