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Participant Info

First Name

Jane

Surname

Armstrong

Native Place

Belturbet, Cavan

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

John & Rose (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads only, no relatives in colony; probable sister Rose also on Digby; Surgeon Binstead's diary on the Digby, 29 Dec 1848 noted that Jane Armstrong in confinement 8 hours for refusing to produce her Bonnet when ordered to do so, was liberated on her promise of future obedience; Register No.426 Sydney MD applied for her; No. 804 24 August 1849 Cooks River apprentice.

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