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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

Cronin

Native Place

Kenmare, Kerry

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Miles & Honora (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. Native of Templenoe East, dau of Myles & Honora Clifford who married 10 Feb 1820 at Dunkerron, Kerry. She married John Clark 1856 at Sydney; moved to Bathurst, 10 children; died in 1873 aged 42 giving birth to her last child; 5 of her brothers arrived in Boston USA per 'Dominica' in 1850; her eldest son was in charge of the Western Division on NSW Govt Railways; a grand daughter Philomena Donnelly was secretary to Ben Chifley. Family details in Bathurst Pioneers Register.

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