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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

Tomnay (Tamoney, Tameney)

Native Place

Armagh, Armagh

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

John & Helena (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: housemaid, reads, no relatives in colony; as Tamoney PRONI Armagh PLU BG2/G/1 Nos.456, 1166, 1475, 3967 & 4356 in & out of workhouse with her widowed mother since 1842. Empl. by Mr JP Harper at Gipp's Town [Five Dock], £10, 12 months; married dairy farmer William Walters at CofE Balmain 31 Dec 1850; he came free 'Waverley' 1848; 7 children; died 9 Jan 1885, aged 54; William died 1900.

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