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Participant Info

First Name

Susannah

Surname

Sprouls (Sprowles, Morrison)

Native Place

Antrim

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

John Morrison & Mary Ann Sproules [desc]

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Diadem (Melbourne Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, reads & writes; Antrim PLU PRONI BG1/GA/1 (3735) servant dirty orphan into workhouse 2 Dec 1847, out 3 Oct 1849; father John Morrison, mother Mary Ann Sprouls or Sprowles; Empl. Jane McSweeney, Lonsdale St., Melbourne £9, 12 months; married James McBean from Scotland in Melbourne 29 Dec 1856, c.5 children; lived Auburn and Hawthorn. James ran a successful watch making, jewellery and optical business in Elizabeth St., Melbourne; owned six properties in Melbourne and one at Lorne at the time of Susanna's death on 13 Jun 1901; a grandson became Director of Medical Services, 2nd AIF, and was knighted.

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