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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Fahey

Native Place

Clonrich [Clonrush], Clare

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Michael & Winifred (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads only, no relatives in colony; Yass Depot; empl. as house servant by W. Pilkington, Yass, £8, 12 months; married Hugh Beattie, St Augustine's, Yass 13 Aug 1852; 8 children; Bridget died c.1890; husband, who arrived in colony c.1839, died 24 Sep 1901 at Bango Creek, Yass; brother, John Fahy aged 20, and sister Catherine Fahy, aged 18, noted from Clonrush, Galway, sponsored under Remittance Regulations by Hugh Beattie, arrived on Annie Wilson, 14 Dec 1859. Annette Collins: rp.collins[at]hotmail.com

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