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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

O'Hara

Native Place

Kiloe [Kiloe parish near Drumlish], Longford

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Michael & Margaret (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

on list of 50 girls from Longford PLU minutes Dec 1848 as no 46 Mary O'Hara, aged 18; shipping: farm servant, reads only, no relatives in the colony; cousin to Bridget O'Hara also per Digby; complaints on board - kept on bread and water for three days with Mary O'Neil for [illegible comment]; Im. Cor. 49/250 Goulburn; married Robert Smith [aka Robert Smith Charters] in 1851; 9 children; Mary died 1895 at Gundaroo NSW

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