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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Kelly

Native Place

Tullamore, Kings [Offaly]

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Michael & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Maria (Sydney 29 Jun 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads & writes, no relations in colony; married Richard Wilkins 1854 at St Mary's, Sydney; Richard had in 1851 on 'Earl Grey'; soon after they moved to Bendigo where 12 children were born, the first in 1855; Bridget died 1906 and Richard in 1914, both in Bendigo, Victoria.

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