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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Dougherty [Dogherty]

Native Place

Londonderry[Derry] nr Coleraine

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

John Dogherty [in her 2nd marraige]

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

PRONI PLU BG/10/A/6, p.165: Mary Dougherty 16, among 12 from Coleraine; marriage 1) as Mary Dogherty to William McGinniss in Apr 1850 at Clare; 5 children until Mar 1863; William died at Bungaree, Clare in 1863, aged 70, two weeks before the birth of their daughter, Mary Ann; marriage 2) married to Theodor Volkman in Nov 1865 at Sevenhill, Clare district, her father noted as John Dogherty; 4 children found; Mary Ann died 1895 at Port Pirie; her death notice confirmed that she arrived on the Roman Empress [sic] in 1848.

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