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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Byrnes [Byrne]

Native Place

Kilbecanty, Galway

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

John & Ellen (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony sister Mary also on Thomas Arbuthnot; to Moreton Bay, Mr Patrick Mayne (butcher), North Brisbane, ₤8, 1 year. Gort Union on shipping; married John Byrne 1 Jul 1851 witnessed by shipmate Catherine Conlon.

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