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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Miniter

Native Place

Kilrush, Clare

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

John and Peggy Jackson

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Pemberton (Melbourne 1849)

Details

Shipping: housemaid, read & write; twin sister of Margaret also on Pemberton; empl. William Doherty, ex-Williamstown, also from Kilrush, who arrived 1839 per 'Westminster', moved to Heidberg 1850s, stonemason, Melbourne, ₤12, 6 months; she baptised as Biddy at St Seanans, Kilrush 2 Jul 1831, a dau of John & Peggy nee Jackson; married James Rudd, Melbourne 1 Jul 1850; 8 children, husband stonemason & bricklayer; lived Glenorchy & Horsham; died 31 May 1908 at Horsham, Vic.

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