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Participant Info

First Name

Rosanna

Surname

Cartwright

Native Place

Edenderry, Kings [Offaly]

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

John & Eliza (father living in Edenderry)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

South Dublin BG79/G/3 No.3879, pp.193-4: Rose Cartwright, 18, single, servant, Protestant, old clothes, 1 month Union, entered 23 Aug 1847, discharged 2 Dec 1848; shipping: nursemaid, reads only, relative in colony: an uncle William Cartwright, residence unknown; Imm Corr 49/599 Port Macquarie. Register 2 No.329 12 Mar 1850 application of John Lawrence to marry her - they married at St Thomas' CofE, Port Macquarie when he was aged 32 & worked for Major Innes as store-keeper at Lake Innes and later Moparrabah near Kempsey; 10 children (6 sons), 43 grandchildren, 48 great grandchildren at the time of her death on 18 Sep 1908 (obit. 'Macleay Argus', 24 Sep 1908 noted she was born Edenderry); buried CofE, East Kempsey.

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