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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Hickey

Native Place

Scarriff, Clare

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Michael & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

Two Mary Hickeys from Scarriff on Thomas Arbuthnot. Shipping: house servant, reads only, no relatives in colony. Empl. J Martin, Yass, ₤8, 1 year; possibly married John Ryan 12 April 1853 at Boorrowa (witnesses Thomas Maher & Bridget Dwyer of Boorowa), Mary Hickey living Boorowa and John Ryan working for Mr Eyres at Reedy Creek; 4 children born Reedy Creek 1854-1860 ['A Decent Set of Girls'; note 'Barefoot & Pregnant?' has the two Mary Hickey's from Scarriff married to the opposite men.

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