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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Dogherty

Native Place

Milltown, Clare

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Michael & Ann (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

she seems to be from Miltown Malbay which would put her in the Ennistymon workhouse; shipping: house servant, reads only, no relatives in colony. to Gundagai Depot. Im. Cor. 50/747 Yass; Register 3 No.340, 16 Apr 1851; empl as house servant by Mr Frederick A. Thompson, Wagga Wagga, ₤7-8, 2 years; married Robert Leopold Pigram (Pegram), 24 Aug 1853, Yass; settled Gundagai; 9 children born 1854-1870; Bridget's younger brother Michael b. 1843, immigrated to Australia in 1857 aged 14, sponsored by his brother-in-law, Robert L Pigrim; Bridget and Robert prospered in Gundagai, later retired to Sydney. Bridget died aged 61 in Sydney on 18 Jul 1894, six months after her husband.

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