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Participant Info

First Name

Martha (Matty)

Surname

Kyle

Native Place

Ballamana [Ballymena], Antrim

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

John & Jane (both dead)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: farm servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. PRONI Ballymena PLU BG/4/G/2 No.1859 as Matty, Union at large, Presbyterian; empl. by B Laughton, Sydney £10, 12 months; Imm Cor 49/252, 19 May 1849 Im Office to JH Crummer, Newcastle re Martha Kyle per Earl Grey – unfit for employment in hired service, appears to be no other alternative than to send her back to Sydney from whence she can be removed to the Invalid Establishment at Parramatta; possibly married Duncan McLennon in 1849 in Sydney

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