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Participant Info

First Name

Ann [Annie] Jane

Surname

Best

Native Place

Sherrigrim [Sherrigrim], Tyrone

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

John & Jane (both dead)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: house servant, read only, no relatives in colony, sister Margaret also on Earl Grey; PRONI BG/1/GA/1 (3943) Craigarogan, dirty; employed by Mr Andreas, Sydney £10, 1 year; married William Perks Burtenshaw, Sydney in 1849; lived Glen Innes, Wellingrove 30 miles east of Inverell; 9 children, 77 grandchildren; Ann died 1883; husband died 1908; she buried Inverell, he at Gilgai, NSW. Also see Margaret Best, her sister, also per 'Earl Grey'.

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