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Participant Info

First Name

Ellen

Surname

Burke [Bourke]

Native Place

Belstere, Sligo

Age On Arrival

14

Parents

Not Recorded

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Lady Kennaway (Melbourne1848)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, reads; sisters Biddy & Catherine also on this ship - see their entries; empl. John F Falford, Melbourne £10 2 years; married Joseph Bell Hardy from Lincolnshire in Melbourne 28 Sep 1850; family had land in Prahran, then moved to various goldfields in Victoria & NSW including the Lambing Flat area c.1860-61; 8 children; Ellen died 1896 at Murrumburrah. Catherine & Charles Stuart followed Ellen & Joseph to NSW; the sisters lived close to each other keeping close contact throughout their married lives.

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