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Participant Info

First Name

Johanna

Surname

Smythe (Smith)

Native Place

Kerry or Bandon, Cork [descendants]

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Ship Name

Elgin (Adelaide 12 Sep 1849)

Details

Born 2 May 1833 (family Bible) in Kerry or Bandon, Cork. One of her daughters inherited her 'traveling box' which was always called 'The Bandon Box'; married George Creasey in Kooringa CofE near Burra, South Australia in 1851; family lived in Victoria & eventually settled on a farm in Winkleigh, northern Tasmania; 13 children; Johanna died in Launceston General Hospital 1896.

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