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First Name
Maria (Maria Eliza)
Surname
Wrinne (Wrinn)
Native Place
Toomare [Tooma], Leitrim
Age On Arrival
16
Parents
John & Mary (both dead)
Religion
Roman Catholic
Ship Name
Tippoo Saib (Sydney Jul 1850)
Details
Shipping: nursemaid, reads only, no relatives in colony. Maria Eliza Wrinn; parents John & Mary (Morechan?) from Roscommon?; 1858-9 Report on Irish Female Immigrants, Appendix J No.172 as Maria Wrenne, ship not indicated, 8 Sep 1851, indentures with Mr E Lane, George St cancelled, charged her mistress with assault, case dismissed; married 1) Joseph Brooks 1852 at St Marys, Sydney; 4 children; as Maria Eliza Brooks married 2) Henry Thomas (miner, shoemaker) in Victorian in 1866; 5 children; lived Burnt Creek, Donolly; moved to Abbotsford c.1880s/90s; died 1896; buried Melbourne General Cemetery.
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