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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

McQueeney (McWheerey)

Native Place

Leitrim, Kiltort [Kiltoghert]

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

John & Mary (living near Drumshanbo)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Lady Peel (Sydney 3 Jul 1849)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, reads, no relatives in colony, sister, Biddy also on Lady Peel; other family emigrated-see Biddy's entry. Empl. W Sheehan, Brisbane, £9, 3 years. Mar 1) James Cash, 1849 Brisbane; 7 children; they were the first freeholders on the south bank of the South Pine River-river crossing then named Cash's Crossing. Mary & family attacked by local Aboriginal people on several occasions; James Cash died 1870; married 2) Edward Cain, 1 daughter; Mary died 1913; buried in Albany Creek cemetery.

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