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Participant Info

First Name

Biddy

Surname

McQueeney (McWheerey)

Native Place

Leitrim, Kiltort [Kiltoghert]

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

John & Mary (living near Drumshanbo)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Lady Peel (Sydney 3 Jul 1849)

Details

shipping: kitchenmaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony, sister Mary also on Lady Peel. Empl. R Ensor, Ipswich, £10, 1 year; mother Mary with siblings Catherine, Elizabeth, Alice & John arrived per 'Robert Small' 1856. Bridget married William Bowden, Brisbane, 1849, husband a labourer & carrier; 12 children (89 grandchildren, 247 ggrandchildren) lived Auburn River district, Colinton & Laidley where William died after being kicked by a horse 1871. Bridget died 1908, buried Roma.

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