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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Murray

Native Place

Ardagh town, Longford

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

John & Margaret (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

on list of 50 girls from Longford PLU minutes Dec 1848 as Biddy Murray, aged 17; shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; married 1) widower Patrick Brown at Parramatta in 1851, 2 children, Patrick died 1855; married 2) Martin Campbell in 1855 at Parramatta, 2 children; moved to Cohen Forest near Queanbeyan; she was blind in older age & died 1899 at Newington Asylum, mother's maiden name noted as Finnan.

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