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Participant Info

First Name

Mary Ann

Surname

Newman

Native Place

County Kilkenny

Age On Arrival

15?

Parents

Mary

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Inconstant (Adelaide Jun 1849)

Details

North Dublin Workhouse Register BG78/G/5 No.20654 Maryann Newman, aged 15, single, no occupation, RC, 'sent to Australia', born in Kilkenny Co, ragged & dirty, Union at large, entered 21 Mar 1847, discharged 7 Feb 1849; previous entry No.20653 is her mother Mary, aged 50, widow, no occupation also born Kilkenny Co, ragged & dirty, Union at large admitted 31 Mar 1847, discharged 20 Dec 1848; on shipping list South Australian Register, 9 June 1849 as Mary Ann Newman; probably married Luke Palmer [Palmore] on 24 Jan 1854 at Trinity Church, Adelaide; 7 children located – first born South Australian, the rest in Victoria; Luke Palmer had mining lease at Marborough in at least 1878; Mary Ann died 26 Jan 1895 at Maryborough, Victoria; Luke had died 12 May 1880; both buried Maryborough

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