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Participant Info

First Name

Johanna

Surname

Sheridan

Native Place

Not recorded

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Ship Name

Elgin (Adelaide 12 Sep 1849)

Details

married Edward Jeffers 3 Mar 1853 RC Adelaide; son John b.14 Jul 1853; SA Archives GRG 28/4 Register of cases of destitution no.1168 Johanne Jeffers aged 21, Wright St., 1 child under 7, 5 yrs & no.1259, Mrs Jeffers, 22 yo, Wright St., 6 yrs, husband away. On 30 Oct 1851 the Destitute Board decided that 'married men proceeding to the goldfields are hereby informed that the Board will not afford relief to any wives and families that may be left behind in a state of destitution'.

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